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Book Review: Island Of The Lost: Shipwrecked At The Edge Of The World By Joan Druett, Peter A. Maresco
Book Review: Island Of The Lost: Shipwrecked At The Edge Of The World By Joan Druett, Peter A. Maresco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
A book review of Island of the Lost by Joan Druett.
A Follower's View Of Leadership, Albert Desimone Jr.
A Follower's View Of Leadership, Albert Desimone Jr.
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Leadership and leaders—the embodiment of leadership—exist to effect positive change. If we were all satisfied with the way things are in the world, there would be no need for leaders. We would still need managers to oversee the individuals who maintain the status quo, and we would still need supervisors to oversee the tasks and processes associated with that maintenance.
It Governance And Digital Application Of Online Customers Expectations, Ezendu Ariwa, Sarah Olaya
It Governance And Digital Application Of Online Customers Expectations, Ezendu Ariwa, Sarah Olaya
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The main purpose of this study is to: Investigate and identify UK online customers’ perceived key elements of hotel websites information contents for purchases decision. Use the key elements identified as ‘measurement indicators’. Evaluate the performance of UK two and three –star hotel websites.
Mystic Inspiration Of Effective Habits?, Dennis Mcdougall, Rhonda S. Black, Garnett J. Smith, James Skouge
Mystic Inspiration Of Effective Habits?, Dennis Mcdougall, Rhonda S. Black, Garnett J. Smith, James Skouge
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Although numerous and diverse publications address professors’ writing and research productivity, exceedingly few empirical studies report findings for interventions designed and implemented to increase professors’ research productivity. This study used an innovative mixed methods design with a concurrent triangulation strategy and methods from two research traditions that investigators rarely integrate – quantitative single-case interventions and qualitative inquiry. Processes and findings from this study illustrate how researchers can combine these methods to illuminate the how and why of changes in performance in participant-interventionist studies. In this study, university professors used goal setting and behavioral self-management techniques to increase their daily research …
A Mentoring Process To Support Teachers’ Growth And Retention, David Bell, Earl Thomas
A Mentoring Process To Support Teachers’ Growth And Retention, David Bell, Earl Thomas
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
As educational consultants one of the pressing needs that we find administrators often recognize is the need for mentoring new and veteran teachers. Despite their concerns mentoring is often not part of the school system or it is executed in a haphazard manner. For example, when principals are asked to describe the current teacher mentoring system they often report that they just assign new teachers with veteran teachers who are willing to take on an additional responsibility. This suggests there is a lack of attention given to the importance of the quality relationship that must be established between mentor teacher …
Teachers Perception Of Principals Leadership Capacities In Nigeria, M. Arikewuyo
Teachers Perception Of Principals Leadership Capacities In Nigeria, M. Arikewuyo
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Without any doubt, leadership plays a dominant role in the outcome of any organized effort aimed at a particular goal or a set of goals. It is the genius of leadership that mobilises human and material resources and creates the necessary climate for productivity. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that leadership accounts for most of the outcomes observable in Organisations. In the view of Jiboyewa (1988), leadership involves much more than the behaviours exhibited by leaders in any other organisation.
