Educational Educational Leadership Leadership

Praxis of the Praxis of the Future: Future:

Integration of Integration of Research, Research, Teaching, Teaching,

Practice, and Practice, and TechnologyTechnology

Cristóbal Rodríguez Ph.D.Cristóbal Rodríguez Ph.D.College of Education, NMSUCollege of Education, NMSU

What leads our field:

•Promoting, sponsoring, and disseminating research on the essential problems of schooling and leadership practice

•Improving the preparation and professional development of educational leaders and professors

•Positively influencing local, state, and national educational policy

What research says:•The is a Strong Link Between Effective

Leadership, Teacher Quality and Student Learning

•Quality Leaders Are Prepared in Quality Higher Education Programs

•Quality Preparation Programs Are engaged in Ongoing Program Improvement Efforts Guided by Research and Best Practices Through University-District Partnership.

What Does The Mean For My Teaching?

EMD 578 Leadership and Administration of EMD 578 Leadership and Administration of Bilingual Education:Bilingual Education:

•Learning Objective: Understand and apply instructional leadership in Bilingual Education

•Goal: Interview a bilingual educator that is reflective on the experience itself and on their own teaching, while highlighting implications on how to support bilingual educators while integrating the use of mobile technology.

What might this look like?

I-Pad ResourcesI-Pad Resources

•http://www.nmsba.org/policysvc.htm

•http://www.tasb.org/policy/pol/private/227904/

•District personnel evaluation tools for documentation.

•Teaching/instruction tools

•Access to data warehousing for decision-making and instruction

Through University-District Partnerships:

•Identification of potential candidates

•Integrated preparation design with districts while integrating mobile technology

•Selection of school leaders with district

•Follow-up designs on the achievement of preparation learning objectives

•Cyclical integration of research, teaching, practice and technology