Achieving through others.
-- Milton Chen, Executive Director, The George Lucas Education Foundation
Ability to create the environment where all members of a team or organization:
a) understand the ultimate work goal, b) recognize the unique and critical
contributions they each make toward accomplishing that goal and c) believe
they have a support system that will do all possible to help each accomplish
that goal.
-- Barbara Stein, Senior Program Analyst, National Education Association
Leadership is inspiring others to accomplish organizational goals, conveying
goals and gaining a consensus of the organization or team members - Leadership
is an art; it must be felt, experienced and created.
-- Jordan Goins, Superintendent of Schools, West Bolivar Public Schools
Educational leadership is the continuous work of mobilizing people to
believe and behave in regard to a shared vision that results in high achievement
for every child. It is the ability to support people in doing inquiry about
the results of their work honestly, without the fear of blame and judgment.
-- Dan Chernow, Executive Director, UCLA School of Management Program
Leadership is getting people to pay attention to tough issues rather
than avoiding difficult issues, work, or values that a community needs
to address. Tackling difficult problems - problems that often require a
change of values, engaging in conflict, or confronting disturbing issues
- is the end of leadership; getting that work done is its essence.
-- John Bailey, Director of Educational Technology, Pennsylvania Department
of Education
Leadership is the ability to imagine the possibilities and make them
happen. It is stepping forward and encouraging and coaching others to higher
levels. It is listening, communicating, collaborating, and building a common
focus. It is creating a magical organization where everyone is valued and
all talents are used to their fullest.
-- Kathy Klock, Program Officer, Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The application of leadership skills necessary for school leaders to
help schools apply technology in beneficial ways to lead them into the
21st century.
-- Arthur Holmes, Technology Coordinator, West Bolivar Public Schools
Personal Definition of Leadership: Vision, responsibility, resolve, inspiration,
collaboration.
-- Leslie Saul, Education Industry Manager, Corporate Business Development,
3Com
An educational leader promotes the success of all students and stakeholders
by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation and stewardship
of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by a larger political,
social, economic, legal and cultural community.
-- Judy Cutts, Principal, West Bolivar Elementary Schools
A leader is the team member who can envision the primary goal the group
is working to obtain. A leader assesses and considers the strengths and
weaknesses of each link when planning measures to obtain desirability outcomes
lead to the primary goal.
-- Renee LaMastus, Teacher, West Bolivar Elementary School
Yesterday natural resources define power
Today KNOWLEDGE is power
Yesterday leaders commanded and controlled
Today leaders empower and coach
Yesterday leaders were warriors
Today leaders are facilitators
Yesterday leaders directed
Today leaders delegate*
Yesterday leaders demanded respect
Today leaders encourage self-respect
Yesterday value was extra
Today value is everything
by Dennis Waitley, "Empires of the Mind"
-- Helen Soulé, Interim Director of Management Information Services
and Director of Educational Technology, Training & Support, MS Department
of Education
Being a leader takes more than managerial or technical skills. One must
be an evangelist, a teacher, a risk-taker, a motivator, a visionary and....
one must be very thick-skinned.
-- Helen Soulé, Interim Director of Management Information Services
and Director of Educational Technology, Training & Support, MS Department
of Education
Leadership in education means bringing people together to define and
accomplish a common purpose and create and sustain a culture that supports
high expectations for all students. It means enabling groups of teachers,
parents, students, and others to work together to discern the nature of
problems and creatively find resources and other solutions to solve these
problems. -- Jon Schnur, CEO and Co-founder, New Leaders for New Schools
Leadership is the ability to see beyond skill and recognize talent, knowing
that skills can be learned. It is the ability to capitalize on the strengths
of the individual and motivate that person to seek to develop themselves
professionally while providing the opportunities to do so. Leadership is
the ability to recognize that every accomplishment is a team effort.
-- Julie Young, Executive Director, The Florida Online High School
