Mixed-Reality Immersive Environment as an Instructional Tool for Building Educational Leadership Capacity

2016 ◽  
pp. 744-768
Author(s):  
Valerie Anne Storey ◽  
Neffisatu J. C. Dambo
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Growth Area ◽  
Discrete Learning ◽  
Learning Principles

Technological innovations are changing the way education is delivered. With instructional media evolving at an exponential pace, instructional designers and educators have a variety of options when deciding what tools are best for delivering their instruction. Simulation and virtual environments are a growth area in aviation, defense, crisis management, medicine, and customer service, but the utilization of this technology in the field of educational leadership or in principal preparation programs is very much in an embryonic stage. In this chapter, the authors first provide a summary of the evolution of scenario simulation in the field of educational leadership, and develop ‘learning principles' for evaluating the effectiveness of the simulation in delivering discrete learning outcomes. They then provide a specific example of an innovative educational leadership program that is utilizing a specific virtual environment; introduce TLE TeachLivE™ (TeachLivE) as a method to help prepare future leaders for practice. Finally, they discuss professional avenues to consider while cultivating the advancement of TeachLivE™ as a supplemental method for learning.

Mixed-Reality Immersive Environment as an Instructional Tool for Building Educational Leadership Capacity

2016 ◽  
pp. 2187-2213
Author(s):  
Valerie Anne Storey ◽  
Neffisatu J. C. Dambo
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Growth Area ◽  
Discrete Learning ◽  
Learning Principles

Technological innovations are changing the way education is delivered. With instructional media evolving at an exponential pace, instructional designers and educators have a variety of options when deciding what tools are best for delivering their instruction. Simulation and virtual environments are a growth area in aviation, defense, crisis management, medicine, and customer service, but the utilization of this technology in the field of educational leadership or in principal preparation programs is very much in an embryonic stage. In this chapter, the authors first provide a summary of the evolution of scenario simulation in the field of educational leadership, and develop ‘learning principles' for evaluating the effectiveness of the simulation in delivering discrete learning outcomes. They then provide a specific example of an innovative educational leadership program that is utilizing a specific virtual environment; introduce TLE TeachLivE™ (TeachLivE) as a method to help prepare future leaders for practice. Finally, they discuss professional avenues to consider while cultivating the advancement of TeachLivE™ as a supplemental method for learning.

“Venimos Para Que se Oiga la Voz”: Activating Community Cultural Wealth as Parental Educational Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Fernández ◽  
Samantha M. Paredes Scribner
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Community Cultural Wealth ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
School Officials ◽  
Cultural Wealth ◽  
Parent Group ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Urban Elementary School ◽  
Parent Leaders

This article expands a more inclusive parental engagement framework by broadening notions of educational leadership using an example of organizing actions of Latina parent leaders amid a hostile anti-immigrant climate within an urban elementary school. Researchers draw on Yosso’s community cultural wealth framework to analyze how a Latinx parent group and parent leaders activated and nurtured community cultural wealth. The findings describe the ways in which the Latinx parent group fostered community cultural wealth and, in doing so, cultivated parental educational leadership. The authors discuss how the Latinx parent leaders then negotiated tensions that emerged between the Latinx parent group and school officials when a new parent organization was established at the school. We use this study to both disrupt traditional notions of educational leadership and discuss the implications it has for principal preparation programs.

scholarly journals All We Need Is One Mic: A Call for Anti-racist Solidarity to Deconstruct Anti-Black Racism in Educational Leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Soribel Genao ◽  
Yaribel Mercedes
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Educational Leadership Programs ◽  
New Vision

In this article, we outline some of the vital measurements of racism and anti-blackness as a macro system in education. We contend that principal preparation programs have not explicitly prioritized anti-racist school leadership, while often resisting the possibilities of solidarity or one mic of knowledge to increase anti-racist dispositions. Considering the lexicon of whiteness as an assemblage, a racial discourse should be “supported by material practices and institutions,” that prepare educational leaders to examine anti-blackness curriculum that have been embedded as a standard method. We also posit that theoretical understanding of racism as global whiteness from a post-oppositional lens and decoloniality that will challenge the way racism is currently referenced in educational leadership scholarship. Moreover, current global and decolonial research gives way for a new vision of solidarity by humanizing scholarly resistance that cultivates a vision of community that regards differences of knowledge across groups and investigates racist policies and practices in educational leadership programs.

Program Capacity for Redesign in Educational Leadership Preparation

2020 ◽  
pp. 194277512094746
Author(s):  
Davis Clement ◽  
Margaret E. Thornton ◽  
Trevor Doiron ◽  
Michelle D. Young ◽  
David Eddy-Spicer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Principal Preparation ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Program Capacity ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation ◽  
Purposive Sample

Characteristics that contribute to successful redesign and launch of principal preparation programs may be understood collectively as the capacity of those programs. A model of capacity for redesign of principal preparation programs should strike a balance between the technical and professional aspects of teaching and leadership and the cultural and relational aspects of organizations. We surveyed a national sample of program directors and interviewed a purposive sample of those in the midst of redesigning their programs to arrive at a framework of the tools and raw materials programs need to meet the new demands of principal preparation.

