Leading

=Crowd Accelerated Innovation= TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation -- a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. media type="custom" key="7599851" =Leading in Action= There are lessons here for us all. (Moodlemoot, Chch, April 2010) media type="custom" key="5869517" =Tom Hoerr - Leading from Behind - Learning @ School, 24 - 26 February 2010=

"If the wrong people are unhappy, you've got problems." "Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

"Make new mistakes!" - try new things, take a risk, ask am I pushing myself as I push others?

The purpose of SLT in a school is to help teachers grow. SLT's own growth is key - they must be learners themselves. 'The leader's #1priority is to create the setting in which everyone grows.'

Learners learn best when it is developmentally appropriate.

Staff meetings should be meetings about learning.

Leadership is about relationships.

Leaders need more collaboration, distributed intelligence (we are not limited by what's in our skin - there are ways of finding out more), and to focus on EQ (emotional intelligence).

Culture of Collegiality **HEAL** - H: hiring, E: expectations, A: administrators (SLT) need to adbicate, assign and accept responsibility, L: Learning.

Tom Hoerr's Book - The Art of School Leadership Tom Hoerr's School - New City School Allan Collins and Richard Halverson - Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology Atul Gawande - The Checklist Manifesto Carol Dweck - Mindset Jim Collins - Good to Great Daniel Goleman - EQ Roland Barth - Ed Leadership
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=Supportive Leadership in Schools more Important than Pay?= [|Washington Post Article] =Transformational Leadership= Here