Author name: Walter Doherty

            “Literacy is still the unrivalled, but grossly under-implemented, key to learning both content and thinking-skills.” Michael Smoker (2011)        Welcome the seven blog post on the practices of a savvy school leader.                  Let’s have a conversation on the school leader as a literacy leader.                   Schools need to continually promote literacy as the

““The school principal is structurally situated as gatekeeper and is positioned to filter, forward and forestall demands and interruptions.” – Aldrich and Herker (1977) Introduction        Welcome to post six on the practices of a savvy school leader.        Let’s have a conversation on how a school leader acts as a gatekeeper.     The

                    “Boundary-spanning organizations is creating “Strategic alliances, joint working arrangements, networks, partnerships and many other forms of collaboration across organizational boundaries. ” Paul William. The Competent Boundary Spanner (2002) Introduction        Welcome class members to the next blog post on the practices of a savvy school leader.                  Let’s have a conversation on how a

                                                                                    “The most powerful predictor of student achievement is the quality of the relationships among the adults in the school.” Harvard Principals Center Welcome to the blog post on the practices of a savvy school leader. Let’s have a conversation on the school leader and developing relationships. It has been my experience that,

                                “The brief mission statement should guide the decision-making process in the school.” Lunenburg and Irby (2006)        Introduction       Welcome blog post on the practices of a savvy school leader.     Let’s have a conversation on the how school leader uses their schools mission statement as a foundation for decision making and planning.  Questions

                                               The mission depicts an image to the public regarding the purpose of the school and focuses the entire community toward that purpose.” – Lunenburg and Irby (2006)                                         Introduction        Welcome to blog post two on the practices of a savvy school leader.     Let’s have a conversation on the school leader transforms

“Vision is the Principal’s ability to holistically view the present, and to think beyond accepted notions of what is practical and what is of immediate application in present situations to, speculative ideas and to, preferably, possible futures.” Pausl Bredeson in Analysis of the Metaphorical Perspectives of School Principals. 1985                            Introduction     Welcome to blog

       Welcome to the section two of Tips on Becoming a Savvy School Leader.         In section one the characteristics of a savvy school leader were introduced and discussed. Nowlet’s talk about the practices of the savvy school leader.                           “Leadership involves purpose and direction. “Leaders know the ends toward which they are striving. They

“Executive presence goes beyond image and public speaking, to the core of what a powerful leadership persona is made of.” Paul Aldo (2014) Introduction             Welcome to post eleven on the characteristics of a savvy school leader. Let’s have a conversation on the school leader exhibiting executive presence. We have all known people that project