Educational Standards and Leadership

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Introduction

Leadership today has gone from a one dimensional format to a multifaceted algorithm with theories and methods differing from one organization to another. Businesses and governmental institutions will invest money and time to develop employees to help each of them grow leadership skills with the goal to increases productivity. The success and even failure of an organization depends on its ability of those individuals in leadership positions to be an effective influencer to its employees. Educational leadership today brings on many challenges as the focus is on the success of the students which are directly influenced by those who are instructing and mentoring them. Therefore, there are a few key leadership characteristics of successful educational leaders that are important for the growth of a school system to reach national educational standards.
Educational Standards and Leadership Characteristics
For educational leaders of today, standards and the implementation of those policies are being directly influenced by governmental departments from the national level, to local school boards of public and private educational systems (Green, 2013). Hence, the importance to create a standardized approach to identifying individuals who can lead an organization and master the key components of educational leadership, the Interstate School Leader Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) was developed. The current ISLLC standards were designed to create a consistent policy in how universities and colleges will develop school leadership characteristics for school administrators (Green, 2013). The six indispensible ISLLC Standards are specific guidelines for school administers to increase graduation rates, help today’s student prepar...

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..., or even the janitor (Maxwell, 2005). Investing in resources to educate all levels of a school district will pay dividends to those within the system and the communities surrounding each school.

References
Dix, E.L., Emery, L.F., Le, B., (2014). Committed to the honor code: An investment model analysis of academic integrity. Social Psychology of Education, 1(20). doi: 10.1007/s11218-013-9246-2
Green, R.L. (2013). Practicing the Art of Leadership. A Problem-Based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC Standards. Pearson Education, Inc.
Maxwell, J.C. (2005). The 360-degree Leader: Developing your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Onorato, M. (2013). Transformational Leadership Style in the Educational Sector: An Empirical Study of Corporate Managers and Educational Leaders. Academic Journal, 17(1), 33.

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