http://www.e-lead.org/ LeaderShipShape -- which combines <i>leadership</i> and <i>shipshape</i> to acknowledge that leadership comes in a variety of forms -- is a blog focused on professional development for school leaders. LeaderShipShape’s logo features a ship's blueprint, which is evocative of our mission to provide school and district leaders with leadership-development tools -- knowledge in the field, research, additional resources, principles, and programmatic descriptions. 2006-03-02T21:58:57Z en-US http://www.e-lead.org/2006/03/some-arkansas-principals-to-help.html Merit pay for teachers? One Arkansas district considers it, while a news report cites Denver's merit-pay scheme as a model: In Denver, for example, teachers earn an extra $999 if they teach at a school with a high percentage of low-income, special-needs o e-Lead 2006-03-02T21:49:00Z http://www.e-lead.org/2006/03/breaking-ranks-ii.html NASSP's new report, Breaking Ranks in the Middle, is now out. Here's an excerpt: The sign of an exemplary school leader is the awareness -- despite the school’s successes -- that there is much more to accomplish. In the experience of principals undertakin e-Lead 2006-03-02T21:46:00Z http://www.e-lead.org/2006/02/brits-must-use-their-heads.html The Herald of Glasgow, Scotland has a very interesting piece on school leadership in Great Britain, where principals are known as "head teachers". Tim McKay, who for the past 18 months has been rector of Alford Academy in Aberdeenshire, took the decision e-Lead 2006-02-28T16:08:00Z http://www.e-lead.org/2006/02/educational-leadership-abroad.html Occasionally we point out leadership-development happenings in other countries. Today we note news from the island of Nevis. Junior Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Livingston Herbert stressed the importance of leadership and e-Lead 2006-02-17T19:26:00Z http://www.e-lead.org/2006/02/e-lead-formally-launches-va-lead.html We're excited to announce that va-Lead, our great new partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, is now live (and fully functional) here at the e-Lead website. va-Lead is a joint venture with the Virginia State Action for Education Leadership Project e-Lead 2006-02-09T17:27:00Z http://www.e-lead.org/2006/02/considering-leadership-development.html Every now and then we like to focus on leadership-development programs taking place outside the U.S. Today we note one in the United Arab Emirates: GEMS (Global Education Management Systems), a leading education provider in the region, yesterday commenced e-Lead 2006-02-06T07:02:00Z