"The Keirsey Temperament Sorter®-II (KTS®-II) is the most widely used personality instrument in the world. It is a powerful 70 question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type."

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

A critical difference here is that serving people, for a servant, is an end in itself, not a way to achieve other goals. It should be noted that this critique of servant leadership is based on a total separation of leadership and management

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.

This wiki has been created as a space for new school administrators to obtain professional development, support, and peer mentoring from other school administrators. It is a collaborative effort, so please feel free to contribute!

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.

"...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."

"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."

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The School 2.0 eToolkit is designed to help schools, districts, and communities develop a common education vision and explore how that vision can be supported by technology.

...for Development and Implementation BY: Allan A. Glatthorn

"Based on current research on teacher efficacy and best practices, the plans have been designed to facilitate both school planning and district level planning. Each plan includes detailed, user-friendly guidance to help professional development committee members, administrators, teachers and other members of the school community understand the elements of high quality professional development. "

"Model and facilitate best practices with administrative leadership for supporting personalized learning."