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"Through this document, I am trying to accomplish two things. First, I am attempting to weave together two sets of standards for school leaders, the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders (2008) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) (2009). Second, I am trying to map technology tools/applications onto those standards. My hope is that this will become a guidance document for anyone who works with sitting and aspiring school leaders and who wants to better bring together the fields of educational leadership and educational technology."

"he old-fashioned view of leadership is that leaders are marked out for leadership from early on in their lives, and that if you're not a born leader, there's little that you can do to become one. That's not the way we see it now. The modern view is that through patience, persistence and hard work, you can be a truly effective leader, just as long as you make the effort needed. The articles in this section (which are drawn from our How to Lead: Discover the Leader Within You course) help you develop your leadership skills so that you, too, can become an exceptional leader."

Ten characteristics of a servant-leader.

The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.

The core of transactional leadership lies in the notion that the leader, who holds power and control over his or her employees or followers, provides incentives for followers to do what the leader wants.

Maryland's Teacher Professional Development Standards are intended to guide efforts to improve professional development for all teachers. These standards call on teachers, principals and other school leaders, district leaders and staff, the Maryland State Department of Education, institutions of higher education, and cultural institutions and organizations1 across the state to work together to ensure that professional development is of the highest quality and readily accessible to all teachers.

Standards for School Leaders

James Kouzes and Barry Posner developed a survey (The Leadership Practices Inventory) that asked people which, of a list of common characteristics of leaders, were, in their experiences of being led by others, the seven top things they look for, admire and would willingly follow. And over twenty years, they managed ask this of seventy five thousand people.

"That's why Penn State has worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Education to create a professional development series for these leaders. The first course begins Sept. 23."

"...If the focus of an educational system is student learning, as most mission statements claim, then leaders must compare the reality of their employment of technology with their stated intention."

Rust identified four key trends that school district chief technology officers (CTOs) should be aware of: accountability, the changing nature of learners, the accessibility of technology, and the "internal and external demands" that are now placed on ed-tech executives.

SLS - School Leadership Series The School Leadership Series consists of two assessments: The School Superintendent Assessment and the School Leaders Licensure Assessment.

In order to be able to properly understand the six leadership styles Goleman introduces in his book Primal Leadership (2002, with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee), it is useful you first understand his human communication / interaction concept of resonance.\n\n \n\nIn the view of Goleman, good leaders are effective because they create resonance.

"Listening to Student Voices is a toolkit for K - 12 educational leaders and school-based teams interested in including students in continuous school improvement."

Strategies for K-12 Technology Leaders