TIES09_67

Developing the Vision to Transform a Leader into a Visionary Leader

 * Instructor:** Dorothy Bialke, Principal, St. Raphael's School

The new ISTE NETS-A Standards challenge school leaders to become visionary and transformational leaders. These school leaders need to develop a vision that demonstrates a commitment to the integration of 21st-century skills in learning. This session will outline how to develop that vision in your learning organization.
 * Description**

There were two things that I appreciate from this principal's presentation. First, she used good instructional practices! I have been to numerous presentations from "education experts" who do not state learning goals for the audience, they often are all over the board with information, and too many are self-promoting themselves or a product. This presenter told us what she wanted us to learn; she gave good background information about herself and her school; she structured the content of her information; and she closed the session by reviewing the original goal.....solid instruction. Second, she offered a framework for technology leadershp: 1. Visionary leadership 2. Digital learning culture 3. Excellence in professional practice (teaching) 4. Systemic improvement (i.e. infrastructure) 5. Teaching digital citizenship. Her information about the "digital learning culture" was very interesting, emphasizing collaboration, communication, and available software. Finally, because she is at a small private school, she emphasized the use of freeware and open souce tools to overcome budget deficits.

I actually emailed her to express how refreshing it was to feel like a learner rather than a listener, as I often felt in some of the other sessions.