Leadership of the School Improvement Process in Nunavut Communities

ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ

Atan’nguyangit Iliharviit Ihuaqhaidjutikhanik Hanaqidjutikhangit Nunavunmi Nunallaani

This list of readings has been gathered and curated by Gary Kennedy and Sarah Ayaruak. We
have attempted to provide links to content where available. Please note some citations are only
available through the UPEI Robertson Library's collection. If you are not current student, staff
or faculty, you may not have access to certain material. Please contact Kathy Snow
(ksnow@upei.ca) or Yolanda Hood (yhood@upei.ca) for inquiries.

Course Description
Policy implementation, supervision of teaching and the leadership of learning, staff evaluation,
and program accountability play a key role in transformational educational leadership and are a
major focus in this course. Participants discuss and write extensively about policy
implementation that is culturally and linguistically responsive in promoting learning.
Participants are challenged to develop skill sets they require to involve the community and parent
in developing and implementing a vision for education based on current policies.

ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ
ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᒋᐊᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ
ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᒥ. ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ
ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒥᑦ.
ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᖁᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂᑦ
ᐱᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ
ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᓂᑦ.

Atugakhanik atulirnikhanut munaqhiyukhat iliharniinik atan’nguyat iliharnikhaniklu,
havaktit havauhiinik ihivriuqhinirmik, ilihaqtakhat kiunnaqtunik havaariyakhait
aallanguqtirutiqaqtumik ilinniaqtuliqiyitkunni atan’nguyaunirmik ihumagilluaktakhangit
uumani ilihaqtakhami. Ilauyumayut uqaugiyait titiraqhugillu talvuuna atugakhanut
atuliqpaalianikhainut pitquhikkut uqarnikkullu kiudjutauyut iliharnirmut. Ilauyumayut
ayuqhaqpaktut piliurutikhanik ayuittakhainut atuqtakhanik pitquyauhimayunik
ilaupkainirmut nunalaani angayuqangit piliurnikkut atulirnikkullu takuyumayamngnik
ilinniarnirmut tun’ngvikhanik tadja atugakhanik.

Nunavut Specific Articles

Berger, P. (2008). Inuit visions for schooling in one Nunavut community (Unpublished doctoral
dissertation). Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON. (pp. 250-265).

National Committee on Inuit Education. (2011). First Canadians, Canadians First: National
Strategy on Inuit Education 2011. Ottawa, ON: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK). (pp. 70-79).

Nunavut Department of Education. (2008). Inunnguiniq: Critical Pedagogy for Nunavut
Educators. (DRAFT). Iqaluit, NU: Nunavut Department of Education, Curriculum and School
Services. (pp. 5–13; 15–30).

Snow, K. and Ochlaski, H., (2018). Making Room: cultural resistance through Pilimmaksarniq.
Education in the North, 25(3), pp. 32-48. (pp. 39-45).

Sullivan, C. (2012). Integrating culturally relevant learning in Nunavut high schools: Student
and educator perspectives from Pangnirtung, Nunavut and Ottawa, Ontario. (Unpublished
master’s thesis). Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. (pp. 170-183).

Tagalik, Shirley. (2009). Inunnguiniq: Caring for children the Inuit way. National Collaborating
Centre for Aboriginal Health.

Tulloch, S., Metuq, L., Hainnu, J., Pitsiulak, S., Flaherty, E. Lee, C. & Walton, F. (2016). Inuit
Principals and the changing context of bilingual Education in Nunavut. Etudes Inuit-Inuit
Studies. 39(1).

General Educational Leadership & School Improvement Articles

Mathews, N. (2017). Studying the Shared Authority Education Model. Canadian Association of
Principals Journal. Fall 2017 (pp 31-36).

Ontario Leadership Strategy. (2013, August). Dynamic learning: Connecting student learning
and educator learning.

Ontario Leadership Strategy. (2014). Setting goals.

Ontario Leadership Strategy. (2016, July). Principals Want to Know.

Rita Pierson’s Every Kid Needs a Champion

William, D. (2011). Embedded formative assessment (pp. 27–50). Bloomington, IN: Solution
Tree Press.

Westerberg, T. (2016). The Principal Factor. Educational Leadership. September 2016 (pp56-
60).

Other Resources

Barry Schwartz’s Our loss of wisdom

Ibarra, H. & Scoular, A. (2020). The Leader as a Coach: How to unleash innovation, energy, and
commitment. Harvard Business Review. (4). pp. 81-97.

Massive mob overwhelms school’s favorite police officer

Simon Sinek’s Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe