The Art of Decision Making: Analysis of a Grouping Question Decision making for educational leaders is a critical component of directing a school district or individual school to have a culture of harmony. Our schools of today have a diverse student population from various socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicity, and intellect levels (Sugai, 2012). Regardless of background, the purpose of schools today is to provide a proper education to all who attend and create a culture of learning in order for each graduating student to be a participating person of society. One specific challenge for teachers today is to be able to meet each and every student’s educational need regardless of how intelligent a learner may be. One solution that has been proposed, and in some cases implemented, is the structure of Grouping. Grouping is placing students with the same academic achievement in a class together in order to create a steady stream of learning (Aydin, 2005). By grouping learners who have similar intellects enables teachers to instruct at a higher level and without pause due to students who may not be as gifted. In the following essay, we will look at what type of decision making theory a principle of an elementary school can follow when approached by a group of parents who ask if he would implement a grouping strategy within the current school districts policy and procedures. Case study scenario 9, chapter 6, that is presented in Greens, Practicing the Art of Leadership will be used as the example with utilizing the policy and procedure manual of the Atlanta Area Public Schools for the foundation of how the principle should proceed in offering Grouping in his school. The Concern Mr. Robert Miller, the new principle at Springview E... ... middle of paper ... ...ective form of increasing the intellect of students (Puzio, 2010). While many school districts have a general statement in regards to meeting the educational needs of each students, it is important that the leader of each school listen to the needs of the parents with an open mind and be quick to listen and methodical to answer. In the current case with Mr. Miller, he listened to the parent’s concerns for their children, assemble and small and effective task force, amended to the current policy as to fall within the ISLLC standards. Furthermore, not all suggestions by parents and teachers alike, may have the student’s success in mind. Therefore, it is imperative that the educational leader of each school, develop a decision making philosophy as this creates an expectation of response that each request will be treated with respect as well as given proper review.
As a leader candidate, I can understand the challenges and multiplicity of complications that administrators must face each day. However, I will not accept any remote possibility that the students must be affected by some flaws of the school organization. We all as leaders, must be strategic with people, time, and money to guide our students towards an academic success.
In the case study with Principal Miller, he had to make a decision to change the instruction program or to keep it. There was a group of parents that wanted students grouped by their ability. The other group of parents wanted the instruction to stay the same. Principal Miller was new to the school and had very little knowledge of the school. This leaves some critical issues that Principal Miller has to think about while he made his choice. He needed to make sure that the children were getting the best education that he can provide as the leader in the school. He also needs to think about the other educators in the building and how they would feel about the grouping. If Mr. Miller changes any instruction it needs to be understood by all of the teachers and staff in the building. Mr. Miller should consider all of the parents, keep an open dialogue with them, and report data for and against the change and finally make the decision.
According to Blase, Blase, and Phillips (2010) educational leaders in high preforming schools effectively balance administrative and instructional leadership and provide stability, predictability and support. The current paradigm of educational leadership is management of facility, budget, school safety, and student discipline. Administrators must place more emphasis on methods to balance the responsibility of instructional leadership. It will require effective leadership characterized by their ability to redesign their schools into an effective organization. This can be done by a leader’s willingness to take risk. Risk taking would involve the leaders’ commitment to work collaboratively with teachers to set school wide and classroom goals suited to meet the unique needs of the students. It would require educational leaders to refuse to adopt a manufactured educational program but to make a commitment to their students and teachers to create a learning environment that is unique and relevant. Educational leaders would evaluate teachers on the effectiveness of their instructional practices. Each teacher would be held accountable for data that supports the need for goals developed for their classroom and methods used to track progress, use of instructional strategies, how assessment will be incorporated to drive instruction and monitor learning, and the effective use of assessment
..., by controlling the learning experience and having a good communication with the children. Furthermore, Parents and children’s need to be involved in the students’ performance and show in then that they care about their opinion and being nice and polite with them. Teachers and Parents need to be more understanding with the student in order for them to achieve them to achieve their personal goal. Even though, they are children’s they are little one’s with a big potential of growing and they are the future of tomorrow, so we need to encourage them in order to have a better generation and teach them with love and care.
Decisions are a constant in administration. Principals and school leaders alike are faced with decisions all day every day. Decisions that not only shape and mold the school culture and climate, but the shape they students that attend our schools and their families. It’s critical that school leaders are aware of the ethical ramifications of the decisions they make and are cognoscente of the moral and ethical implications of their decisions. Educational leaders are not only leaders of schools, but leaders in the community.
