Educational Leadership for Teachers and Educators
A.
Definition of Educational Leadership
Leadership is the initiation of a new structure or procedure for
accomplishing an organization‘s goals and objective or for changing an
organization‘s goals and objectives.
Leadership is all about organizational improvement; more
specifically, it is all about establishing widely agreed upon and worthwhile
directions for the organization and doing whatever it takes to prod and support
people to move in those directions. Our generic definition of leadership – not
just effective leadership – is very simple, then; it is about direction and
influence
Tree dimension of leadership may be identified as a basis for
develoving a working definition: 1) Leadership
as influence, 2) Leadership and values, 3) Leadership
and vision.
Educational leadership is a term often used to describe leadership
in a wide range of setting (national and local education policy formation,
community and adult education, higher education, etc.). School
leadership generally refers to leadership in a spesific institutional setting,
example: educational institution for child and young people. Educational
leadership relating to curriculum and pedagogik in school setting.
B.
Theory of Educational Leadership
1. Distributed Leadership
A
distributed perspective can be viewed as a conceptual framework for
investigating school leadership and management. It involves two aspects: the
leaderplus aspect (who) and the practice aspect (how). The leader-plus aspect
acknowledges that the work of leading schools involves multiple individuals and
is not restricted to those at the top of the organisational hierarchy or those
assigned formal leadership duties. In this framework, leadership practice is
the outcome of the interaction of school leaders, followers, and their
situations.
2. Transformational Leadership
Transformational
leadership takes place when leaders interact with followers in ways that
enhance their creativity and motivation in the organisation.
3. Leadership Trait Approach
This
approach sees leader as a person having he greatest number of desirable
personality traits (understood broadly as different personal dispositions.
4. Leadership Trait Approach
This
approach sees leader as a person having he greatest number of desirable
personality traits (understood broadly as different personal dispositions)
5. Situasional Leadership
As investigation into leadership behaviors evolved, it became clear
that the situation or context within which leadership is exercised is important
as well.
C.
Types Of Leadership Styles
1. Autocratic Leadership
This leadership is a classical
approach where managers retains as much power and decisions making authority .
This leadership styles is followed by certain rules or standards which has been
set already.
2. Democratic Leadership
This Style is also known as
participative. Leaders with participative leadership style, include one or more
of their subordinates in the decision making process, such as what exactly
needs to be done. Laissez-Faire Leadership style is known "hands-off"
style where managers provides a very little or no directions and maximum
freedom is given to staff.
3. Coaching Leaders
Leaders focus on helping other staff
in developing their skills and abilities. The coaching leader works closely
with the other staff in order to make sure that they have all the required
skills to carry out the job.
4. Affiliate Leaders
This style is
most effective in boosting the team moral and motivation, by giving the
employees a sense of recognition and affiliation in the process of decision
making. This style of leadership is based in the concept of command and control
where the leader commands and subordinates only follow the orders.
