Leadership Influence
A school’s lifeblood is its students however, a school’s lifeline stems from the community partnerships that it forms and retains over the years of its existence in the community. Just as times change, so does the list of potential partners within the community. One of the most valuable resources a school can use in its quest to form community partnerships is the faces, voices, and support of its leadership staff. Schools typically have an internal chain of command; however, the quest for partnerships requires that the chain of command, littered with bureaucratic red tape, be abandoned in exchange for one where those in decision-making positions are more easily accessible to members of the community. The following is a
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In contrast to following chain-of-command concerns, there is the idea of maintaining an open door policy. Often times, those who are in a chain of command are able to handle various items more adequately than those who are in higher positions. Leapfrogging over one command post to take an issue higher up often ends up with the issue trickling down to the person who was bypassed and lends itself to the development of ill feelings. Additionally, enforcing chain of command type of organization means that the teamwork concept may not be fully embraced. Chain-of-command organizations seem to be geared towards generating competition among others and a focus on upward mobility of one 's own self rather than seeing others rise to the top together (Pinchot & Pinchot, 2002). Leaders must transition from being someone who is authoritative and saves the day to someone who leads by example and desires to succeed as a team. Chain of command communication is important when those in leadership positions feel it is more important than the mission. However, if chain of command is that high up the ladder of importance then students are not really first and that is something that needs to
Ms. Hall has had many years of public education experience and higher education training in which to hone her leadership style and framework. She started her career as a teacher in the Kirkwood School District. She then served as an assistant elementary principal at both Ritenour and Pattonville School Districts before being selected to serve as the assistant superintendent of the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District in 2008. Throughout her career she continued to pursue her education as a means o...
The strength of the education in a community is directly responsible for how strong a community will be in the present and future, as does the efforts parents make in the learning processes of In a quote from Tom Peters, he states that “ leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” Working as a lead administrator in a building can have some powerful challenges, but as with anything, the approach is what makes the difference. A good leader will take advantage of the tools around them, knowing that every building has individuals who offer their very own strengths. In focusing on the individual teacher strengths of each specific teacher, a rapport can be built, but most importantly, the outcome will be a stronger building because of the process of spreading the wealth.
This applies to Air, Space and Cyberspace due to the effectiveness and speed one can complete a mission. Without Unity of Command, it would create a confusing, stressful dilemma, which would affect efficiency, time, and productivity of a mission. If a subordinate were under many commanders, the time allocated, for example, of arguing which strategy would be best used for a mission would be more of an obstacle than something productive.
Shortly after our session began, Dr. Hooper asked us to give a short “elevator speech” designed to provide others with a glimpse of the nature and work of the PLC groups we are leading in our schools and departments. As each of us shared our thoughts, one recurring theme emerged – time. Most students stated finding the time to meet with their PLC was difficult. Some said their PLCs were frequently cancelled. Others indicated they wanted to ensure the PLCs they were leading made the most of teachers’ time. A few shared their creative scheduling tips. As we progressed through the day, we learned that a strong learning organization has effective instructional leaders who develop school and teacher schedules that maximize instructional time and provide educators with job-embedded collaborative professional learning opportunities. Even though administrators are faced with competing initiatives, priorities and the day-to-day demands involved in teaching and leading schools, leaders should make professional learning communities a priority. Vescio’s (2006) review of the literature indicates when teachers participate in learning communities: (1) Student achievement scores improve over time as a result of the focus on student learning; (2) Teaching practice is impacted positively; and (3) Teaching and school culture improve because teachers become more collaborative and empowered. Learning communities can encompass multiple learning levels ranging from a classroom community of learners, to teachers, to parents, multiple schools, and district-level departments. Dr. Hooper shared an effective practice of a school administrator who formed a learning community with his cafeteria workers.
An administrator must believe that each individual in the school - staff or student - can achieve great things, and they expect no less. I possess strengths necessary to be an effective administrator I am a collaborator, who is focused on dis...
school staffs are the people who are in most contact with parents and visible in the community. Therefore, a culture of cooperation,
...d show respect for those in authority. If the chain of command is understood and followed it will help to develop trust and respect among officers. Everyone in the chain of command has specific duties and responsibilities. Knowing who to go to and who to ask questions to shows respect for superior officers and the knowledge they have to offer.
