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Identifying Leader Positions

Soua Lor

Grand Canyon University

EAD – 533: Developing and Empowering Instructional Leaders

Professor Jim Hattabaugh

March 23rd, 2022

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Identifying Leader Positions Organizer
Clerk
Non-instructional
position
Attributes:
Support with childcare
services
Oversee office supplies
and put in tickets for
building maintenance
Early Learning Inclusion
Specialist
Instructional position
Supervises Center
Directors
Supports with center-
based decision making
Fills in when Center
Director is not available
Family Service Lead Health
Coordinator Coordinator
Non-instructional Non-instructional
position position
Attributes: Attributes:
Support with student Member of the Senior
enrollment Leadership team
Supervise advocates Supervises health
Assist school-based advocates with child
needs when Center health reports, such as
Director is not on site or dental, vision and
on PTO medical records
Support health changes
at the school
Resource Teacher
Instructional position
Coordinate curriculum,
assessment work group,
and PLC meetings in
partnership with the
Center Director
Supports the Center
Director with center-
based needs and staffing
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Identifying Leader Positions

A school is made up of multiple important positions, whether they are instructional or

non-instructional positions. These positions vary from the education department to family

service, food service, maintenance/operations, and more. A principal can ensure that there is a

positive school learning environment by allowing different people in positions to support specific

leadership roles. The more people feel that they can lead a team and play an important role

within the school, the more they will take on leadership positions to showcase their strengths to

its most potential and understand the ethic of teamwork. A principal must know the full duties of

each position to assign them leadership responsibilities to continue meeting the school’s vision

and mission of providing high-quality education while maintaining a safe environment. These

responsibilities should also be similar and align with their daily work to have a smooth transition.

For example, a resource teacher holds a higher-level tier than the rest of the regular homeroom

teachers. This resource teacher also holds other responsibilities beyond teaching in the

classroom, such as planning and leading curriculum, assessment work group, and PLC meetings

with the rest of the teachers.

Carefully selecting individuals and specific positions to hold leadership roles can affect

the school by each person’s ability to lead certain responsibilities alongside their job description.

It can almost instantly change the school culture by gaining respect from everyone else when

they see that other roles can also support leadership. On the other side, choosing individuals who

easily become overwhelmed or may not have the suitable characteristics to hold these leadership

responsibilities can negatively affect the school by the feedback that will be shared with

everyone else. For example, a clerk is the face of the school. He/she is the first person that guests

see when they enter the building. Therefore, it is important that this person is somewhat
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knowledgeable of all departments to ensure guests are directed to the correct people. A clerk’s

job description involves primarily greeting guests, answering phone calls, filing, following

through with enrollment and childcare services. This person also holds other responsibilities that

are not necessarily in their job description, such as taking inventory and making orders of office

and building supplies. A clerk who may not be equipped to hold multiple responsibilities may

say that these additional assignments are outside of their work and cannot keep track of orders,

which will also affect the school’s operations of making sure there are enough materials.

Assigning school individuals to take on leadership roles is a great way to create a culture of

teamwork, but it also takes individuals who are open-minded to understand the responsibilities

that comes with teamwork.