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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF LODZ, LODZ
FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
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individual work with a student
Prof. nadzw. dr hab. Joanna Michalak
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Case study required: the student will select a problem or issue at her/his site and analyze the context, background, possible
solutions, pros and cons of each solution, selection of appropriate solution, implementation of the chosen solution and any
remaining issues around implementation. Each student selects a different issue and formally presents to the class using
Powerpoint. Each student prepares a paper on case study
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Case study: classroom presentation (50% presentation)
Case study: paper (50% paper)
Grading scale: 90-100 = 5/ 4+ (A); 80-89= 4 (B); 70-79=3+ (C); 60-69=3 (D) 59= 2 (F)
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The course encompasses the development of knowledge and skills essential to educational leadership, and specifically to the
development of educational leaders who can create school cultures that are conducive to learning for all students. The course is
divided up into two essential parts. The first part of the class will focus on the characteristics of leadership and what it means to
be a leader, and especially a educational leader. It will examine contemporary leadership theories, leadership within educational
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communities, the change process, and the concept of collaboration among administrators, teachers, parents, and students, and
community members as a means of creating more effective educational communities. The second part of the course will focus on
exhibiting leadership and making change happen. During the course the students will explore the concepts and theories of
leadership in order to develop their own personal ideas of leadership, and will examine current proposals for educational change.
OBJECTIVES:
The program provides an opportunity for students to:
- develop and refine a personal vision of education,
- engage in reflection, develop ways to engage self and others reflective activities, and addresses the need for reflection
across the program,
- understand and analyze various theories and concepts of leadership as they apply to schools,
- develop a critical thinking on the contemporary theories on leadership in education,
- understand principles and processes for facilitating organizational change in schools.
CONTENTS:
 The Context for and Challenge of Educational Leadership.
 The essentials of educational leadership. Leading and managing:
- developing leadership and management effectiveness
- managing ourselves and leading others
- motivating and managing others
- leading effective teams
 Theories and concepts of leadership:
- moral and ethical leadership
- emotional leaderships
- transformational leadership
- distributed leadership
- sustainable leadership
Set texts:
Bennis, W. G. (2003). On Becoming a Leader. New York: Addison-Wesley.
Bezzina, C., Michalak, J. M. (2006). Authentic Educational Leadership: the challenges ahead, Lodz: University Press.
Campbell, E (1997), “Ethical School Leadership: Problems of an Elusive Role,” Journal of School Leadership, Vol. 7, May, 287-300.
Hargreaves, A. (2003). Teaching in The Knowledge Society, education in the age of insecurity. New York, Teachers’ College Press.
Literature: Hargreaves, A. & Fink, D. (2005) Sustainable Leadership, San Francisco, Jossey Bass.
Marzano, R. et. al (2005). School Leadership that Works. Alexandria VA: ASCD.
Sergiovanni, T. (2000). The Lifeworld of Leadership. San Francisco, Jossey Bass.
Additional texts:
Baumann, Z. (1998). Globalization: the Human Consequences. Cambridge, Polity Press.
Spillane, J.P., Halverson, R. & Diamond, J.B. (2001) “Investigating School Leadership Practice: a distributed perspective.”
Educational Researcher, April pp. 23-28.
Crowther, F., Kaagan, S.S., Ferguson, M., & Hann, L. (2002). Developing Teacher Leaders. Thousand Oaks, Corwin Press.
Stoll, L., Earl, L., & Fink, D. (2002) It’s About Learning, Buckingham, Open University Press.
Senge, P. (1996) “The Leader of the Future” in Senge, P. (1996) Leading Learning Organizations, New York, The Peter Drucker
Foundation.
Hargreaves, A. (2003) “Emotional geographies of teaching”, Teachers’ College Record, 103(6) pp. 1056-1080.
Leithwood, K. Jantzi, D. R. & Steinbach, R. (1999). Changing Leadership for Changing Times, Buckingham, Open University Press.
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