A systematic review of principal time use research

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-232
Author(s):  
Craig Hochbein ◽  
Abby Mahone ◽  
Sara Vanderbeck
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Positive Correlations

PurposeTo advance the study of principal time use (PTU), the purpose of this study is to report findings from a systematic review of PTU research. In addition to identifying common findings, this study also examined the supporting evidence and methodologies of PTU studies. From this dual approach, this study specified the evidence that supports claims about PTU, as well as identified areas requiring future examination.Design/methodology/approachA systematic reference review process considered 5,746 potential PTU manuscripts. The inclusion criteria identified 55 studies published between 1920 and 2015. This review synthesized data pertaining to the methodologies and findings of PTU research.FindingsFindings from studies conducted across decades indicated that principals worked extensive hours. Moreover, the workdays of principals consisted of brief and unrelated activities, most often focused on noninstructional tasks. Contrary to common hypotheses, studies indicated that PTU dedicated to administrative tasks exhibited positive correlations with educational outcomes. However, claims about PTU have been derived from samples overrepresented by large urban school districts and limited periods of observation.Practical implicationsFuture studies should implement diversified sampling strategies and extended observation periods. For principal preparation programs, the results indicated an opportunity for increased instruction on time management skills.Originality/valueThis systematic review identifies the overlooked history of the research and specifies the evidence that supports common claims about PTU, which provides empirically derived guidance for future PTU studies.

The Role of the Educational Leadership Program Coordinator (PC) in University–K-12 School District Partnership Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-260
Author(s):  
Lisa B. Coleman ◽  
Ellen Reames
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School District ◽  
Leadership Program ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Program Coordinator ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Educational Leadership Program ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation Programs ◽  
K 12

The researchers explored educational leadership program coordinator (PC) roles in developing university–K-12 school district partnerships. Little is known in regards to the PC’s role in educational leadership preparation programs, and there is even less evidence of the PC’s role in K-12 school district partnership development. This burden appears to have fallen in the educational leadership PC’s wheelhouse. Using the Barnett et al.’s partnership model as the framework, the researchers examined the PC’s role. Facilitating and hindering factors of sustainable partnerships were identified and investigated. Study outcomes suggested the PC is the chief collaborator in fostering K-12 school district partnerships.

Successful, coasting and low-performing school principals in Israel: an explanatory model

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorit Tubin ◽  
Talmor Rachel Farchi
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
Low Performing Schools ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Principal Mentoring ◽  
Successful School ◽  
School Schedule

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the successful school and principal (SSP) model, which has developed over 13 years of Israeli involvement in the ISSPP study.Design/methodology/approachThis is a conceptual paper summarizing the findings of more than 20 case studies of successful, coasting and low-performing schools and their principals, into the SSP model. In all the cases, ISSPP protocols were used to collect the data, and the findings were analyzed in accordance with the organizational approach and organizational routine theory.FindingsThe explanatory SSP model comprises three cyclical phases that explain cause–effect relationships and presents intervention points for school improvement toward success. The first phase is an organizational restructuring of two core routines: the school schedule routine and the school tracking routine, which shape and affect school staff behavior. The second phase is the priorities and values revealed in these behaviors and which shape the school as a learning environment. The third phase in school improvement is the institutional legitimacy derived from and reflecting the school’s priorities and values. All these phases are based on the principal as a crucial key player who turns the wheel.Originality/valueTheoretically, the SSP model explains cause–effect relationships and indicates possible interventions and improvements. Practically, the SSP model can influence principal preparation programs, novice principal mentoring and serve as a roadmap for school improvement.

Programmed Instruction, Programmed Branching, and Learning Outcomes

2005 ◽  
pp. 2326-2329
Author(s):  
Robert S. Owen ◽  
Bosede Aworuwa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Programmed Instruction ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Learning Principles

This chapter discusses the principles of two qualitatively different and somewhat competing instructional designs from the 1950s and ’60s, linear programmed instruction and programmed branching. Our hope is that an understanding of these ideas could have a positive influence on current and future instructional designers who might adapt these techniques to new technologies and want to use these techniques effectively. Although these older ideas do still see occasional study and debate (e.g., Dihoff, Brosvic & Epstein, 2003, 2004), many current instructional designers are probably unaware of the learning principles associated with these (cf., Fernald & Jordan, 1991; Kritch & Bostow, 1998).

Promoting Social Justice and Caring in Schools and Communities: The Unrealized Potential of the Cohort Model

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond A. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Cohort Model ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Administrative Practices ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

The problem of the efficacy of educational leadership as a promoter of just and caring change in schools and communities is explored in the context of educational leadership preparation practices. An exploration of this problem is based on the premise that despite the use of innovative instructional methods, in most cases current preparation programs merely reproduce the use of modernistic administrative practices and organizational structures. Here, the cohort model is identified as a means to promote just, caring, and relevant educational leadership. After a review of the benefits, drawbacks, and the nature of the use of cohorts in leadership preparation programs, a cohort structure is examined that will prepare educational leaders who are able to promote just and caring change in our postmodern communities.

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