Essays on Educational Leadership

Introduction

Introduction This paper is a summary of an interview conducted by a professional in the field. Below are each of the questions of the interview with a summary of its answers and a short explanation of the findings and lessons learned from it.

Questions and summary of the answers

1. What is your title?

2. How long have you been working for the Burke County Public School System?

The interviewee used to work for 27 years, starting as a Paraprofessional, fourth-grade teacher, Assistant Principal, and then the director position.

3. What motivated you to move from a teaching position to the administrative position? The interviewee took administrative courses and a Master’s Degree in the field, plus another Master in educational leadership to become a better ...

Supervision and Leadership Style in Saudi Arabia

Supervision and Leadership Style in Saudi Arabia

Literature Review

This literature review supports the aims of this study, which encompass exploring the influence emotional intelligence discourse has within the Saudi Arabian Educational Supervision. It embraces recognizing how increased awareness of emotional issues might enhance Educational supervision practices with respect to contributions in conceptualization of educational leadership in Saudi Arabia. The literature review is also expected to analyse the process of integrating emotional intelligence discourse within the SA Educational supervision practices. Another goal identifying the role gender plays in influencing the level of Emotional intelligence demonstrated by the Educational Supervisors within the ...

In view of the case provided, the following observations, suggestions and prospective solutions are put forth which outline the path that the new head of the institution should take towards reforming the current scenario and restoring the college to its former glory.

Tasks at hand (What needs to be done)

Firstly, there has to be an attempt to instil the emotional element that was once associated with the school by rebranding it to the public. Keeping in mind that it began as a boys only school and changed to co-ed, a huge element of emotion associated with the earlier legacy was lost. The first task is to ...

The purpose of the research is to investigate how bullying in elementary education can affect child’s learning experience. Bullying exists on many educational levels, but it is very important for that educational leadership evaluate the bullying phenomena and the prevention of the problems. Researching the influence of bullying in the elementary education is very important. Therefore, children are developing their ideas of self and social condition. My aspirations focus on educational leadership and administering safety in schools. Bullying is an issue may compromise student safety, thus it is crucial for educational leaders to investigate bullying. In addition to, ...

There was no much interest in the field of leadership until around the 1900s when some scholars showed interest in the area. Among the early were Fredrick Taylor, Max Webber, and Mary Parker Follet. They were the early contributors in the field of leadership. There are many differences between leadership and management. Leadership can be defined as the superiority or having the power to influence other people. It is the power that enables one to persuade others to take a particular course of action. Leadership comes from the power, and we have different types of power which reward, expert, ...

Post 1

I agree with you that the Seven Sides of Leadership Website is simple, and not user-friendly. One has to dig deeper and at times get confused while exploring its content. Moreover, the use of resources with a questionable reputation may affect the believability of the content. That notwithstanding, Ledingham’s (2006) had valid points in general. His perspective on the existence of hierarchies was fascinating. Institutions with hierarchies mean that people need approval before doing things limiting their potential and that of the organization as a whole. His belief in the hierarchy is that the opinions of individuals up ...

This paper offers a succinct review of my experience on the visit to two websites containing information on leadership. The two websites are The Wallace Foundation and Seven Sides of Educational Leadership.

The Wallace Foundation

The information contained on the website provides great insights to understanding elements of good leadership in schools. The site emphasizes the importance of good leadership to failing schools. The information provided on the site through various articles postulate that good leadership is not only essential to the institution but also to the success of the learners. The site can be utilized by leaders of schools to enhance ...

Better communication means using the same definitions. The words that are used by the petroleum industry to describe the amount of production, waste and loss are not clearly defined. Transparency is absolutely needed and communication with the IOCs must be improved. The petroleum industrial sector must be held responsible for what they say and what they do. Unravelling the doublespeak in written and spoken messages from the IOCs needs to be a serious goal. The people of the Niger Delta can be involved in translating the dialogue and regulatory intentions of the IOCs. They live in the reality and involving ...

