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National Invitational Conference on Educational Leadership

Sponsored by
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory
The Laboratory for Student Success (LSS) at
Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education

May 20-21, 2002 Vienna, VA

AGENDA

Monday, May 20, 2002 - Salon E-F
5:00 p.m. Registration
 
6:00-8:00 p.m. Opening Session/Dinner
 
 

Welcome
JoAnn Manning
Executive Director, Laboratory for Student Success

 

Conference Overview
Herbert Walberg
University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Evolving Concepts in Educational Leadership
Joseph Murphy
Ohio Principals Leadership Academy


Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - Salon E-F
8:00 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast
 
  Welcome
JoAnn Manning
Mark Smylie
Board of Directors, National Society for the Study of Education
 
8:30 a.m Plenary Session 1: Challenges in School and District Leadership and Reculturing the Profession
 
  Chair:
Gordon Cawelti
Educational Research Service

Discussants:
Patricia Felton-Montgomery
Laboratory for Student Success

John Smith
Montgomery County Council Education and the Arts
 
 

Papers for discussion:

  • Understanding the Evolving Concept of Leadership in Education: Roles, Expectations, and Dilemmas
    By Ellen Goldring and William Greenfield
     
  • The Contextual Terrain Facing Educational Leaders
    By Catherine A. Lugg, Katrina Bulkley, William A. Firestone, and C. William Garner
     
  • Unpacking the Challenges of Leadership at the School and District Level
    By Kenneth Leithwood and Nona Prestine
     
  • School Improvement Processes and Practices: Professional Learning for Building Instructional Capacity
    By James P. Spillane and Karen Seashore Louis
     
  • Leadership for Democratic Community in Schools
    By Gail C. Furman and Robert J. Starratt
     
  • Leadership for Social Justice
    By Colleen L. Larson and Khaula Murtadha

11:00-12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 2: Leadership Roles in Schools
 
 

Chair:
Sam Redding
Academic Development Institute

Discussants:
William Firestone
Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

Arthur Wise
NCATE
 

 

Papers for Discussion:

  • Building Leadership into the Roles of Teachers
    By Mark A. Smylie, Sharon Conley, and Helen Marks
     
  • Reshaping the Role of the School Principal
    By Gary M. Crow, Charles S. Hausman, and Jay Paredes Scribner
     
  • Shifts in the Discourse Defining the Superintendency: Historicaland Current Foundations of the Position
    By C. Cryss Brunner, Margaret Grogan, and Lars Björk
     
  • Repositioning Lay Leadership: Policymaking and Democratic Deliberation
    By Sharon F. Rallis, Mark R. Shibles, and Austin Swanson
     
  • Preparing School Leaders for School Improvement, Social Justice, and Community
    By Diana Pounder, Ulrich Reitzug, and Michelle Young
     
  • Rethinking the Professional Development of School Leaders
    By Frances K. Kochan, Paul Bredeson, and Carolyn Riehl
12:30 p.m. Discussion over Lunch
 
1:30-3:30 Small Work Groups (Please see separate sheet for group and location)

Group 1: Herndon Room
Chair:
Ron Grimm, Woodland Hills School District
Rapporteur:
Frederick McCoy, LSS

Group 2: Reston Room
Chair:
Steve Bingham, SERVE
Rapporteur:
John Kovach, LSS

Group 3: Salon E-F
Chair:
Robert Blum, NWREL
Rapporteur:
Jana Martella, CCSSO

3:30 p.m.

Reports/Next Steps
Herbert Walberg



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