Educational Leaders for Equity and Excellence
SJSU Ed Leadership MA/Tier I Program
2009–2011 Cohorts

New Home Page for Post-Graduation Website!

August 25, 2011:   Now that we’ve completed the program, and many of you have expressed interest in seeing this website not go away, I am pledgin to do the following:

• Renew the domain for around 8 more years
• Post on this home page an indexed sort of “Table of Contents” in which I will link from here to most of the topics and resources we covered during the two years.
• The rest of the site will remain as it is—except I have removed the “Collaboration” tools, the Wiki and Discussion Forum, since no one ever seemed to use them anyway…

So, stay tuned for the nifty new index/Table of Contents… coming as soon as I can get to it…

News! (from 2010–2011 School Year)

“Improving Student Performance: The Time is Now!”  ~   The Annual Conference of NASSP:
The National Association of Secondary School Principals

Thursday–Sunday, February 24–27, 2011  ~  UC Davis Conference Center

Develop strategies for building leadership capacity, enhancing school culture, and improving student performance. The conference is ideal for principals, assistant principals, teacher leaders, and superintendents and district leaders to:

• Learn from renowned speakers, such as Linda Darling-Hammond, Diane Ravitch, and Bill Daggett
• Hear firsthand how a diverse group of schools are achieving success in the Breaking Ranks School Showcase
• Connect with educators who are facing similar challenges through strands targeted to middle level, assistant principals, urban issues, and technology
• Work with facilitators to develop a specific work plan to take back to your school or district
• Discover new products and services from NASSP exhibitors who offer tailored solutions for your school challenges.

Complete conference information at www.nasspconference.org.

“Connecting Education Leaders and Researchers on Promising Practices for Improving Latino Achievement”  ~   The Second Research to Practice Conclave, CALSA—The California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators

Friday, October 15, 2010  ~  UC Davis Conference Center

CALSA is holding this conference at a time when the goal of an effective education for Latino students—including Latino English learners (ELs) is more critical than ever to their future and to California’s social and economic health. The conclave will focus on this crucial issue and provide participants with information on how to help achieve this goal by:

• Highlighting research-validated promising practices and strategies to raise Latino/a student achievement,
• Exploring how these practices and strategies can be integrated into schools and classrooms, and
• Fostering communication and relationships between school district leaders and researchers to facilitate the use of research to improve Latino student achievement.

Three Special Sessions by Nationally Recognized Researchers! In these three separate special sessions, the following nationally recognized researchers will discuss their work and their views regarding important directions for Latino and English learner education:

Read the flyer (229 KB ), or to register and find more information, vist www.calsa.org/.

Moving Toward Graduation!

Assuming you have all successfully completed and submitted your Petition for Advancement to Graduate Candidacy, then you should have received an email with the following instructions:

The next key date to remember for May 2011 graduations is February 14, 2011: Submit Application for Award of Master’s Degree

Saturday Class: September 18, 2010

• The Day’s Agenda

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• Professor Gary Stebbins: An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence

  • Handout Key and Resources on Emotional Intelligence and “EQ” (565 KB )
  • “What Makes a Leader?” — Excerpted from an article in Harvard Business Review (57 KB )
  • “Stilling the Mind: An Interview with Linda Lantieri” (369 KB )
  • CARE Program Teaches Educators to Manage Their Emotions (98 KB )
  • The HeartMath Institute (in Boulder Creek, CA!)
  • Thanks to generous student Lisa Block for these notes on Dr. Stebbins’ presentation (98 KB ).

• Professors Noni Reis and Josette Winkler: The Master’s Research Study

  • Their slideshow, as PowerPoint (761 KB ) and 6-up handout (86 KB )
  • Chapter One, The Selection of a Research Design (the purple handout), from Research Design by J. W. Creswell (2009). Find it at Sage, the publisher, or amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, or google books.
  • SJSU Graduate Division IRB web page.

• Professor Rebecca Burciaga: The Academic Pipeline

  • Some of the charts from Dr. Burciaga’s presentation (541 KB )

Just for fun…

SJSU 2010–2011 Calendar

• Find the SJSU 2010–2011 academic year calendar at www.sjsu.edu/includes/calendars/academic/1011aycalendar.pdf
• A few key dates:
  • Fall Semester:
    • Monday, August 23:  Fall semester begins
    • Thursday, December 9:  Last day of instruction
    • Monday–Friday, December 13–17:  Final exams week
    • Wednesday, December 22:  Grades due from faculty—End of fall semester
  • Winter–Spring Semester
    • Tuesday, January 25:  Spring semester begins
    • Tuesday, May 17:  Last day of instruction
    • Thursday–Wednesday, May 19–25:  Final exams week
    • Tuesday, May 21:  Grades due from faculty—End of spring semester

Deborah Meier, Diane Ravitch and others speak at “Bridging Differences: What Works in Schools,”

May 4, 2010  ~  Washington, DC  ~  Sponsored by the Forum for Education and Democracy

The Forum for Education and Democracy sponsored a one day “briefing” that explored “how federal policies can help or hinder the development of public schools that best prepare students for work, college, citizenship, and life.” Speakers were:

• Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education,
  New York University
• Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar & Adjunct Professor, New York University
• James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center & Associate Dean, Yale School of Medicine
• Doug Anthony, Director of School Leadership, Prince George's County Public Schools
• Moderated by Maya Rockeymoore, President and CEO, Global Policy Solutions

The web page for the event is at forumforeducation.org/node/541, and states, “The ultimate purpose of learning is to teach children how to use their minds well. There are public schools across the country that are effective at helping students to develop fully their capacity to learn and think critically. What are the federal policies and pedagogical approaches that best support these schools? Which policy assumptions undermine effective learning in our schools? How can the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rise above No Child Left Behind’s focus on preparing students for standardized tests?”