The pursuit of equity, then, by school leaders involves both a moral and political commitment. Today, it is imperative that school leaders possess both management know-how with values and ethics (Sergiovanni, 2009). Blackmore (2002) argues that because school leadership is a social practice it must be led by a moral responsibility. Moreover, Anderson (2009) argues that school leaders who practice advocacy leadership, a more politicized leadership practice focused on improving marginalized communities of race and social class, draw an ethical line to use their formal authority powers against the powerless. In other words, advocacy leaders make a concerted effort to use their powers to break the chain of disempowerment of marginalized
Schools can be referred to as many things from schools to institutes, as well as learning organizations, when we look at what common goals and interest they all inspire to build the concept of their professional and educational development, it seems to be the well-being of our children. Much like, that of learning organization, learning communities stress leadership and support are perhaps the most efficient parts of its concept. In learning communities, frequent meetings of educators are held. In these meetings teachers and administrators work collaboratively as they share their expertise and build from one another’s strengths to improve the weak areas are also a strategical part of their developmental process. According to Shirley Hord “Professionals
The entire community plays an essential role in the growth and development of children within our community. As a school leader, building an inclusive school culture that is open and friendly to all stakeholders using a variety of effective methods is crucial. There is no magic formula to incorporating a positive school culture, much depends on the leadership of the campus. The leadership on campus cultivates the climate providing support and respect for everyone invested in the student’s education.
Controlling is the fourth management function and its purpose is straightforward- to make sure that actual performance meets or surpasses objectives. It is well used for decision making and problem solving. Effective control depends on other management functions and it gives feedback to them. These functions are planning, organizing and leading. Planning sets directions and allocates resources. Organizing puts people and material resources together in working combinations. Leading motivates people to use these resources in the best way. Basically, the function of controlling is to make sure that the right things happen in a right time and in the right way.Control helps that overall directions of individuals and groups are consistent with short-range and long-range organizational plans. Also, it helps to ensure that objectives and accomplishments are coherent with one another throughout an organization. Moreover, it helps maintaining fulfillment with essential organizational rules and policies. Good example where we can see role of control is in helping to protect individual rights to become equivalent with employment opportunities at work. The control process practiced by managers includes four steps: 1) establish objectives and standards 2) measure actual performance 3) compare results with objectives and standards and 4) take actions if necessary1. The controlling process starts with establishing performance objectives and standards which means that the controlling process begins with planning. Performance objectives should be defined and associated with specific measurement standards for determining how well they are accomplished. Standards are the targets of performance. The next step of the control process would be measur...
Power is the ability to influence the behavior of others. The most important aspect of power is dependence; a person’s power increases if someone is dependent on them, or if they have something the other needs. Some people have power that they don’t use or may not even know they have.
Teachers and leaders work and communicate together to initiate changes that’s needed to build new ways of learning, sharing and accessing knowledge, then putting it to work in the lives of all students. At my school we have learned education, science, technology and hardworking devoted staff members are the key to preparing our students for a great global education and future.
Being in a position of management, it is your responsibility to ensure that your team of associates are well informed on what they need to accomplish. With poor communication, there may be a lack of understanding of what is expected. This creates a domino effect in which every step down the way is performed. Beyond the consistency of strong work production, the morale in the workplace may be affected. It can be disheartening to an individual to put so much effort into what they are being paid to do just to find out that because of poor communication their work may have all been for nothing. Being a good leader doesn’t only require that you have the ability to communicate, but to be able to listen. Taking in the information and comprehending it is the first step to conveying what you are looking to accomplish. Getting to the point with people immediately with a task at hand can prevent the inability to finish any given responsibility in a timely manner. Sometimes change in the workplace can bring out a side in someone that you wouldn’t normally face with a normal interaction. People become comfortable with how things go on a day to day basis. When changes in management occur or policies change after a longer period of time, the most loyal of employees can take an offense to a change and have it not sit well with them. This ties in to not only being able to effectively
Just like what Uncle Ben told in the Spiderman movie “Great power comes great responsibility,” as a leader it is my responsibility to build a systems and make sure that those systems are working to ensure students achievement, a system that will help teachers grow professionally, a system that will help other colleagues function to their fullest potential and system that will bind the community and other partners to be one of the pillars of the school.