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LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
CREATING A PROFESIONAL
LEARNING COMMUNITY
By Jane. L. Sigford
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LEADERSHIP
Literature about leadership describes 2 things :leadership as an entity and the traits of leaders
Leadership is;
Leadership creates a shared mission and valuesamong the staff, collaborative teams, action
orientation and experimentation, continuous
improvement, and results orientation (Richard Du
Four,1998).
In Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership
(1999),written by Terrence E. Deal and Kent D.
Peterson..the heart of leadership is the ability to read
school culture, strengthen it, and change or shape it
for a new direction, if necessary.
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In a report on 'Leadership for Student Learning', thenational Association of Secondary School Principals
(NASSP) stated that the leadership exhibited by21st-century principals will need to be;
Instructional focusing on teaching and
learning, professional development
Community being aware of the school'srole in the greater society and have a good
relationship with stakeholders
Visionary demonstrating energy,
commitment and conviction that all childrenwill learn at high levels as inspired by others.
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Ethics and spirituality of leadership
Paul Houston wrote But educational leaders,
because of their responsibility for the future
touching the lives of children, have an even
greater obligation
We get our work done, not through mandate
and flat, but gathering folks together and
persuading them to do what is right.
Segiovanni (2000) believes that school
leadership is at root,...an ethical science
concerned with good or better processes, good
or better means, and good or better ends.
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An education must be earned through
good habits and rightful behaviour. It
comes from practicing work ethic andintellectual virtue and from recognizing
that individuals have duties not only to
themselves, and to one another, but
comes to the common good as well.
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Traits Of An Effective School
Principal Sigford believes that effective school
leaders also demonstrate the following:
Knowledge - reflection Process skill - understanding of
Awareness / intuition paradox
Kindness - management
Sense of humor knowledge
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MANAGEMENT
In schools, management involves such things as
designing an effective master schedule, organizing
buses so they run on time, or making certain that food
service is well-designed and efficient. Management isknowing how to manage time and multitask when
necessary, how respond to parent concerns, and how
to evaluate teachers in a timely fashion.
A manager is someone who organized the daily life of
organization so that it runs smoothly. A managerneeds to understand the interaction of physical plant
and the physical needs of the people within the
organization.
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Basic approaches of time management
by Stephen Covey in First Things First
(1999)1) Get organized
Looking organized is not the same thing as
being organized.2) Warrior approach
Focus to important task only (value time)
3) Goal aproach
- Help people sets goal
- Focus all efforts towards goals
4) Prioritization and Values Identification
- involves values clarification and task ranking
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1) Magic Tool Approach
Leader or manager will be more effective
if they have right tools especially in
teacher and learning process.
2) Time management
How to manage time effectively
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Purpose of management
Without management, leaders fail to cause
leadership to happen.
Leadership and management must worktogether under the guiding hand of an
ethical leader.
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How to use theory about
leadership and management Theory from macro perspective
What does this theory tell me about the
big picture. About looking at system?
Some big ideas are helpful in examining
a system of one particular job but may
not be helpful in another situation.
A manager should aware the differencein systems and to apply different
theoretical models as appropriate
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Example : A middle school principal was
hired to create change in a system that was
unhealthy and stuck. She had tu use many
of the strategies that are helpful in creatingdiscomfort or cognitive dissonance. She had
to be comfortable with the change process
and the time it takes to make change occur.
She applied the big ideas as relevant tochange occur.
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In her next position, she was the principa of
middle school that was staffed by teachers who
are determined to wark together to create a
learning environment for all students. Thisposition needed her to have a good
communicator, especially good listener and to
find resources in professional development, time
and money to let the wonderfu; teachers do theirjob. Those 2 situations demanded very different
leadership skills.
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To identify an area for further study as a
personal professional growth goal
(personal goal-setting perspective)
Work with a facilitator to research the
core values of the staff and begin to build
upon them.
Channel energy into new are in order torespond to the different cultural needs
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Conclusion
It is important to have a repertoire of
knowledge of leadership in general, leadership
traits of an individual, and effective
management strategies. It is important torecognize that no one idea works all the time
or in all situation.
It is important to have a strong theoretical
background, and it is equally important to
have the reflective, self-examinatin skills to be
able to change approaches and strategies of
leadership and management when necessary.