As I strive to achieve great academic success and leadership at Montana State University, I hope that my previous experiences will catalyze this process. Using my interests in academics, participation in extracurricular activities, and my own strengths, I hope to become a strong leader. I know I can achieve being both a scholar and an example for other students by utilizing my previous experiences. When I start my journey at Montana State, I expect to find students with common academic interests as myself. My goal is to connect with these students, who appreciate education in a similar way I do, in order to help each other understand topics or lessons that we will learn.
Essential characteristics of the principal’s role have been identified by groups such as the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, and the Educational Leadership Constituent Council. Standards from both these organizations require that a principal have a vision of learning, advocate for students, collaborate with teachers and the community, provide a safe environment, act with integrity, and understand the social and political confines in which we live. As noted by Sergiovanni in The Principalship, “For Parochial school principals, the religious dimension must be added to any array of roles and responsibilities that define the principalship.” (2015, p. 43)
The first domain in the Florida Principals Leadership Standards, Student Achievement, is divided into two separate Standards. The first standard is about Student Learning Results and achieving previously set standards. Out of the many leadership styles that were discussed in class, I felt that the path-goal theory fit the purpose of this standard the best. The implementation of path Goal-theory begins by identifying the objectives to be reached as “The school 's learning goals are based on the state 's adopted student academic standards and the district 's adopted curricula” (“The Florida Principal,” n.d.). My job as a leader would then be to clear out any foreseeable, and unforeseen obstacles so that my pupils can achieve success as
It is an honor to be selected to apply to the National Honor Society. One of the values that the National Honor Society has is leadership. To be a leader, one needs to be flexible, have strong communication skills, courage, responsibility, and must be tough-minded, but fair. Over the summer I worked at an adventure ropes course in Kittery, Maine. Our staff is based on two values, teamwork and leadership.
Moreover, I hope to find other organizations and opportunities to serve others, either on or off campus, that will make others' lives better, possibly even becoming involved in initiatives run by the local school system, since I hope to be heavily involved in at least one of the local schools as I
As a leader, he/she should know how to communicate with the decision makers as well as with the families of the students, and his/her faculty and staff. With the growing diversity of students within our school and community, as an educational leader I will need to be able to understand the relationship between social justice, school culture, and the community. I will determine what opportunities are available within our community, discuss with the stakeholders our beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes that will shape and influence the way our school will be run. I will have to learn how to recognize the differences of
In today’s highly litigious society it is of utmost importance for an education leader to have a good understanding of rules and regulations pertaining to the field of education. Knowledge of constitutional provisions and a handle on up to date local, state and federal requirements is a must for someone in educational leadership role. The nature of the population we serve is changing continuously. Educators need to be mindful of the rights of people protected by the constitution and make an effort to develop policies designed to protect those rights.
I have an ambitious goal, but a necessary one. I am highly interested in attending the Pioneer Prep Leadership Institute for many different reasons, but one reason would be that it most definitely encompasses my passion for pursuing a higher education. I hope to gain an experience that allows me to make that leap out of my comfort zone. Programs such as this one are the most valuable and important way to advocate for constructing our path to college, confronting current issues that limit us from reaching beyond, integrating social awareness and so much more. There is a myriad of personal skills and abilities that I know I can strengthen or gain and this includes my self-identity, community, people skills, communication, critical thinking and
Introduction Hello ladies and gentlemen of the hiring committee. Thank you for awarding me the opportunity to discuss with you in greater detail my candidacy for the intended administrative position. Through the use of this presentation, I will demonstrate how my educational and professional experiences have allowed me to develop the necessary skills to successfully meet the unique needs of your school district. In addition, I will provide you with a thorough explanation of how I will employ my leadership style to improve staff retention, community involvement, and district-wide communication.
Over the past three decades’ educational leadership has been in search of ways to increase student literacy in urban middle schools in the southeast sections of the District of Columbia. The quest to closing achievement gaps in urban school districts have and will always be an on-going issue for educational leadership (Daly & Chrispells, 2008). Findings from research studies suggest that school leadership accounts for fully one quarter of total school effects on pupils, making it second only to classroom instruction among school-based factors affecting student achievement (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson & Wahlstrom, 2004). There are certain challenges that middle school principals face that pertain only to these middle school principals due to
The principal has regular meetings with the teachers to discuss planning, data and student success. Expectations are high and the principal expects the values to drive their
I too am eager to give back to Flushing High School in different ways, big or small. What is your most important value that you see in being an effective leader? Explain how it affects your role as a leader.
A progressive, creative, diverse environment of teachers, students, parents, and staff will work well with my personal preferences. If it takes a village to raise a child, the school should represent the community where the students live. Diversity leads to open communication, understanding, tolerance. As a teacher, my goals will be clear to my students: Don't just show up; do be present every class.
Effective leader build a strong and successful setting for children. Strong leadership, ethical practices and professional knowledge provides high quality educational outcome. I have strong leadership in my program and it builds respect, parent, teacher and community collaboration and a trusting and well nurtured relationship between teacher and students. Challenges and expectations are provided to help develop the highest outcome of education possible for all children. How do you envision this issue impacting your future work with children?
Teachers are the life-blood of school districts across the United States. They are masters of their specific grade-level content and work tirelessly to manage the learning and well-being of their students. Teachers are the academic leaders of the learning environment within their classrooms and collaborate with their students throughout the year in order to facilitate learning, and foster creativity and problem solving. However, over the last thirty years, teacher leadership has taken on a whole new meaning.