The school board goal is working to create an educational system where student success is inevitable and all students are cultivated to become fierce competitors in a global society. Collectively, they have the power to transform educational opportunities for our children. If not us, then who? If not now, then when? They must respond to the needs of the next generation of learners; giving them a fair chance to succeed, to compete, and to become world-class competitors. Our children deserve the best; we must stop settling for less than world-class. I feel that the board played a very important part in every child educational in there district. They must do there best to help that child to achieve their goal in society. Superintendent's is the main key communicators are a network of McComb School District residents who are interested in our schools and well-connected to the schools and/or the community. The idea is to promote a continuing exchange between key communicators and the school district. The key communicators become the eyes, ears, and mouthpiece for our
circumstances. For this reform effort to be successful, it will take district and school leaders that act as both instructional leaders and politicians. As the instructional leader, they must ensure that every child every day receives an education rooted in high expectations and facilitated by staffs that genuinely believe that all children can learn and deserve the best opportunities to do so. As
Parents are responsible for a child’s education. They must make the key choices regarding educational direction and set the tone for accountability. The school is the medium for content delivery and an important part of the educational team. Today’s educational system is full of choices for students and parents can maximize these opportunities. Regardless of the options, students must be present to reach their potential.
School leaders must follow the procedures while evaluating case by case to make effective decisions. Students should not pay the price of adults’ laziness. Unlimited resources are available in the Internet to help educators and administrators to do their ethical, legal, and contractual job. We as leaders must coach others to understand the differences and need of our students. We must be proactive, emphatic, and culturally aware to help. We must remember that students are not just numbers on a roster, they are human beings who will have to live in a real world and we have the power to change their lives for good or
As an educational leader, these chapters provided me prospective with regards to the challenges of pluralism within our school, and also within our country as a whole. For instance chapter 13, provided a clear understanding of the questions that must be answered in order to fully realize a pluralistic school community. Likewise, this chapter helped me understand the pitfalls that must be overcome in order to fully implement a diverse school culture. Furthermore, chapter 14 supported this notion that there are larger country challenges to overcome before we can fully realize a more pluralistic society. Moreover, it gave me the realization that the
School administrators are important in setting the path for a successful school (Glickman, et al., 2014). The principals could play a dynamic leadership depending on how they exercise their beliefs of the organizational and social environment (McNair, 2011). The principals are the primary facilitators for developing the foundations in learning that will last, to manage the student’s performance at schools, and seeking the improvement at school that will cause great impacts in school‘s education (Gordon,1989). In the recent years in the U.S., education has change in a more cultural diversity population, it is imperative that school supervisors, are trained to encounter this cultural issues, but also assisting others with the opportunities to develop appropriate abilities to deal with different cultures (Glickman, et al., 2014).
Research on the social and cognitive effects of grouping students in mixed-abilities versus same-abilities classrooms is gaining increasing interest among practitioners and researchers. In hopes of attaining higher scores, many schools have adopted homogeneous ability grouping. Unlike them, our school has adopted the policy of mixed ability classes where students of different academic abilities study together in the same class. Indeed, there is a lot of research in favor of heterogeneous ability grouping, but is this beneficial to us?
In every institution the type of leadership style is important for a successful environment. In order to establish a successful school environment to compete globally, the leader should comprehend the basic leadership theories and styles (Glickman et al., 2010). The cultures at schools are important to the success of the students and overall of the school, but also can be very difficult to establish and maintain without the proper leadership knowledge (Waite, 1995). In United States many schools could be place in the categories of conventional, congenial, or collegial, because the strategies used for their leadership (Glickman et al., 2010).The chosen school could be classified according to different criteria and could be determine in which area their leadership pertains more. In order to analyzed and classify the leadership, it was imperative to observed the way the leader make decisions, the approached with the stakeholders, how the instruction is delivered, and how they realized their job (Marshall, 2005). In this analysis will be identify the category that this school will be, the school climate, the type of supervision and leadership.
Education is a very important aspect in the life of a child. The level of success a student has in the classroom is greatly influenced by their teachers. Students, as well as their parents, depend on the teachers to guide them through their education. But who guides a teacher to perform successfully in the classroom? Principals and teachers play an important role in schools. A good relationship among school leaders and teachers is necessary and play an important role in making improvements in the school. Leadership refers to the “process in which one person successfully exerts influence over others to reach desired objectives”. (Okoji, 2015) Good leadership involves honesty, vision, confidence and commitment. It is the ability to inspire a
The group needs to keep the communication open to all the people involved. For the implementation of the curriculum to be successful there needs to be careful planning, communication, listening to people, and organization. Every school is different and therefore every curriculum is different. What works for one school may not work for every school.