The Future Of Site-Based Management: Principals Are The Key, Agnes Richardson
The Future Of Site-Based Management: Principals Are The Key, Agnes Richardson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Site-Based Management (SBM), also known as decentralization, is a process that gives decision-making power over educational programs to individual schools instead of district offices with the ultimate goal of improved student learning (Hansen 2005; Tanner and Stone 1998; Walker 2007). It is a concept that was introduced to education over two decades ago (Cromwell 2005). There are a number of states and major cities in the United States that have legislated and mandated SBM programs, including Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles (Chittum 2006; Walker 2007). SBM successes and failures have a …
Leadership Through Collaborative Strategic Planning: One School’S Journey, Sally Lewis, Sylvia Imler
Leadership Through Collaborative Strategic Planning: One School’S Journey, Sally Lewis, Sylvia Imler
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Educational administrators, school board members, and policy makers have been mandated to account for the learning and performance of the highly diverse students that comprise today’s classrooms. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA 2004) have presented a set of challenges for educating all children using data-driven decisions in a standards-based curriculum with culturally responsive practices. These mandates from federal and state legislation demand a change in administrative culture. These challenges require school personnel to develop plans to adjust their practices to meet the academic and behavioral needs of …
Teachers Evaluations Of Nagc Initial Knowledge & Skill Standards For Gifted And Talented Education, Theresa Monaco
Teachers Evaluations Of Nagc Initial Knowledge & Skill Standards For Gifted And Talented Education, Theresa Monaco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) have jointly developed standards for the review of NAGC. These standards will be presented to the NCATE for adoption. If you are interested in reviewing the program standards and offering suggestions before they are presented for adoption, please click on the URL below. The standards may be accessed at: http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1512 . These standards were evaluated by teachers enrolled in summer University graduate in the area of gifted education scheduled at the University of Houston. Comments are modified verbatim text. Teachers were asked to select one or …
Pssa Panic And Paranoia: Effects On Student Teachers, Linda Dessoye
Pssa Panic And Paranoia: Effects On Student Teachers, Linda Dessoye
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
It has been several years since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was renamed the No Child Left Behind Act. In this major expansion of the federal role in education, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 required annual testing, specified a method for judging school effectiveness, set a timeline for progress, and established specific consequences in the case of failure (Wenning, 2003). The Washington Post referred to it as the “broadest rewriting of federal education policy in decades”(Milbank, 2002). The effects of the overwhelming pressure to perform well on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) …
Activating The Desire To Learn By Bob Sullo, Liana Gonzales
Activating The Desire To Learn By Bob Sullo, Liana Gonzales
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
A book review of Activating the Desire to Learn by Bob Sullo.
Effective Leadership Through Emotional Maturity, Linda Hyatt, Blaine Hyatt, James Hyatt
Effective Leadership Through Emotional Maturity, Linda Hyatt, Blaine Hyatt, James Hyatt
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
What makes a leader successful? This question has been asked throughout the ages; before one attempt to understand what makes a leader successful, one must first have a full comprehension of what constitutes success and what constitutes a leader. To merely hold the position of a leader does not make one a leader. Success is largely an individualistic interpretation of personal increase or satisfaction, whether physical, emotional, or psychological. One’s perception of success is influenced by the social contexts around the individual. A successful leader must possess certain characteristics and have the ability to transform those characteristics into action. A …
How Can Anyone Lead Others Until They Are Ready To Lead Themselves?, Peter A. Maresco
How Can Anyone Lead Others Until They Are Ready To Lead Themselves?, Peter A. Maresco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
What I would like to focus on in this essay is the quality of personal leadership. What can each of us do in our personal and professional lives to assume leadership over what we do.
Initiating Your Successful Transition To School Principal, Timothy Glasspool
Initiating Your Successful Transition To School Principal, Timothy Glasspool
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The role and responsibilities of the principal and assistant principal have developed and been redeveloped to meet demands and legislative impact on the American public education system. With these additional demands, principals are required to lead students and faculties to greater educational outcomes and achievement. As the role of building level leadership evolves and more principals become instructional leaders first and a managers second, opportunities for changing roles could correct assistant principal pigeon-holing. Some researchers and practitioners do not agree the assistant principal position is an appropriate training ground for the Principalship. Even some principals and researchers believe the training …
Teacher Migration From High-Performing Middle Schools: A Case Study, Richard Conley
Teacher Migration From High-Performing Middle Schools: A Case Study, Richard Conley
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
I recently conducted fieldwork to explore the dynamics of teacher migration and understand how it relates to teachers’ perceptions and attitudes. The research was conducted through the eyes of a sixth grade language arts/social studies’ teacher working in a middle school I will refer to as PLC (Professional Learning Community) Middle School. By spending extensive time and conducting multiple interviews with the teacher and other staff members, I was able to explore some of the reasons and conditions why teachers leave schools, particularly high-performing schools to teach in other high performing schools. Attending weekly meetings at all levels and content …
Telling Stories And Living Art: Making Room For Social Justice And Diversity In Graduate Education, Four Arrows
Telling Stories And Living Art: Making Room For Social Justice And Diversity In Graduate Education, Four Arrows
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Indigenous scholars discovered that indigenous knowledge is far more than the binary opposite of western knowledge. As a concept, indigenous knowledge benchmarks the limitations of Eurocentric theory — its methodology, evidence, and conclusions — reconceptualizes the resilience and self-reliance of indigenous peoples, and underscores the importance of their own philosophies, heritages, and educational processes. Indigenous knowledge fills the ethical and knowledge gaps in Eurocentric education, research, and scholarship (2002:5).
