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Introducing My Dissertation


Recently I was asked to write a blurb about my plans for my doctoral dissertation – what it is and why I’m interested in it.  Here’s what I had to say: *** My research will focus on analyzing and evaluating how a suburban K-12 school district in NJ has implemented distributed leadership practices.  As I [...]

Posted 15 April 2013 † damian § Damian's Favorites § Ed Leadership ‡ Comments (0) °

Mind Over Mudder


Much is made in my ed leadership doctoral program of goals: organizational goal-setting, alignment with vision/mission, monitoring progress, etc.  Though I hadn’t originally intended to blog about this recent life event*, when I think about it in terms of goal-setting, it seems to parallel much of what my coursework has focused on. After my surgery to [...]

Posted 01 November 2012 † damian § Behavior § Damian's Favorites § Ed Leadership § Reflection ‡ Comments (2) °

Unconferencing the University


Last week saw my second of two Edcamp/unconference events in as many months: first was Edcamp Leadership at the end of July, then came WilmU LeaderCamp on August 11.  WULC was hosted by the university at which I am a doctoral student, Wilmington University, and organized by four doctoral students: Chrissi Miles, Todd Hackett-Slimm (both also on [...]

Posted 14 August 2012 † damian § Ed Leadership § Professional Development § Reflection ‡ Comments (4) °