In the field of leadership, the Platinum Rule encourages leaders to treat others in the way those individuals want to be treated. When applied to the K-12 school setting, this would suggest that educational leaders—administrators, principals, department chairs, etc.—should take into consideration the preferred leadership style of those under them. Because every individual has a unique background, determining how each person wants to be treated is a difficult task. Numerous studies have identified
Distributed Leadership Clearly, administrators and teachers must work as a team for substantive changes in teaching and learning to occur. One theoretical construct that supports the sharing of leadership constructs among all school stakeholders is the idea of distributed leadership (Spillane, 2006). Spillane, Halverson, and Diamond (2001) in their research funded by the National Science Foundation to determine the leadership characteristics of high-performing schools, discovered that the most
improve positive and prevent negative climates. Improving the impact of evidence-based practices involves high rates of reactive management practices. Reactive management practices try to control kids behavior. Violence prevention is a concern about bullying behavior. Violence prevention consists of formal social skills instruction, positive active supervision and reinforcement, positive adult role models, multiple-componenent, multi-year school-family-community effort. Positive school climates
majority of people studied do not have the opportunity to focus on what they do best. What happens when someone is not in the “strengths zone,” they are six times likely to be engaged in their job. When a person is not able to use their strengths negative thing could happen, for example: a person will achieve less on a daily basis. (Rath, 2007) There are 34 themes that represent a close common language of talents. (Rath, 2007) Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical Arranger Belief Command Communication
Today, the need for education leadership is significantly growing. However, in order to face the numerous obstacles and create a transformative change in education there has to be a clear understanding of what education leadership really is and its responsibilities. Educational leadership involves working with and guiding teachers towards improving educational processes in elementary, secondary and postsecondary institutions. Those in educational leadership roles tend to go above and beyond management
followers in order to accomplish what is best for the team. Leaders need to be role models for followers and need to encourage and build up the team they are working alongside. A leader is someone who works together with followers to accomplish a variety of tasks and goals. A variety of qualities are important for leaders to do a wonderful job. Leaders should be trustworthy, honest, intelligent, friendly, positive, and courageous. To be an efficient and upstanding leader, one must be willing
Review of Literature Effective leadership is critical to an organization's success. Organizations "seek those with leadership ability because they believe they bring special assets to their organizations, and ultimately, improve the bottom line" (Northouse, 2012, p. 1). Taking the educational system as one such organization allows the systematic study of leadership styles and their effect on what is arguably a school’s bottom line—student achievement. Thus, to improve student success, it is necessary
Bettering Students’ Lives: Extracurricular Activity Aiding in Positive Development More than half of American teenagers that attend school participate in some sort of organized activity (Gardner, Roth & Brooks-Gunn, 2006). A structured organized activity may include athletic teams, school clubs and organizations like student council or drama club, youth groups, and more. Psychologists are becoming more and more interested in how adolescents are spending their leisure time and how it affects their
The role of the nurse manager is shifting away from an administrative one and becoming more hands on and as such; there will have to be a change in leadership style from task orientated to relationship orientated. Transformational leadership style emphasises relationship management. Relationship orientated managers, like Anne are able to increase self-efficacy and have a positive effect on individuals as well as the whole team (Nielsen et at.2009 and McGuie and Kennerlydy 2006). This is definitely
teaching is often a stepping-stone toward school leadership positions. Teachers may be called upon to lead within their grade-level or content area in the context of departmental positions. Teaching experience is also a high priority for administrators when considering the hiring of prospective principals. Understanding how classroom teachers view leadership and want to be led is an important element for effective school leadership. A teacher’s leadership preference will affect how they interact with