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Leadership in Education

I am a program specialist and leader in special education. In terms of evaluating myself in terms of Kouzes and Posner's (2003, 2008) practices of exemplary leaders, I have formulated the following checklist of exemplary practices and my performance on each of the listed practices:

1. Modeling the Way - In terms of designing and modifying the curriculum, in my capacity as a program specialist leader I work hard to establish principles concerning how special children and their parents should be treated by colleagues as well as the ways which colleagues should work with children to pursue special education goals. In terms of said goals, while all work together to achieve them, it can be noted that I strive to set interim goals so that parents and children can achieve small wins on their way to achieving larger objectives.

In addition to the foregoing, I have established certain standards for excellence as part of designing staff development programs which is an important element of 'modeling the way.' Further, I have formulated methods and strategies that can be used by children's parents if they encounter bureaucratic obstacles which is another important element of this leadership practice.

2. Inspiring a shared vision is a practice of exemplary leadership that I strive hard to fulfill in that I work to help colleagues in special education envision the future and develop an ideal image of what they can do for children in their job positions. My style of persuasion is calm but steady as I enlist others to develop the ideal vision and work toward it. I find that in terms of advocating for children, having a strong vision of where we want the child to be in the future is very helpful in getting colleagues to work toward achieving this.

3. Challenging the process is another important leadership practice. According to Kouzes and Posner (2003, 2008), leaders search for opportunities to change the status quo and to i...

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