Purpose: The purpose of this article is to suggest the structure and content of an educational leadership program whose aim is to prepare principals for social justice work. Research Design: The authors have conceptualized foundational components for a comprehensive principalship program focused on social justice. They assert that educational…

The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to raising levels of achievement in secondary education. SSAT has a membership of over 5,300 schools and growing numbers of affiliated universities, colleges and local authorities. This corporate plan sets out SSAT's main work for…

Steeped in a distinctive view of leadership, graduates of the Broad Superintendents Academy have landed some of public education's top jobs. In this article, the author features the Broad Superintendents Academy, a program established by Eli Broad's Foundation which spends roughly $45,000 to train each of the business executives, military…

Developed and evaluated a five-day leadership course for new veterinary students; leadership attributes emphasized in the course included effective communication, openness to learning from others, self-awareness, commitment beyond self-interest, motivation, decision making, understanding issue complexity, and team building. Found that participants…

"Educating School Leaders", an evaluation report on current education administration programs in the US, highlights the inadequate training such programs offer potential school administrators. Problems range from offering irrelevant curriculum to conferring inappropriate degrees and the report offers a nine-point template that would be useful for…

With the increase in the number of organizational leadership development programs, there is a pressing need for evaluation to answer important questions, improve practice, and inform decisions. The Handbook is a comprehensive resource filled with examples, tools, and the most innovative models and approaches designed to evaluate leadership…

The purpose of this chapter is to draw some general lessons on curricular evolution processes and practices at the faculty level emerging from the creation of Renaissance College at the University of New Brunswick and the implementation of its BPhil program. The authors proceed by induction, working from the specific case of Renaissance College to…

The National Institute of School Leadership's (NISL's) Executive Development Program (EDP) was established to provide professional development to school leaders to drive their schools to high performance. The program emphasizes the role of principals as strategic thinkers, instructional leaders, and creators of a just, fair, and caring culture in…

In 2004, immigrant-rich Annandale High School in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., launched a focused effort to bring more parents of students from immigrant families into school leadership. Nearly half of the parents of Annandale High students are immigrants to the United States--and they come from more than 80 different countries.…

For productive follow-up of meetings and seminars, an executive summary can be invaluable. Such a post-meeting synopsis enables leaders to reinforce important meeting content which can lead to greater productivity for the participants. Strategies for creating and using an executive summary include: (1) selecting a summarizer to write down and…

Between 1990 and 1998, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded 31 projects focused on leadership development in college-age young adults. This summary report presents an overview of the results from an external retrospective evaluation of approximately 60 percent of the funded projects, primarily those based in higher education institutions. It begins…

The fundamental problem in leadership development is the huge disparity between what is being spent and the return on that investment. Remedies include clarifying desired outcomes, putting leadership development in an organizational context, beginning with results, linking competencies to results, transforming leadership development into a…

It makes no sense to identify essential leadership capabilities unless one knows the business context in which these leaders will be expected to excel. A model for designing the competencies includes summarizing business objectives, identifying anticipated challenges, specifying assumptions, determining implications, and troubleshooting the…

This article discusses an educational program in Virginia, wherein principals receive special training, additional compensation, and are eligible for a state credential as a "turnaround specialist." When the program was unveiled, some skeptics questioned its focus on individual leaders and quick results. Principals in the program say…

ProblemThere is a growing discussion focusing on applicability of school leadership training programs. Improvement efforts have been mixed. The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISSLC) developed Standards for School Leaders. Yet, development and adoption of standards without systemic review of practices yield little significant…