I was born in 1983 and was raised in Saudi Arabia, which is my country of origin.I also graduated from high school there, earning as high as 87% in my overall grades. I really wanted to prove to my family that their efforts were not in vain. My family values a decent education; they are always supportive and they encouraged me and my two elder sisters to strive to fulfill our educational goals. From 2001 to 2005, soon after graduation, I successfully enrolled in the college of Arts and Education in Taif, Saudi Arabia. I finished a four-year undergraduate program in ...

Introduction

Homelessness is a substantial and systemic problem, as it provides people with the fewest resources even less of a chance to better themselves and escape the cycle of poverty. Homeless youth, in particular, face particular problems, being offered substantially fewer chances to succeed compared to other youth of the same age who are not homeless. There are many reasons for youth to become homeless; in many cases, homeless children have homeless parents, or have been tied up in the system without a concrete family structure (e.g. orphans). One substantial phenomenon is the homeless LGBT child; despite the many social advances ...

Section A1.

Sarah’s behavior is disruptive to the classroom in two ways. First, by moving around the classroom she is taking students’ attention from the focal point of learning. Secondly, Sarah has leadership qualities, which is why students imitate her behavior. Her behavior, thus, has an impact on the classroom environment because Sarah is an extrovert. However, in third grade, social skills, as to know when it is time to socialize, and when it is time to concentrate on the work at hand needs to be inculcated.

Section A2.

The antecedent to Sarah’s behavior is usually during the part of the ...

Concept Paper

Graduate Faculty of the School of Education Requirements for the Degree of Belinda J. Haye Prescott Valley, Arizona

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Research Questions 3 Hypotheses 4 Definition of Key Terms 5 Brief Review of the Literature 5 Summary 7 Research Method 7 Operational Definition of Variables 9 Measurement 10 Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13 Introduction One of the goals of educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, ...

Abstract

Hong Kong Disneyland has been opened for over a period of ten years .It is beautiful and attractive place to visit. Being so famous it still has many problems till today. Below discussion describes the issues faced by the Hong Kong Disneyland.

ISSUES FACED BY HONG KONG DISNEYLAND ARE AS FOLLOWS:

- With over emphasis on China market, Hong Kong Disneyland has focussed on China market for a long period. With the opening of Shanghai Disneyland this year, Hong Kong Disneyland predicts that they will lose 50 percent of tourist’s attendance. - Brand image of Hong Kong Disneyland is diluting because it has created too many issues like ...

Introduction

Discrimination is the act of unfairly treating someone, or a group of people, based on the category to which they belong rather than on the basis that they deserve such treatment. The unfair treatment may be based on age, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, height, size, sex, mental ability and physical ability. It involves treating other people with prejudice. Discrimination limits opportunities for individuals. Discrimination is an injurious behavior and should be discouraged in any way. The purpose of this paper is to study discrimination in the United States, particularly discrimination against international students. It ...

APPLICATION FOR GLOBAL EXECUTIVE DOCTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAM

Over the course of my education career, I have slowly come to the realization that in order for me to have more influence on the way things are done in the education field, I have to have some virtue of power and authority. This factor has been my major driving force in applying for the Global Executive Doctor of Education Program at USC. I have considered several other institutions, which offer the program. It is however, the program’s cohort structure at USC that has captivated me and made realize that at this institution, the program can help me ...

As a teacher in an Australian school with a particularly high number of low-income citizens and students, I am completely aware of the importance of cultural awareness and diversity when it comes to dealing with underserved populations, particularly aboriginal and indigenous students. One of the concepts I try to bring forth in my own teaching is transformational leadership , in which teachers provide a more collaborative and engaging environment for learning, cultivating skills instead of acting in a transactional, one-sided manner with students (Painter-Morland, 2008). When applying this to my particular education context, I believe transformational and emergent leadership can provide a greater level of ...

Education

In the case of American School in Honduras, the changes in the appointment of the General Director’s position or Headmaster for the past three years will significantly affect the school’s operations. The removal of Mrs. Kitten who taught for 15 years and later on resigned the directorship after several years due to unannounced problems with the School Board is alarming. The fact that the General Director position was vacant for one year and occupied by Mrs. Just as an interim General Director while maintaining her teaching duties, and was transferred to Dr. Tomorrow for 2 and a half ...

