READINGS

READINGS

Instructor: Dr.Gill Office: 102-E King Hall [click for map] Phone: (910)962-4293 Email: gilld@uncw.edu Welcome to EDN 579: Instructional Leadership in Secondary Schools

Readings:
The readings are listed beneath each topic below. Some of the readigns are long and other are .pdf documents. If you can't read the pdfs, you should download the free Adobe Acrobat reader.

• Leadership Project and Related Literature (week 2): Key Question: What is Teacher Leadership and how do I become a Teacher Leader?
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Teacher Leadership Project
  • SE Center for Teacher Quality
  • Teacher Leadership: Obstacles and Strategies
    
    
• No Child Left Behind and Highly qualified Teachers (week 3-4). Key Question: How can teachers become leaders of national reform movements (which are about a lot more than reading per se)?
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Reading First
  • Reading Recovery
  • The Learning First Alliance Issues Practical Guide to Talking with Your Community
    
    
• Professional Guidelines of Subject Area Teachers (week 5-6)
  • English Language Arts Education
  • Mathematics Education
  • Science Education
  • Social Studies Education
  • National Board Guidelines
    
    
• Self analysis of Instructional Leadership Project Design (week 7-8)
  • No readings
    
    
• Guidelines for Portfolio Design and Construction (week 9-10)
  • WSE M.ED. Guidlelines for Portfolio
    
    
• Resources for Portfolio Development (week 11-12)
  • National Board guidelines (not the required format but handy if you're aiming your portfolio at National Board Cert.)
  • Ideas for building a portfolio
    
    
• Discussion and feedback on Leadership Project (week 13-14)
  • No readings
    
    
• Discussion and presentation of Portfolio and course materials (week 15 and Final)
  • No readings

Each week, each students will read the materials listed for each of the above topic (found on the Readings page) and then write an email journal response to the materials. The email should be sent to the instructor, as well as the other students. Also, the email should include a second section asking any questions about the course requirements or materials.

In addition, every third week, each student will meet with me individually to discuss the Leadership Project and the Portfolio. These meetings should last 30 minutes and will be scheduled for our mutual convenience. We will meet as a group during the last week of classes in order to present work and to do paperwork.