H2H: A Quick Guide to Leading Educators and Making a Difference

There is a certain amount of legal knowledge every school leader needs to know, including laws around student expression, special needs, disciplinary policies and discrimination. Tune in as our experts outline what you need to be legally up to speed.

Suzanne Eckes earned her Ed.M. from Harvard University and her J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin Madison.. She is author and a co-editor on the Principal's Legal Handbook. Matthew Militello is an assistant professor in the Leadership, Policy, and Adult and Higher Education Department at North Carolina State University. David Bloomfeld is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City Univ. of NY Graduate Center and author of American Public Education Law, second edition soon to be released."

Education leaders have to connect with diverse people including co-workers, parents, staff and senior management. Getting along with many people at the level required to be highly effective, is a constant challenge for most leaders in the field. Our guest today offers strategies for greater success.

Dr. Rick Kirschner is a best selling author and coauthor of ‘How To Click With People.' He is a faculty member of the Institute for Management Studies, and an adjunct professor at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Eric Sheninger is the principal of New Milford High School in Bergen County, NJ. Eric is a Google Certified Teacher and has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0 technology as tools to engage students.

There is a both pressure and incentive to game an educational system that is dysfunctional and harming students, teachers, and administrators. In this segment we examine the practical dilemma educational leaders face.

Andres Alonso is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Baltimore City Public School System in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Stephanie Feeney is Professor Emerita of Education at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Feeney was co-author of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and two books on professional ethics in early childhood education. David Bloomfeld is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University.

Fair, collaborative, participatory, consensus-builder. These are the qualities of the best education leaders, right? Well, new research suggests otherwise. Tune in to learn why, how and when the ability to wield unabashed power is vital to education leaders.

Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, Professor of Management at the Leonard N. Stern Schools of Business, New York University, is the Robert and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow and the Daniel P. Paduano Faculty Fellow. Eric Sheninger is the principal of New Milford High School in Bergen County, NJ. Eric is a Google Certified Teacher and has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0 technology as tools to engage students.

Allowing smokers to work with children is a tough ethical debate. In this segment we dig into the question of establishing policies that bar smokers from working with children. Are these policies needed, appropriate, fair? How should education leaders approach this issue?

Who writes those silly teacher policies? More importantly who reads them anyway? In this segment we look at how we can revise teacher policies to make them, more, simple, meaningful, relevant and supported.

Do you have the right stuff? Are you a good, great or unremarkable leader? In this segment our guests share data and insights collected on the fundamental qualities of outstanding education leaders.

According to our guest's research, there are at least three reasons why if you are are a bad boss you aren't likely to know it. Tune in and find out how to determine if you are a good boss, a bad boss or in need of some fine tuning.

Our world and the responsibilities of leaders have have become too complex for the old model of leadership. According to our guests, the notion of viewing the leader as hero and primary source of great ideas is no longer viable. We must embrace a new paradigm, where in the leader is "host" of a structure that extracts great ideas from many people and sources.

Think Globally? You have to be kidding right? Education leaders are overwhelmed by unprecedented economic realities , academic challenges and an array of domestic regulatory and social issues. Who has time or energy to think about global education issues? Moreover, why is it important? Our guests today explain why thinking about education in the global context matters and shares insights on smart ways to begin to introduce a global perspective.