EDU732 Ethics, Leadership and

Counseling
WEEK 7 LECTURE 1
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
 What is Leadership?
 A personal natural/nurtured capacity to influence,
inspire and bring together a group of people to
achieve a personal or group goal.
 What Is Educational Leadership?
 The responsibility of school administrators and
principals, who strive to create positive change in
educational policy and processes.
 A process of soliciting and guiding the talents and
energies of teachers, pupils and parents towards
achieving common educational aims
Educational Leaders……
 Work with and guide teachers toward improving educational
processes in elementary, secondary and postsecondary institutions.
 Are expected to go above and beyond just management and
administrative tasks to advance and improve educational systems
and create and enact policies.
 Transform the school into a more effective organization that fosters
powerful teaching and learning for all students.
Difference Between Leadership and Management
LEADING VS MANAGING

LEADING

MANAGING
The Difference between a Boss and a Leaders
KEY ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS

School leaders, particularly principals, have a key role to play in –

 setting direction
 creating a positive school culture including the proactive school
mindset,
 supporting and enhancing staff motivation and commitment
needed to foster improvement
 promoting success for schools in challenging circumstances.
 Key Roles of an Educational Leader (Head
Teacher/Principal)
 Creating the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the school
 Creating an environment within the school that is conducive to teaching
and learning
 Implementing the school curriculum and being accountable for higher
learning outcomes
 Developing school education program and school improvement plan
 Offering educational programs, projects and services thus providing
equitable opportunities for all learners in the community
 Key Roles of an Educational Leader
(Head Teacher/Principal)
 Introducing new and innovative modes of instruction to achieve higher
learning outcomes
 Administering and managing all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of
the school
 Recommending the staffing compliment of the school based on needs
 Encouraging staff professional development
 Establishing school and community networking and active participation
 Requesting for and accepting grants for upgrading school facilities for
improved learning and teaching
 Creating Clear Unified Vision and Mission
Statement
Vision Statement
Vision is a mental model of a future state of the institution.
Effective leaders –
 Shape the Future by creating a clear shared vision and
strategic plan for the school (in collaboration with governing
body) that motivates staff and others in the community
PURPOSE OF VISION STATEMENT
 MISSION STATEMENT

 Needs to be brief and measurable

 Answers three key questions:
1. What do we do to achieve the vision?
2. For whom do we do it?
3. What would be the benefit?
 Defining Values
Values –
 are beliefs about good behavior and what things are important.
 serve as our moral compass to guide us through the maze of
intellectual, philosophical and emotional issues that encompass
our life.
 Are principles or standards of behaviour; one's judgement of what
is important in life
 https://en.oxforddictionaries.com
MoEHA Vision and Mission Statements

 VISION

Quality Education for Change, Peace and Progress

 MISSION

To provide a holistic and empowering education system that enables all

children to realize and appreciate fully their inheritance and potential
contributing to a peaceful and sustainable National Development
 MoEHA VALUES
 Educational provision is based upon  Fairness and respect for truth and
a core of intrinsic and enduring justice
values. These are –  Integrity
 Human rights and human dignity  Flexibility
 Responsibility  Environment sustainability
 Safety and security for all  Peace and prosperity
 Civic pride  Compassion
 Cultural understanding  Sense of family and community
 Empathy and tolerance  Faith
 Honesty  Creativity
 Life-long learning
 MoEHA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

 In education, the child is the centre of everything that we do. In all other services we
provide, our customers are of high priority. The delivery of all services is guided by
our commitment to:
 Recognise the importance of strong and healthy partnerships with all stakeholders;
 Maintain a high level of professionalism in all that we do;
 Ensure relevance and responsiveness as required characteristics of all endeavours;
 Maintain high levels of quality and excellence;
 Improve access and equity, accountability and transparency and our constitutional rights
and responsibilities
 Are Leaders Born or Made?

 Good leaders are made not born.

