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School Leadership Development Plan

School leadership in today's schools remains a problem. Lewis (1996) reported that questions regarding the supply and ability of school administrators remain unanswered. Initiatives for national education goals for the year 2000 gave little focus to administrators. However the development of school leadership is of interest to many. For example the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation provided funding for the professional development of middle school principals. School improvement is dependent on its leadership. Thus the development of administrator leadership is required to ensure ongoing development of school culture and optimal instructional programs. The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium in Washington, D. C. set standards for administrator preparation; one standard mentions management skills and the others focus on "the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning: and "encouraging . . . the development of school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning" (p. 525). Thus school leaders must do more than manage they must lead the school community.

Blackledge (1998) reported further that school leadership must promote learning for students, leadership roles must be assumed to focus energies and resources of stakeholders in productive ways, a sense of community within the school and the larger community must be cultivated, and efforts to build leadership abilities of administrators, teachers, and parents so that all can support student learning must be supported. The school leader faces many challenges and ongoing changes that affect the leadership process. Davies (2002) noted that these changes are found in the following areas: economic and societal; educational reform; educational business; autonomy and recentralization tensions; technology; and use and misuse of information. Thus today's leadership development plan must include a framework that allow...

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