Democratic And Servant Leadership Philosophies In The Classroom

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The leadership philosophies a leader believes in are shown through their expectations, values, and actions. My personal leadership philosophy has developed over sixteen years of experience in the education field and can be expressed as a combination between democratic and servant leadership philosophies.
Servant leadership is described by Sergiovanni (2013) as leadership which finds importance in serving the members of a community and which grows the community unity by having all members “share the burden[s]” (p. 377). In my classroom it is important all members of our classroom community work together and share in classroom responsibilities. We have classroom jobs, students help one another, and students help the teacher as well. Our