The State Of Intellectual Property Education Worldwide, Shaheen Lakhan, Meenakshi Khurana
The State Of Intellectual Property Education Worldwide, Shaheen Lakhan, Meenakshi Khurana
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Intellectual property (IP) consists of any ideas, concepts, insignias, and symbols that are unique and original to the owner. IP has various broad categories: copyright, trademarks, patents, designs, and other types of information. The concept is best thought of as a bundle of rights protected by law. Trade secrets, expertise, and know-how, are instances of confidential company information that are also covered by IP laws. These ideas and concepts are assets to an organization or country and can be extremely valuable. It has been estimated that IP, as intangible assets, constitutes around 75 percent of the assets of publicly-listed U.S. …
The Creation Of A Center For Technology In Education, Jody Britten
The Creation Of A Center For Technology In Education, Jody Britten
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Institutions of higher education (IHE) have long been invested in the creation of centers for further study, application, evaluation, and research. Larwood and Gattiker (1999) argue that centers must be committed to making an impact on everyday public practice. Furthermore, these authors support that there are clear benefits to centers when there is a purpose that exceeds thinking and data collection and concentrates clearly on influencing practice for goal attainment.
What Leaders Can Learn From Athletics: Inconsistencies Between Leadership In Sports And Leadership In Corporations, Peter A. Maresco
What Leaders Can Learn From Athletics: Inconsistencies Between Leadership In Sports And Leadership In Corporations, Peter A. Maresco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
An article discussing leadership in athletics.
Table Of Contents - Summer 2007, Fort Hays State University College Of Education
Table Of Contents - Summer 2007, Fort Hays State University College Of Education
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2007 table of contents
Applying Leadership Criterion Of The European Excellence Model For Achieving Quality Management In Higher Education Institutions, Stephen Anyamele
Applying Leadership Criterion Of The European Excellence Model For Achieving Quality Management In Higher Education Institutions, Stephen Anyamele
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
For institutions of higher education to be successful in the future, there is the need to deliver excellence in all its operations. This means that there is a real need to develop more effective and efficient institutional management practices (Steed et al., 2005). In order to reach this goal, many institutions are turning to total quality management models such as the European Foundation for Quality management (EFQM) Excellence Model as an effective and practical tool to support improvement opportunities within higher education establishments. In an introductory text reproduced from the EFQM Excellence Model Higher Education Version (2003), the EFQM Excellence …
Empowerment Through Critical Pedagogy, Premakumari Dheram
Empowerment Through Critical Pedagogy, Premakumari Dheram
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
In any multilingual country, it is imperative that the curriculum provide for a critical dialogue on the politics of language. Educators must address questions of linguistic and cultural identity especially in the context of the spread of English. Contrary to popular and academic conceptions, English has never been just a ‘link’ or ‘library’ language, and the epithets non-native speaker teacher/learner and second language teacher/learner echo a sense of marginality and displacement (Browne. 2005. Cummins.1996. Kachru.1982. Rampton.1990.Shondel.2005). For “…language itself is content, a referent for loyalties and animosities, an indicator of social statuses and personal relationships, a marker of situations and …
Playing Around: The Role Of Games In Creating World-Class Workplace Teams, Kathy Dale
Playing Around: The Role Of Games In Creating World-Class Workplace Teams, Kathy Dale
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Games are certainly not the only way to build high-performance teams. Classroom training, role-playing, profile testing and other structures all play a positive role. But when team members go away from the office, dress informally and get outside their “business as usual” selves, what tends to happen is that “positions” are forgotten and people show more of their true nature. In this way, games create understanding. And when this understanding is in place, synergy can happen, that magic that makes ideas and results much greater than the sum of their parts.
