UNDERSTANDING THE 21ST CENTURY

SCHOOL HEADS
Let’s Try It

Priming Activity Task 1

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Session Title
Understanding the 21st Century
School Heads

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Terminal Objective:

At the end of the session, the

participants should be able to
develop deeper understanding of the
21 century school heads.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Enabling Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participants are
expected to:
•Describe the characteristics of the 21st century
school heads as instructional leaders;
•Identify instructional leadership competencies
school heads must possess;
•Analyze the indicators to be observed by
instructional leaders;
.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Enabling Objectives:
• Reflect on the ways to become effective
instructional leaders; and
• Prepare a reflective journal on how to develop
school heads into instructional leaders of the 21st
century.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Talk, Plan, Portray

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Pause, Think, Reflect

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 7 Critical Characteristics of the
21st Century Instructional Leaders

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Visionary Leaders

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Vision – is a vital characteristics of
leadership
-is a way of organizing
meaning for the members of
the organization

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Characteristics of Effective Vision
•inspiring
•clear and challenging and about excellence
•stands the test of time in turbulent world
•stable but constantly challenged
•a beacon that controls when all else is up for grabs
•aimed at empowering our own people first
•preparing for the future while honoring the past
•lived in details , not broad strokes

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Strategic Planners

•Strategic planning is a prerequisite skill for survival of principals as

instructional leaders , especially in turbulent times.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Strategic Planners
•Instructional leaders must have a big
picture in mind and must also possess
an ability to “chunk down” a vision into
realistic, tangible, short term objectives.
•Strategic planning offers a “ modus
operandi “ for instructional leaders.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Change Agents
•must constantly check the organizational
barometer and know whether or not the
time is right for specific change

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Change Agents
•must be well-versed in
strategies of change

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Communicators
Principals as instructional
leaders

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Role Models
 
Principals as
instructional leaders
for the 21st century
must practice what
they preach.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Nurturers 
 Principals as effective
instructional leaders
•must be sure that working
and learning environments
are healthy and productive

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• Must subscribe to current research
strategies for staff development
• Must be integraters
• Must know their people

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Disturbers
Leaders of tomorrow must find ways to
disturb those who are comfortable with
status quo.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LET’S KNOW THE SCHOOL HEADS
WELL

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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SCHOOL 2

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LEADERSHIP INSTRUCTIONAL
LEADERSHIP
NATIONAL
PERSONAL &
PROFESSIONAL CORE PRINCIPLE 3 COMPETENCY-
School heads are competent, CREATING A
ATTRIBUTES
committed and accountable in STUDENT BASED
and
CENTERED
INTERPERSONAL providing access to quality and STANDARDS FOR
EFFECTIVENESS relevant education for all LEARNING CLIMATE
through transformational SCHOOL
leadership and high degree of 4
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SCHOOL
professionalism. HR MANAGEMENT HEADS
&
MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
& OPERATIONS 5
PARENT DEVELOPMENT
INVOLVEMENT
& COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
  Assessment for Learning
 Developing Programs &/or
Adapting Existing Programs
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 Implementing Programs for
INSTRUCTIONAL Instructional Improvement
 Instructional Supervision
LEADERSHIP

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Assesment for Learning
 Manages the processes and procedures in
monitoring student achievement

 Ensures utilization of a range of assessment

processes to assess student performance

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Assesment for Learning
 Assesses the effectiveness of curricular/co-
curricular program and/or instructional strategies

 Creates and manages a school process to ensure

student progress is conveyed to students and
parents/guardians regularly

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Developing Programs &/or Adapting Exixting Programs

 Uses research expertise and/or other vehicles to

assist in developing and implementing coherent
and responsive school wide curriculum
 Addresses deficiencies and sustains successes of
current programs in collaboration with the
teachers, learners, and stakeholders
 Develop a culture of functional literacy

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Implementing Programs for Instructional Improvement

 Works with teachers in curriculum review

 Enriches curricular offerings based on local needs
 Manages curriculum innovation and enrichment
with the use of technology
 Organizes teams to champion instructional
innovation programs toward curricular
responsiveness

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Instructional Supervision

 Prepares an instructional supervisory plan

 Conducts Instructional Supervision using
appropriate strategy
 Evaluates the lesson plans as well as classroom
and learning management
 Provides timely, accurate and specific feedback in
a collegial manner to teachers regarding
performance

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Instructional Supervision

Provides timely, accurate and specific feedback in

a collegial manner to teachers regarding
performance
Provides technical assistance/expertise and
instructional support to teachers

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LET’S KNOW OUR SCHOOL HEADS
BETTER

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Try IT Again

Priming Activity Task 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giURJja2EsY

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Think, Paste, Share

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3 Ways to Become Effective Instructional
Leaders

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LET’S KNOW THE SCHOOL HEADS
BEST

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

DATE

What is important for me to do to reach out

and be of help to the school heads?
If I had to pick a word or phrase today, what
would it be? Why?
If there is anything I would like to express, it is
________.
I Have a Dream (Abba)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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