William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

Professor
PhD Program in Educational Leadership
Prairie View A&M University
Member of the Texas A&M University System
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling
Prairie View, Texas 77446

Home: 281-550-5700; Cell 832-483-7889; williamkritsonis@yahoo.com

Research Website: www.nationalforum.com

Office Hours: Please schedule appointments ONLY with Professor Kritsonis

EDUL 7033 Dynamics of Leadership

Course Description
EDUL 7033 - Dynamics of Leadership. (3.0) Credit 3.
Designed to provide doctoral students with the history, philosophy, development and
understanding of scientific leadership and issues confronting modern, contemporary, and
postmodern leadership through a review of research, literature, and the examination of
great personalities in education, business, industry, philanthropy, government
environmental and politics, including women and other minorities.

Textbooks Required

Kritsonis, W. (2002) William Kritsonis, PhD on Schooling: Historical and

Philosophical Events and Milestones. Ashland, OH: BookMasters.
(Order: NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS, 17603 Bending Post Drive, Houston, TX.
$69.95

National FORUM of Teacher Education Journal,

Volume 17, Numbers 1 & 2, 2006-2007 - $15.00

Suggested Reading/Not Requirred

Kritsonis, W., Griffith, K., Bahrim, C, Marshall, R, Herrington, D, Hughes, T, Brown, V

(2007) Practical Applications of Educational Research and Statistics. National
FORUM Journals, Houston, TX ISBN: 0-9770013-4-2 - $60.00
(Text is highly recommended by doctoral students for research and statistic courses)

Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning (2007)

William Allan Kritsonis, PhD. Visiting Lecturers 2005, Oxford Round Table, Oxford,
England ISBN 0-9770013-3-4 Text is available: AMISTAD BOOKPLACE, 700
University Drive, Prairie View, TX 77446 (936) 857-9101. $119.00
 William Kritsonis, PhD on Schooling (Textbook)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Chapter 1 – Introduction to American Schooling
Chapter 2 – History of American Schooling
Chapter 3 – Philosophies of Schooling
Chapter 4 – Controlling Schooling in America
Chapter 5 – Legal Issues in American Schooling
Chapter 6 – Early Childhood Schooling in America
Chapter 7 – Elementary Schooling in America
First Examination (Chapters 1-7, SCHOOLING)

Chapter 8 – Secondary Schooling in America

Chapter 9 – Special Schooling in America
Chapter 10 – Educational Administration in American Schooling
Chapter 11 – Career Opportunities and Schooling
Chapter 12 – Teacher Preparation in America and Schooling
Chapter 13 – Educational Technology and Schooling in America
Chapter 14 – The Future of American Schooling
Chapter 15 – Important Legalities Affecting Schooling in America
Chapter 16 – Vocabulary Development and Improvement
Second Examination (Chapters 8-16, SCHOOLING)

Third Examination (Chapters 1-16, Comprehensive, SCHOOLING)

 NATIONAL FORUM OF TEACHER EDUCATION
JOURNAL, Volume 17, Numbers 1 & 2, 2006-2007

Presentation and Discussion Topics

National FORUM Journals
National Insights: Reflective Research Processes……….Pgs. 1-5
Case Study of a Case Study Researcher at Work…….......Pgs. 6-22
Developing a Research Pipeline: Increasing the
Education Knowledge Base………………………….. .Pgs. 23-34
Watching the Detective: the Questions, the Cases
And the Haunts of the Research Investigator…………Pgs. 35-51
Archival Dreams and Research Realities……………...... Pgs. 52-67
Society, History, and Research Processes………………. Pgs. 68-90
Personal Reflections on a Personal Experience:
Deconstructing Ethnography…………………………..Pgs. 91-114
Memoir of a Researching Teacher:
Sylvia Ashton-Warner as Heuristic……………………Pgs. 115-136
Questions of English: An International Collaboration…..Pgs. 137-146
Between Literature and Literacy: Scholarly Migrations
And Critical Practices………………………………….Pgs. 147-165
Revisiting and Reflecting on Qualitative Research:
Three Stories…………………………………………...Pgs. 166-195
 Grading System Points – Determining Grades

Grading System Points

First Exam (Chapters 1-7, Schooling) ……………............................100

pts.
Second Exam (Chapters 8-16, Schooling) …………………………..100
pts.
Third Exam (Chapters 1-16, Schooling) …………………………….135
pts Manuscript/Article for Publication …….………
……………………100 pts.
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues Personal Notebook ………………..130
pts.
Presentation/Discussion Topics– NFTE JOURNAL, 17 (1, 2) 2006/07…100
pts.
Classroom Participation ………………………………………...…. 135
pts.
Total Points: 800
pts.