Motivation Of Asian Americans To Study Medicine: A Pilot Study, Ralitsa Akins
Motivation Of Asian Americans To Study Medicine: A Pilot Study, Ralitsa Akins
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
In the Background section, major trends in medical school population diversity are explored in regard to Asian American cultural values for success, Asian educational values and traditions, and relatedness to immigration laws fostering professional workforce immigration. This background exploration, presenting the diverse forces forming the environment for Asian American immigrants and their cultural roots, will help the understanding of the results of the pilot study on motivation of Asian Americans to study medicine.
An Assessment Of The Perceived Benefits Of Extracurricular Activity On Academic Achievement At Paramount High School, Michael Zwart
An Assessment Of The Perceived Benefits Of Extracurricular Activity On Academic Achievement At Paramount High School, Michael Zwart
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
One of the many problems facing today’s schools is the need to raise academic achievement while facing the continuing issue of budget limitations. Paramount High School is in a lower socioeconomic suburban community in southern CA. Eighty seven percent of the students in the district receive free or reduced lunch and 21.9% were below the poverty level. Forty percent of the high school students were foreign born, 71.8% speak a language other than English at home, 34% were identified as English Language Learners, 50% of the students’ parents never graduated from high school, and the 81% Hispanic population creates a …
The Management Of Creativity: Redux, Susan Madsen
The Management Of Creativity: Redux, Susan Madsen
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
The immediate problem facing the authors was replacing someone with the background and stature of Joseph Abboud with an individual or, as it eventually worked out, four individuals with differing creative backgrounds and levels of success that would be of benefit to the students (in the spring 2006 semester the course was offered to undergraduate business students) enrolled in the course. Replacing Abboud proved to be not as difficult as the authors originally imagined. Within a period of three weeks, four individuals with diverse backgrounds in film, music, sports entertainment, and entrepreneurship were identified and agreed to take part in …
Managing Professional Competencies Of Teaching Staff In The University: Views Of Finnish University Leaders, Mark Safferstone
Managing Professional Competencies Of Teaching Staff In The University: Views Of Finnish University Leaders, Mark Safferstone
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Higher education institutions should recognize that their staff are their vital and valued asset. The university should therefore, commit itself to encouraging and enabling staff to realize their potential by providing opportunities for all colleagues to gain the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary for them to enhance their contribution to meeting individual, area, and organizational objectives. Not only that staff development should be among a clutch of institutional innovations thrust upon universities, it is a technique or tool to increase quality, efficiency and output, it can be associated with high quality professional performance resulting in career advancement, strategic development, and …
Leadership And Recruitment: What Leaders Can Learn From Coach Robert Montgomery Knight: A Conceptual View, Stephen Anyamele
Leadership And Recruitment: What Leaders Can Learn From Coach Robert Montgomery Knight: A Conceptual View, Stephen Anyamele
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
It has always puzzled me why organizations do not seem to take the same amount of time and energy to interview and recruit prospective employees as that shown by sports teams. In this essay, I will be looking at recruitment and leadership typically found in a business environment and that found in a basketball (sports) context; specifically Division I college basketball.
Alumni Assessment: Providing Insight To University Leadership, Janine Kraus
Alumni Assessment: Providing Insight To University Leadership, Janine Kraus
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
When determining the effectiveness of an academic program it is important to assess the program internally through the institution and academic leadership. But, it is also important to assess the graduates that have benefited from the program. This study assessed a doctoral program at a regional university in a metropolitan area. The doctoral program was eliminated due to financial constraints. However, an alumni evaluation was not conducted on this program prior to it be eliminated. The purpose of this study was to conduct an alumni evaluation on this doctoral program to determine its effects with alumni.
Table Of Contents - Spring 2007, Fort Hays State University College Of Education
Table Of Contents - Spring 2007, Fort Hays State University College Of Education
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)
Academic Leadership Journal Spring 2007 table of contents