 Effective Leadership is achieved through a never ending process
of self-study, education, training and experience.
 To inspire colleagues to higher levels of teamwork, a leader must
be, know and, do.
Types of Leadership Styles in Education
 Different styles of leadership commonly practiced are –
1. Hierarchical
2. Transformational
3. Facilitative
4. Instructional
5. Administrative
 Hierarchical Leadership
 Based on traditional method of education
 Emphasizes on a top-down approach with formal authority
 Has little scope for participatory analysis
 Administrative head carries out all duties of a planner, supervisor,
analyst, resource provider etc
 Has major emphasis on efficiency, control and routines.
 Transformational Leadership
 Fosters a sense of purpose and meaning to unite people for a better cause
 Is based on working together to put in place mechanism that will reap
immediate benefits and benefits for the future.
 Is ideal for helping teachers, students, parents, faculty and communities
grasp a new vision and be led and motivated.
 Through communication gets the masses on board with a unified vision and
helps people see the benefits of outcomes through change.
 Facilitative Leadership
 Does not adhere to the traditional top-down hierarchical structure
 Uses a collective approach to decision-making that solicits the input and
opinions of others so that the best overall improvements can be made.
 Is interested in involving others, which is a positive leadership trait in the
education field
 Encourages innovation and independence from teachers and other school
administrators.
 Involves collective decision-making
 Allows leaders to understand the needs of students, classrooms and
communities.
 Other Types of Leadership Styles
 Autocratic leadership
 Bureaucratic leadership
 Charismatic leadership
 Democratic leadership.
 Laissez-faire leadership
 Autocratic Leadership

 The autocratic leader retains all power, authority, and control, and reserves the right to make all
decisions.
 Autocratic leaders distrust their subordinate’s ability, and closely supervise and control people under
them.
 Autocratic leaders involve themselves in detailed day-to-day activities, and rarely delegate or
empower subordinates.
 The autocratic leader adopts one-way communication. They do not consult with subordinates or give
them a chance to provide their opinions, no matter the potential benefit of such inputs.
 Autocratic leadership assumes that employee motivation comes not through empowerment, but by
creating a structured set of rewards and punishments.
 Autocratic leaders get work done by issuing threats and punishments and evoking fear.
 The primary concern of autocratic leaders remains dealing with the work at hand and not on
developmental activities.
 Autocratic leaders assume full responsibility and take full credit for the work.
 Other Leadership Styles
Bureaucratic Leadership
 Is all about following rules and
regulations.
 Leaders make sure they adhere
to the rules themselves and
their staff follows suit.
Charismatic leadership
 Charismatic leaders are the
driving force behind their
teams.
 They generate a lot of
enthusiasm in the team by
inspiring employees and
helping them stay motivated at
work.
 Other Leadership Styles
Democratic Leadership
 invites the opinions of team
members involving key
decisions that need to be made.
 This increases job satisfaction
Subordinates feel they are a part
of the decision-making process
 Increases overall employee
motivation as their ideas are
valued
‘Laissez-faire’ Leadership
 A French phrase meaning
“leave it be,”
 Laissez-faire leaders give their
team all the freedom they need
to work on their own.
 This can be effective when
there is a solid channel of
communication between the
leader and members of the
team.
 Education in the 21st Century
 Digital Natives – today’s students are immersed in technology
 Young people use electronic media more than 6 hours a day on average.
 Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
 Schools are now known as nerve centers
 Classrooms are technology-rich
 Teachers are facilitators rather than the providers of information
 Text Book driven and teacher-centered teaching is taken over by project
based student centered learning
 21st Century Educational Leaders

 Are Change Agents and Change Advocates

 Welcome and value diversity. They are compassionate,
responsible Global Citizens
 Develop a 21st Century Mindset.
 Are learners.
 are connected with the world. They …
 Develop fluency with digital and social media
 21st Century Educational Leaders
 Are visionary. They want the world to be a better place, They want
to make a difference
 Are emotionally intelligent. They lead from the heart, align vision
with passion and unite people
 Use a distributed leadership model and empower others
 Master self-leadership. They are driven by purpose, not ego,
power or money
 Embrace change and innovation. They see opportunities and
possibilities in everything
 Ethical/Moral Leadership

What is ethical leadership?

 Ethical leadership is leadership that is involved in leading in a manner that
respects the rights and dignity of others.
 Ethical Leaders-
 Focuses on how leaders use their social power in the decisions they make,
actions they engage in and ways they influence others
 Demonstrate a level of integrity that is important for stimulating a sense of
leader trustworthiness
 Set the example for others
The Challenges facing School Leaders

 Ensuring consistently good teaching and learning;

 Integrating a sound grasp of basic knowledge and skills within a broad and
balanced curriculum;
 Managing behaviour and attendance;
 Strategically managing resources and the environment;
 Building the school as a professional learning community;
 Developing partnerships beyond the school to encourage parental support for
learning and new learning opportunities.
 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my
sails to always reach my destination.
--Jimmy Dean

 References

 https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED542901
 https://thinkstrategicforschools.com/9-essential-21st-century-leadership-skills
 OECD (2008) Improving school leadership: executive summaries. Brussels: OECD.
 Sergiovanni, T. (2001) Leadership: what’s in it for schools? London: Routledge Falmer.