As a teacher leader in the school, the author discusses their role in achieving goals, maintaining relationships, and involving staff in decision making. They aim to be an inspirational leader by identifying the school's vision and goals, and challenging staff through training. They also want to act as a coach leader by providing guidance to parents, junior teachers, and motivating all groups through leading by example with key leadership traits like teamwork, enthusiasm, and emotional stability. The author believes understanding all these leadership roles is important for effectively managing the school.
As a teacher leader in the school, the author discusses their role in achieving goals, maintaining relationships, and involving staff in decision making. They aim to be an inspirational leader by identifying the school's vision and goals, and challenging staff through training. They also want to act as a coach leader by providing guidance to parents, junior teachers, and motivating all groups through leading by example with key leadership traits like teamwork, enthusiasm, and emotional stability. The author believes understanding all these leadership roles is important for effectively managing the school.
As a teacher leader in the school, the author discusses their role in achieving goals, maintaining relationships, and involving staff in decision making. They aim to be an inspirational leader by identifying the school's vision and goals, and challenging staff through training. They also want to act as a coach leader by providing guidance to parents, junior teachers, and motivating all groups through leading by example with key leadership traits like teamwork, enthusiasm, and emotional stability. The author believes understanding all these leadership roles is important for effectively managing the school.
As a teacher leader in the school, the author discusses their role in achieving goals, maintaining relationships, and involving staff in decision making. They aim to be an inspirational leader by identifying the school's vision and goals, and challenging staff through training. They also want to act as a coach leader by providing guidance to parents, junior teachers, and motivating all groups through leading by example with key leadership traits like teamwork, enthusiasm, and emotional stability. The author believes understanding all these leadership roles is important for effectively managing the school.
Reflect on my working experiences in school, it is very important to
have effective management and leadership in order to support the school administration and also students success. Here, I am going to discuss my role as a leader in my school although I am just an ordinary teacher.
I will focus on achieving the goals of the tasks and maintaining
relationships. I have to be warm, friendly and flexible in dealing with people. I wish I can maintain balance between the goals and harmonious work environment in school. I would like to involve my staffs and colleagues in goal setting and in important decision making. For example, I will encourage them to gives ideas in planning some activities such as Teachers Day and Sport Day. When dealing with decision making, I will give them encouragement and provides frequent feedbacks to them. This method can maintain two- ways communication channels with my staffs and colleagues.
Besides that, I will show confidence in my staffs and colleagues and
trust their capabilities in handling some tasks. For example, I will let them to be the group leader in certain tasks or events. This can help my staffs and colleagues to evaluate their own performance in a supportive and non- judgmental atmosphere indirectly. I should not be fear of taking risks as a leader. As a motivator leader, I must know when act fast, when to think and when to act slowly. I am not static but I am dynamic and am able to change my headship depending on the situation.
Secondly, be an inspirational leader in school. Leadership is about how
a leader influences others actions in order to achieve the identified goals. For me, a good leader needs to have sense of direction and is able to inspire other people. I will identify aims, vision and direction for the school. For example, as a leader in school, I will create plans, strategies and tactics that deliverables and measurable to achieve the schools vision and the yearly goals. I will direct and guide them towards the vision and goals. Besides, I have to persuade and lead them in order to take the school to a certain position which ensures that the school is ahead of other schools.
Moreover, I identify and meet group training needs such as organize
some competency courses for my staffs and colleagues which can inspire and challenge them to be excel in their position. Thus, I will encourage collaboration and empowers my staffs and colleagues by allowing them to share their opinions and ideas. These actions will bring positive changes in my leadership effectiveness. Inspirational leader exhibit the ability to influence followers behaviour. Thus, as an inspirational leader, I can change my staffs and colleagues working behaviour in positive manner and structure their practices in work too.
According to Emory S. Bogardus (1918), an American sociology
explains that leader has to interact with a large number of people. I always have to deal with parents, colleagues and children in school. Therefore I have to act as a coach leader in term of coaching them towards one specific direction. For example, I can provide my professional opinions to parents on ways to guide their childrens study and behaviour problems at home. In addition, I might coach and guide my school junior teachers (Novice Stage) who facing problems with their daily work such as classroom management, time management or problem dealing with parents.
I wish I can be a role model for my followers such as staffs, colleagues,
parents and students. Southworth (2000) claims that an effective leader should demonstrate few characteristics i.e. interest in learning, honest, courtesy, courage and compassion. By referring to Raymond Cattell (1954) key traits of successful leaders, I ought to apply the team orientation working traits. For example, I should foster the team work and collaboration where all staffs and parents can work together such as during the clean-up activity. Besides, I should share my enthusiasm with them and lead them actively, expressively, and energetically. Nonetheless, I have to stable in emotion. I need to be able to deal with my frustration and be well-adjusted. Further, I have to be conscientiousness. I should show my high sense of duty and self- disciplined in order to be a good role model in school.
Conclusion, it is very important for a school leader to know his or her
role in leading and managing the school. Full understanding on roles that we play is vital to be an effective leader. All in all, I believe that I can serve as good leaders among my peers, parents and students by leading this variety of roles. By knowing the school organization, each staff and colleague, resources and how to place them correctly can help the school grow and thrive strongly. Besides, I get to use my intelligence and skills to sets the foundation for my schools success.