Vision & Goals

"Everything rises and falls on leadership." -John Maxwell

Leadership is continuing to emerge as a vital element in school improvement efforts. Research has shown that, second only to teaching, leadership is a key influence on student success. This presentation will address the topic of leadership as a critical element in roles of school psychologists. Specifically, we will explore:

1. Supporting the school psychologist's role in becoming an essential contributor to schools' missions
2. Promoting a culture of leadership within the field of school psychology
3. Reinforcing the school psychologist's role in promoting research-based school improvement
4. Fostering the development and implementation of leadership skills within the field of school psychology

The broad conference goals to create our future for leadership by and for school psychologists include:

1. Define leadership by and for school psychologists.
2. Identify local, state/provincial, national, and/or international strengths that will promote development of leadership by and for school psychologists.
3. Identify local, state/provincial, national, and/or international challenges that will inhibit development of leadership by and for school psychologists.
4. Identify resources in existing structures (e.g. professional organizations, local and state education agencies, research, graduate programs) that will support leadership by and for school psychologists.
5. Identify systems-level and individual opportunities to research, promote, and demonstrate leadership by and for school psychologists.

Archived Webinar (October 8, 2012)

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• Powerpoints from the presentations
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Keynote Speaker

• Robert Horner, PhD
  Leadership by School Psychologists: Three Influential Themes

Featured Speaker

• Jane Close Conoley, PhD
  The Process and Content of Leadership for School-based Psychology

Panel Presenters

• Rhonda Armistead, MS
  Parent Clinics: Appointments that Make a Difference
• Brenda Kabler, MS
  Seize the Opportunity to Become an Educational Leader
• Tom Knight, EdS
  Building an RTII Process from the Ground Up

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Credits

• For Group Sites
• For Individual Attendees

Background Readings

The fiollowing background readings are listed for your convenience. Please choose, review, and read the ones that will benefit you most. You are not required to read them all.

• Quick Reads
  • Astin, A.W. & Astin, H.S. (2000). Principles of Transformative Leadership. Leadership Reconsidered: Engaging Higher Education in Social Change (pp. 8-16). Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
  • Bryk, A.S., (April 2010). Organizing schools for improvement.
  • Douglas, D. & Hoffman, J. (2011). Creating an Effective Parent Clinic. NASP Communiqué, 39 (6).
  • Douglas, D. & Hoffman, J. (2011). Fairfax County Public Schools Parent Clinic: Collaborating More Effectively With Parents. Communiqué, 39 (6).
  • Heifetz, R.S. (2010). Leadership. In R.A. Couto (Ed.). Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference handbook (pp. 12-23). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Heifetz, R.S. (2010). Leadership and Values. In R.A. Couto (Ed.). Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference handbook (pp. 24-27). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Komives, S.R., & Dugan, J.P. Contemporary Leadership Theories. In R.A. Couto (Ed.). Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference handbook (pp. 111-120). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Kegan, R., & Lahey, L. L. (2001, November). The Real Reason People Won't Change. Harvard Business Review, 85-92.
  • Lay, M. (2008). School, students benefit from assistance of school psychologists. Kentucky Teacher.
  • Lay, M. (2010, November). Securing a place at the table: School psychologists as educational leaders. Communiqué, 39(3).
  • National Association of School Psychologists. (2010). Model for Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychological Services.
• In Depth
  • Byrk, A.S., Sebring, P.B., Allensworth, E., Luppescu, S., & Easton, J.Q. (2010). Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Curtis, M. J., Castillo, J. M., & Cohen, R. M. (2008). Best practices in systems level change. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology (5th edition; pp. 887-902). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.
  • Dawson, M., Cummings, J.A., Harrison, P.L, Short, R.J., Gorin, S., & Palomares, R., (2003). The 2002 multisite conference on the future of school psychology: Next steps. School Psychology Quarterly, 18(4), 497-509.
  • Erchul, W. P., & Raven, B. H. (1997). Social power in school consultation: A contemporary view of French and Raven's bases of power model. Journal of School Psychology, 35, 137-175.
  • Heifetz, R.S. (1994). Leadership without Easy Answers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Heifetz, R.S. , Grashow, A., & Linsky, M. (2004). The Practice of Adaptive Leadership. Harvard Business Press.
  • Horner, R. H., Sugai, G., & Anderson, C. M. (2010). Examining the Evidence Base for School-wide Positive Behavior Support. Focus on Exceptional Children, 42(8), 1-14.
  • WEBINAR: Organizing Schools for Improvement - webinar

Action Planning Resources

Futures Conference Action Planning Handbook

• PDF version - Best Choice! - Viewing & Printing
• ONLINE VIDEO - How to Use the Handbook (4:00)
• WORD version

Needs Assessment Data

• PDF version - Focus Group & NING data
• PDF version - Survey Monkey data

National/International Resources

• PDF version - Best Choice! - Viewing & Printing
• DOCX version - For Editing

Blank Action Plan Template

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