Determining Grades (15 pt. Scale)

710 – 800 = A
619 – 709 = B
528 –618 = C
437 – 527 = D
Below 336 = F

I. CLASS ATENDANCE POLICY

Prairie View A&M University (Member of the Texas A&M University System)
requires regular class attendance. Attending all classes supports full academic
development of each learner whether classes are taught with the instructor physically
present or via distance learning technologies such as interactive video. Excessive
absenteeism, whether excused or unexcused, may result in a student’s course grade
being reduced or in assignment of a grade of “F”. Absences are accumulated
beginning with the first day of class during regular semesters and summer terms.
Each faculty member will include the University’s attendance policy in each course
syllabus. For every two absences grades shall be lowered one grade.

II. DISABILITY STATEMENT

 Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to require
accommodations in class should register with the Services for Students with
Disabilities (SSD) or Office of Disability Services early in the semester so that
appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal laws, a student
requesting special accommodations must provide documentation of their disability to
the SSD coordinator.

III. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all
other courses. Make sure you are familiar with your Student Handbook, especially
the second on academic misconduct,. Students who engage in academic misconduct
are subject to university disciplinary procedures.

Forms of academic dishonesty:

1. Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has
mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered;
giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or
examinations.
2. Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or
distributing any part of a scheduled test.
3. Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.
4. Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else’s
words, ideas, or data as one’s own in work submitted for credit. Failure to
identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one’s
own work also constitutes plagiarism.

IV. NONACADEMIC MISCONDUCT

The university respects the rights of instructors to teach and students to learn.
Maintenance of these rights requires conditions that do not impede their exercise.
Campus behavior that interferes with either (1) the instructor’s ability to conduct the
class, (2) the inability of other students to profit from the instructional program, or
(3) campus behavior that interferes with the rights of others will not be tolerated. An
individual engaging in such disruptive behavior may be subject to disciplinary action.
Such incidents will be adjudicated by the Dean of Students under nonacademic
procedures.

V. SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

Sexual harassment of students and employers at Prairie View A&M University

(Member of the Texas A&M University System) is unacceptable and will not be
tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be
subject to disciplinary action.
 About William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

Dr. Kritsonis Lectures at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England

In 2005, Dr. Kritsonis was an Invited Visiting Lecturer at the Oxford Round Table
at Oriel College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. His lecture was entitled
the Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning.

Dr. Kritsonis Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus

In 2004, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis was recognized as the Central Washington
University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and
Professional Studies. Dr. Kritsonis was nominated by alumni, former students, friends,
faculty, and staff. Final selection was made by the Alumni Association Board of
Directors. Recipients are CWU graduates of 20 years or more and are recognized for
achievement in their professional field and have made a positive contribution to society.
For the second consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report placed Central
Washington University among the top elite public institutions in the west. CWU was 12th
on the list in the 2006 On-Line Education of “America’s Best Colleges.”

Educational Background

Dr. William Allan Kritsonis earned his BA in 1969 from Central Washington
University, Ellensburg, Washington. In 1971, he earned his M.Ed. from Seattle Pacific
University. In 1976, he earned his PhD from the University of Iowa. In 1981, he was a
Visiting Scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, and in 1987 was a
Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

Professional Experience

Dr. Kritsonis began his career as a teacher. He has served education as a principal,
superintendent of schools, director of student teaching and field experiences, invited
guest professor, author, consultant, editor-in-chief, and publisher. Dr. Kritsonis has
earned tenure as a professor at the highest academic rank at two major universities.

