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** COURSE ASSIGNMENTS  ** Please turn in a hard copy of each assignment on the date indicated and e-mail a copy to Dr. Glanton at Thomas_W_Glanton@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us. When e-mailing assignments please name the file with your name and assignment. ** Assignment 5  ** **__ Book Review __** (20 points) School leaders should actively engage in ongoing personal and professional development. To this end, each student will select a book at the beginning of the term, read it, and prepare both a written synopsis for the instructor (2-3 pages) and an oral presentation (10-15 minutes). The book should in some way inform the student’s belief system with regard to educational leadership but does not have to be a traditional leadership book or even a book centering on education. Students are encouraged to think “outside the box” with regard to selecting their readings. The list below is by no means exhaustive, and you are free to choose a book not listed. Please decide on a book by the second class meeting. Suggested books and authors for this assignment: Roland Barth __Improving Schools from Within__ Rallis & Goldring __Principals of Dynamic Schools: Taking Charge of Change__ Roland Barth __Learning by Heart__ Parker Palmer __The Courage to Teach__ Parker Palmer __To Know as we are Known__ Marzano, Waters, & McNulty __School__ __Leadership that Works: From Research to__ __Results__. Bolman & Deal __Leading with Soul__ Jim Collins __From Good to Great__ John Maxwell __Developing the Leader Within You__ Todd Whitaker __What Great Principals Do Differently__ Daniel Goleman __Emotional Intelligence__ Clifton Taulbert __Eight Habits of the Heart for Educators__ Pat Conroy __The Water is Wide__ (a novel) Frank McCourt __Teacher Man: A Memoir__ ** Select your book by the second class meeting to avoid duplication. **  **  Written synopsis will be due on May 27, 2009. ** ** Class presentations will be on June 1, 2009. ** >
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