Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Great teacher resources for leadership


For the recent study on eminent people, I used the books "Changing Tomorrow 1 and 2" by Joyce VanTassel-Baska.  ANYTHING written by VanTassel-Baska is always brilliant and I use widely as a resource in the challenge centre.

The great thing about this book is that lessons on great leaders are provided:  information about their lives and what they have done.  As well, there is an entire focus on aspects of leadership and an investigation into 

What leaders do...
What skills leaders possess....
What leaders believe...

The leaders covered are:  Charles Darwin, Margaret Thatcher, Pablo Picasso, Emily Dickinson, Nelson Mandela (book 2) and Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Bill Gates, Tecumseh, and Ben Carson (book 1).

There is a good rubric for a student directed project on leadership which I used
for evaluating the students in this cohort.

These two books are great resources for regular classroom teachers as well, and I would use a basis for any study on leadership. 

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