CSLT II Grant J. Decman, Ed. D.
Jan 23, 2016
CSLT II Grant
J. Decman, Ed. D.
Overview
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The Way It Ought To Be
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TExES Domain 1: School Community Leadership
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TExES Domain 2: Instructional Leadership
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TExES Domain 3: Administrative Leadership
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Serviovanni’s Leadership Forces
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Five Forces
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What About the forces?
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A Comparison…
TExES Domains
School Community Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Administrative Leadership
School Community Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Administrative Leadership
Sergiovanni’s Forces
Cultural Leadership
Symbolic Leadership
Educational Leadership
Human Leadership
Technical Leadership
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The Way It Ought To Be…
• School leaders need to spend their time primarily doing what?
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The Way It Is: How Principals Spend Their Time
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How Do Principals View Librarians?
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What Principals Say… (Lau, 2002)
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So What?
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Identify the “Disconnect”
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The Librarian as a Leader
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Professional Ideals for All EducatorsHow can librarians exhibit…?
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Groups: In what ways can librarians espouse professional ideas and function as leaders?
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Ideas…
• Librarians must make themselves more visible by better articulating their mission and the impact they have on student learning.
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Practical Suggestions…
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Finally: Build the Bridge!!!
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Thoughts for when you go back to school tomorrow…
• “Anything unattempted remains impossible.”—Unknown
• “As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.”—Ralph Waldo
Emerson
• “Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.”—David O. McKay
• We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of
the difficulty in every opportunity.”—Unknown
• “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s how you carry it.”—Lena Horne
• “Kites rise highest against the wind—not with it.”—Sir Winston Churchill
• “My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your
failure.”— Abraham Lincoln
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SourcesFinding Time for What is Important: Instructional Leadership IASB… (
www.ia-sb.org/uploadedFiles/IASB/Convention_Web/Convention_2007_Handouts/Session%2028%20Principal%20Ldrshp.ppt)
Hartzell, G. (2002). Why Should Principals Support School Libraries? ERIC Digest. ERIC Identifier: ED470034 (http://www.fundourfuturewashington.org/resources/ERIC+Principals-Libraries.pdf)
Lau, D. (2002). What Does Your Boss Think About You? School Library Journal (http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA240049)
Sergiovanni, T.J. (2007). Rethinking Leadership. A Collection of Articles. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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