Responses from 53 postsecondary agriculture departments indicated the following: 32 required leadership/management development courses for agriculture majors; nearly half characterized courses as nontraditional; those not offering such courses cited lack of resources or student demand and institutional barriers; and faculty teaching leadership…

A curriculum designed to facilitate leadership development for women in undergraduate programs in family and consumer sciences was subject to two formative evaluations. Compared to a control group, 12 students in the leadership program reported changing their career plans to include leadership roles. (JOW)

Examined the Scottish Mountain Leader Training Board's training and assessment scheme for mountain leaders, how people progressed through the scheme, why they entered and left, and how men and women viewed particular aspects of the scheme. Surveys indicated that there were gender differences in occupational status, in the way men and women used…

The Ford Motor Company invested in transformational leadership to change itself. Programs center around core principles: adopt a transformational mindset, use action learning, leverage the power of electronic tools, integrate work and life, and generate business impact. (JOW)

Ten characteristics of "servant leadership" include the ability to do the following: (1) listen, (2) heal, (3) persuade, (4) conceptualize, (5) develop, (6) dream, (7) trust and build, (8) communicate, (9) evolve, and (10) promote. (JOW)

Aspiring principals often have only a vague understanding of what the principalship entails--the loneliness, conflicts, dull routines, paperwork, and struggles to solve complex problems with limited resources. A recent study of southern principals showed that the induction practices (summer induction conferences and mentoring/internship programs)…

Interviews Dave Ellis, president of the Brande Foundation, who promotes life coaching to help leaders become more creative and effective by making them happier, more satisfied human beings. It provides an opportunity for people to look at all areas of their lives, determine what they want in these areas, and have the coach help them develop…

The goals of Phase III of the Technology for All Americans Project are to develop student assessment standards, professional development standards, program standards, and effective leaders. The project is based on the Standards for Technology Literacy, a NASA initiative. (JOW)

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…

Discusses the shortcomings of current educational leadership preparation programs. Describes efforts to improve the way educational leaders are prepared, with examples from several states. Includes a list of six standards for school leadership developed in 1966 by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium. (PKP)

This article reflects one part of a research study about the need for dynamic leaders to exercise social and political acumen. As part of the study, I interviewed 10 principals who had been nominated as dynamic leaders. The interview questions focused on the principals' experiences and their understanding of the role of social and political acumen…

Assuming the quality of the principal is directly linked to student learning and instruction, whose responsibility is it to develop building administrators to their fullest? This question is at the center of Principal Training on the Ground by Sandra Stein and colleagues from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of…

"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…

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.…