They have posted the presentations by Dr. James Comer, Deborah Meier, Diane Ravitch, and Doug Anthony on Vimeo. Check these out!

More information on the speakers (3 page 316 KB )

And of course they have a Facebook page.

Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier tell it like it is, at a blog they jointly write, called “Bridging Differences” and available at blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences.

Deborah Meier coming to Salinas! Monday May 17, 6:00 pm Salinas, CA

“Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity”

Deborah Meier, educator and author, will be speaking on Monday, May 17, 6:00 pm at the Oasis Charter Public School, 1135 Westridge Parkway, Salinas, CA. This event is free and open to the public.

Meier has worked more than four decades in public education as a teacher, writer and public advocate. She founded and served as teacher-director of several innovative public schools that serve predominantly low-income African-American and Latino students. The schools are considered exemplars of reform nationally. In 1987, Meier received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. Her books include: The Power of Their Ideas (1995), In Schools We Trust (2002), Keeping School, with Ted and Nancy Sizer (2004) and Many Children Left Behind (2004).

Lindstrom Scholarship for Educational Leadership: Spring 2010

Application Deadline: May 3!

The Phyllis Hendry Lindstrom Scholarship for Educational Leadership has been established to encourage men and women to become public school administrators. Dr. Phyllis Hendry Lindstrom was a valued faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership who passed away in 2005. Prior to coming to San Jose State, Dr. Lindstrom worked for many years as an educational leader in Santa Clara County.

For this scholarship, candidates must be pursuing a post baccalaureate degree and/or credential in Educational Administration. Review of the scholarship applications will be conducted by Educational Leadership faculty with participation from the Lindstrom family. For the Spring 2010, an award of $500.00 will be made to each of four recipients who are in the first year of the Master’s program in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Jose State University.

Purpose: The scholarship will defray academic costs (tuition and books) incurred during a program in the Preliminary or Professional Administrative Services Credential and/or the Master’s degree in Education with a concentration in Educational Administration.

Read the printable flier and/or apply online (you need to create an account and login).

Blueprint for Reform: the Obama-Duncan plan regarding the Reauthorization of ESEA

Dr. Reis encourages everyone to take a look at the US Dep’t. of Ed. Blueprint for Reform (2.3 MB , 45 pages, already posted above, under last week’s homework), the Obama-Duncan plan regarding the Reauthorization of ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act… aka No Child Left Behind). See also the NEA (National Education Association, www.nea.org/esea) or the AFT (American Federation of Teachers, www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2010/eseanews.cfm web pages about ESEA. SJSU Educational Leadership will organize a “brown bag lunch” event for students and faculty to discuss ESEA and the “blueprint” soon. (Full disclosure: Dr. Reis recommended the NEA website; I have added AFT for “equal representation” of the two major national teacher unions.)

Tim Wise speaks on “Privilege” Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Anti-Racist writer and educator Tim Wise (www.timwise.org) will lecture on “Privilege” – Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 12 noon – 1 pm in the Dr. MLK Jr., Library. (The event is not listed on the library website, but they do list 9 holdings by Tim Wise.)

Saturday All-Cohorts Session: February 6, 2010

General Session: “Collaboration: Been There; Wrecked That” – Dr. George Manthey, EdD, ACSA

• PowerPoint Presentation:
  • PowerPoint (100 KB )
  • PDF of the slides (100 KB )
  • PDF of 6-up handout (100 KB )
• Handout (100 KB )
• ACSA (www.acsa.org): Association of California School Administrators
• An annotated bibliography on collaboration, from the National Staff Development Council (www.nsdc.org)
• Adaptive Schools (www.adaptiveschools.com), where you’ll find the Seven Norms of Collaboration Toolkit and other resources

Breakout Session: Student Performance Display, Analysis and Action: Assessment Walls – Margaret Bonanno

• Handout (100 KB )

Breakout Session: Digital-Age Leadership – Dr. Stephen Kay, SJSU

• PowerPoint Presentation:
  • PowerPoint (9.8 MB , 50 slides)
  • PDF of the slides (12.9 MB , 50 pages)
  • PDF of 6-up handout (1.4 MB , 9 pages)
• Dr. Kay’s Social Bookmarks (www.delicious.com/stevekay) at www.delicious.com, including his bookmarks for this session, www.delicious.com/stevekay/DAL020610.
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English by www.commoncraft.com.
• NETS-A, the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators.

Breakout Session: Teaching the Whole Child: The Role of the Arts – Lilia Aguero, Snata Clara COE

• PowerPoint Presentation:
  • PowerPoint (100 KB )
• Handout (100 KB )
• Arts Education podcast with Artist Teacher Eric Booth, from the PRI radio show “To the Best of Our Knowledge”

Breakout Session: Leadership in Professional Learning Communities – Professor Pat Stelwagon, SJSU

• Handout (100 KB )
• Central Park East High School
• The Coalition of Essential Schools (www.essentialschools.org)

Guest Speaker-Scholar: Tara Yosso – January 29 & 30, 2010

Associate Professor of Chicano Studies at UCSB Tara Yosso will discuss Critical Race Theory and Latino Critical Theory at a SJSU Faculty Colloquium on Friday January 29, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. Ed Leadership students are invited to attend! The Colloquium will take place in Sweeney Hall room 331. (Read her Curriuculum Vitae.)

Professor Yosso will also be presenting to the Ed Leadership Year Two Students at their General Session on Saturday January 30, 8:30–10:00 am. Year One students (that’s us) are invited and encouraged to attend as well!