Introduction

There are serious challenges in rural education which require greater leadership and innovative approaches in order to be solved. The traditional system of education cannot do what needs to be done in the new century without reforms and new partnerships in the educational realms. The bottom line remains the total quality education which is more needed by the students in a globally competitive world. Thus, it is paramount for educational services to develop more globally participative citizens and this must extend even to the most remote areas of the different nations (te Velde, 2005). Good quality schooling is a major ...

Introduction

Education needs Christian leaders who have an knowledge, understanding, and love of God’s Word. These leaders ought to have qualities born out of love for their fellow human beings. They should also have a spiritual insight and vision that can be shared to other people in order to lead spiritually, ethically, and/or morally. Further, Christian leaders should have competence to converge individuals because of their diverse backgrounds. Likewise, leaders ought to shepherd God’s children for them to become disciplines later on. In view of the latter statements, this paper is just about the principles of ethics for educational ...

Leadership skills have been used in the recent past to tell the difference between performing and non-performing school administrators. Rayner & Gunter, (2005) explained the key to success in educational leadership is a balanced scorecard that fits the needs of both tutors and students in an educational institution. This is not without influence from the external outside world that affect any academic institutions regardless of its geographical location. Religious beliefs for example affect the leaders work in a community positively or negatively. In a way also success educational leadership relies heavily on teamwork especially between the leader and the staff. Educational leadership ...

Admission Essay:

Admission Essay Every course in life has its own season and time. I believe that my interest in educational matters cannot be complete without pursuing the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program. Since childhood, I have always desired to give back to the society. This formed the main basis of my passion and interest in the education field at large. Moreover, I am a strong advocate of quality rather than quantity. As such, I have faith that pursuing the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at Lamar University will make me more instrumental. Enrolling for the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program at Lamar University will ...

Theoretical Framework

Women in leadership in higher education: Theoretical framework Introduction

While ‘feminism’ and ‘feminist’ are terms that have been explored at length in literature, affiliating these terms to concepts of leadership has been rare. However, feminists have increasingly evaluated and studied the practice of leadership from a feminist perspective, or feminist leadership, especially since the advent of Second Wave feminism in the 1970s and 1980s . However, majority of this work remains unpublished and difficult to access as it is not available as part of journal or on the internet.

Most prominent feminist theories are based on common assumptions that affirm ...

Challenges for leaders in Post modern education

There are numerous frameworks that are used to assess models of administration and leadership and also outline the changes that are needed in the process. Various approaches are used which involve leadership as management, value leadership, trust cultural leadership and spiritual; leadership. The notion of postmodern leadership by educational leaders can be seen to agree and concur with the principles that are used to explain subjective models (Moos, 2008). This is a generally recent model of leadership which has no generally accepted definition. Key features that may characterize postmodernism may include situations whereby multiple realities exist, situations are understood at a ...

The impact of student services in any community college is affected by the school climate. There are many challenges facing the delivery of student services in colleges. First of all there has been a growing trend towards diversity in the classrooms which teachers have to recognize and appreciate. If teachers do not structure their teaching methods to cater for the student then their ability to appreciate and apply college education is hindered (Brooks, 2004: Brimijoin, Marquissee & Tomlinson, 2003) There are many students who go to community colleges to attend remedial classes. It may become difficult for the college to offer ...

Results for the Relationship between the Principals Demographic Factors (Age, Gender and Years of Working Experience) and the Students Academic Experience Again, there is very little in the way of significant results between a principal's age, gender, or years of working experience, and the overall academic experience that students have on campus. There are several reasons why this is probably true. Again, an additional metric that would be worth exploring with further research would be a principal's tenure on the specific campus in question, as a principal who has been on seven campuses in fourteen years, including just a year and a half ...

Response to “Disrupting the Status Quo”

The main purpose of this article is to urge the inclusion of action research dissertations as a requirement for the Ed.D. degree. In many schools offering doctoral degrees in education, there is insufficient differentiation in the dissertations between the Ph.D., which is normally more of a research-oriented degree, and the Ed.D., which is more of a practically oriented degree. Research has shown a connection between the quality of an organization’s educational leadership and the quality of the achievement of that organization’s students (Firestone and Riehl, 2005). In the areas of boosting equity in educational outcomes, and increasing overall student excellence, having ...