Books – Articles – Lectures - Workshops

 Dr. Kritsonis lectures and conducts seminars and workshops on a variety of topics.
He is author of more than 500 articles in professional journals and several books. His
popular book SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: The Art of Survival is scheduled for its fourth
edition. He is the author of the textbook William Kritsonis, PhD on Schooling that is
used by many professors at colleges and universities throughout the nation and abroad.
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis’ version of the book of Ways of Knowing Through the
Realms of Meaning (858 pages) was published in the United States of America in
cooperation with partial financial support of Visiting Lecturers, Oxford Round Table
(2005). The book is the product of a collaborative twenty-four year effort started in 1978
with the late Dr. Philip H. Phenix. Dr. Kritsonis was in continuous communication with
Dr. Phenix until his death in 2002.
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis was the lead author of the textbook Practical Applications
of Educational Research and Basic Statistics. The text provides practical content
knowledge in research for graduate students at the doctoral and master’s levels.
In 2008, Dr. Kritsonis’ book Non-Renewal of Public School Personnel Contracts:
Selected Supreme and District Court Decisions in Accordance with the Due Process of
Law is scheduled for publication by The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York.
Dr. Kritsonis’ seminar and workshop on Writing for Professional Publication has
been very popular with both professors and practitioners. Persons in attendance generate
an article to be published in a refereed journal at the national or international levels.
Dr. Kritsonis has traveled and lectured throughout the United States and world-
wide. Some recent international tours include Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Turkey,
Italy, Greece, Monte Carlo, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia,
Estonia, Poland, Germany, and many more.

Founder of National FORUM Journals – Over 4,000 Professors Published

Dr. Kritsonis is founder of NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS (since 1983).

These publications represent a group of highly respected scholarly academic periodicals.
Over 4,000 writers have been published in these refereed, peer-reviewed periodicals. In
1983, he founded the National FORUM of Educational Administration and
Supervision – now acclaimed by many as the United States’ leading recognized scholarly
academic refereed journal in educational administration, leadership, and supervision.
In 1987, Dr. Kritsonis founded the National FORUM of Applied Educational
Research Journal whose aim is to conjoin the efforts of applied educational researchers
world-wide with those of practitioners in education. He founded the National FORUM
of Teacher Education Journal, National FORUM of Special Education Journal,
National FORUM of Multicultural Issues Journal, International Journal of
Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity, International Journal of Management,
Business, and Administration, and the DOCTORAL FORUM – National Journal for
Publishing and Mentoring Doctoral Student Research. The DOCTORAL FORUM is
the only refereed journal in America committed to publishing doctoral students while
they are enrolled in course work in their doctoral programs. In 1997, he established the
Online Journal Division of National FORUM Journals that publishes academic
scholarly refereed articles daily on the website: www.nationalforum.com. Over 500
professors have published online. In January 2007, Dr. Kritsonis established the
National Journal: Focus On Colleges, Universities, and Schools.

Professorial Roles

Dr. Kritsonis has served in professorial roles at Central Washington University,

Washington; Salisbury State University, Maryland; Northwestern State University, Louisiana;
McNeese State University, Louisiana; and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge in the
Department of Administrative and Foundational Services.
In 2006, Dr. Kritsonis published two articles in the Two-Volume Set of the Encyclopedia of
Educational Leadership and Administration published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks,
California. He is a National Reviewer for the Journal of Research on Leadership, University
Council for Educational Administration (UCEA).
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis has been invited to write a history and philosophy of education for the
ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of World History.
Currently, Dr. Kritsonis is Professor of Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M
University – Member of the Texas A&M University System. He teaches in the newly established
PhD Program in Educational Leadership. Dr. Kritsonis taught the Inaugural class session in the
doctoral program at the start of the fall 2004 academic year. In October 2006, Dr. Kritsonis
chaired the first doctoral student to earn a PhD in Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M
University. He lives in Houston, Texas.

About Prairie View A&M University:

Ranked No. 27 on Black Enterprise magazine’s list of “Top 50 Colleges and Universities
for African-Americans”, Prairie View A&M University was founded in 1876 and is the
second-oldest public institution of higher education in Texas. With an established
reputation for producing engineers, nurses and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate
degrees in 50 academic majors, 37 master’s degrees and four doctoral degree programs
through nine colleges and schools. A member of the Texas A&M University System, the
university is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in
teaching, research and service. During the university’s 130-year history, nearly 48,000
academic degrees have been awarded. For more information regarding PVAMU, visit
www.pvamu.edu.