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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.

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