What are the problems of educational leadership? ...and examples

Educational leadership problems

Educational leadership is more than just a part of a hierarchical organizational chart, whether it is in institutions or companies, and is not limited to schools only. The quality and practice of leadership at every level has a clear impact on organizational health in general and on the achievement of students or workers in particular. Educational leadership in non-  educational leadership styles  are as follows:

• Activist Challenge

_ Here is a start  in an active challenge. The values ​​and principles of the group may not reflect the reality of the choices it makes or the systems it has, meaning that what is said or taken as a principle may differ from what is actually done in reality and in practical application on the ground. This may happen in the classroom if you adopt The school believes that students learn at different stages but does not have systems in place for students to make up work or receive extra support if they are late, or their academic performance is affected in any way.

The work of leadership entails helping the group to align its organisation, structure and procedures, and we often find ourselves and our colleagues engaged in work of this kind when developing a leadership strategy that requires vision and execution plans for system-wide transitions to personalized or competency-based learning.

• Leadership development challenge

 In the development challenge, the group has an untapped potential that has not yet been developed, for example, this challenge may exist in employment models where all teachers have exactly the same responsibilities.

While some may in fact be well-suited to coaching or curriculum work outside the four walls of the classroom (some good resources on how to address that here), leadership work here requires tapping into the raw potential of the group and bringing out latent capabilities that are either ignored or simply stifled by existing systems. .

• Transition challenge

 In the transformation challenge, if an existing value set moves to a new value set, the organization can make significant progress, demonstrating the role of technology in accelerating and supporting this process, in the classroom, while considering the transition of a growth mindset in getting students to move from “I'm not smart” to “I am able to learn if I try.”  

Leadership work here involves helping the group deconstruct its current beliefs and principles in order to embrace a new set of ideas that can improve performance.

•  Evolution challenge

 In the maintenance challenge, the group must navigate changing circumstances and maintain the work it has done so that it can move forward into the future.  

Indeed, this was happening a few years ago in many areas where common core support eroded in state legislatures and leaders were left alone to adjust to changing country standards and assessments.  

Effective leaders and educators have been focused all along on the broader competencies and principles of teaching and learning that have allowed practitioners to remain focused on a coherent scholarly vision. Those hyper-focused on specific exams or curricular subjects have faced an even more difficult battle adapting to the changing landscape. The leadership's job here is to maintain The basics and maintaining performance at a high level until the threat passes or the unknown becomes known to the unknown.

• Develop innovative leadership for school districts

 Based on professionals who have worked with more than 750 schools and 140 counties in the USA, We Help is created to provide a range of resources and provide valuable insight into the importance of innovative leadership.

• Creative challenge

 In a creative challenge, a new opportunity emerges that gives the group a window to explore new ways of thinking and acting in hopes of bringing lasting and lasting change to the organisation. Specialists and fellows are called upon to assist groups with creative challenges such as these, to imagine new realities, develop curiosity about possible solutions, and connect partners across the country to do similar work.

•  Crisis challenge

 In a challenging crisis, the group faces an unexpected event or change of circumstances that threatens its ways of working or even its very existence. This may happen when a state or district takes over schools, or when there is a sudden shift in leadership within the organization.  

The leadership's immediate action is to establish a process to de-escalate the situation and then focus on addressing the key issues that led to the crisis in order to prevent a recurrence.

 Whatever the challenges an educator faces, leadership work will require a combination of short-term steps and long-term planning to address the key structures in the organization and the changing circumstances that surround it.  

These are things that may seem complicated, and keeping a framework in mind as you move through the process will not solve all the problems but it can help determine the type of challenge facing the leader in the first place.

Examples of educational leadership

Among the most important examples of educational leadership, which can be put forward in this regard to demonstrate educational leadership, are the following:

– That the directions of the school or the institution do not correspond to its actions, for example, it does not take into account the special cases of its children, the school presents itself as an integrated school, but with the failure of the students, it does not provide sufficient and necessary support.

_ Not caring for competencies, skills, abilities, capabilities, and distributing tasks regardless of the above, such as equating those who are competent for training with those who are competent for leadership and those who are competent for organizing, and so on without taking into account the differences.

_ Not dismantling negative beliefs and principles and replacing them, instead of describing negative words of helplessness, transforming them into positive words, such as teaching people to say I will learn instead of saying I do not know.

Not taking advantage of and developing the capabilities, such as hiring a teacher who is able to train.

_ Lack of flexibility or inability to overcome crises and obstacles, such as standing before the problem rigidly without being creative in solving it.

_ Intellectual stagnation and lack of challenges.

Steps to achieving successful educational leadership

Successful educational leadership can be achieved by following the following steps and tips leading to that, and they are detailed in the following:

_ Focusing on respect rather than focusing on popularity and team satisfaction, while it may be tempting to make a decision that the work staff may like, the public interest is more important than the work team’s acceptance and satisfaction as long as the matter is presented in the appropriate way and after studying its dimensions.

_ Set clear goals, when setting goals, be sure to communicate with employees so that they understand their roles in achieving those common goals.

_Listen to employees. Avoid assuming that the solution is the only solution, and intentionally take time to interact with employees and respond to their concerns.

_ Providing a good example to follow through the way of dealing, activity, commitment, thinking, organizing, dealing with others, discipline, and so on.

Elements of educational leadership

As for the important elements of educational leadership, they can be summarized as follows:

• Continuous learning and research
• Full awareness of leadership and its challenges
• Interest in collecting experiences and learning from them
• Appreciation
• Great interpersonal relationships and maintaining a hierarchical structure
• Understand the impact of technology