Leadership in Schools

Leadership is the backbone and cornerstone of production and excellence in United States education. American educational has been under controversy because of the achievement on test scores when compared with other developed countries. Research has pointed to several strategies on how to tighten the gap with other countries. As a leader in a school or school district, it is one of their main responsibilities to produce maximum effort out their faculty by using some of the research. As I look into the future and hopefully see myself as some type of formal leader in a school district, it is important to examine and understand my own assumptions and practices as a precursor to develop a vision of educational excellence.
As a future leader, I believe it is crucial to compare and contrast with your previous experiences to make necessarily changes on your future school. I believe one of the most important factors that directly contributes to student achievement is the school climate. I am very fortunate to teach in a school that has a great school climate and would like to transfer that same type of climate to my future school. The kind of school I would like to become a leader of is a school that is student friendly where the teachers know the individual student and have a personal relationship so they know what teaching method is best for the individual and how to motivate them. I believe that students achieve best when they feel that the teachers have true compassion and care for each individual student.
By placing school climate as top of my leadership priority, I believe that my leadership style of dynamic supportive will contribute to a great school community. A dynamic supportive is a person that can take charge but does not always have to because others will. As a leader of anything, it is important to get a long with others and have the respect of the followers. Being a dynamic supportive, I truly care of students and want to help them out to succeed in life. I think teachers and students learn and achieve more when they feel they are in a caring community. I would like to create an environment that is not looking for individuals to break the rules but rather looking at the brighter side. I feel that when you create this type of environment, a leader can place more trust in the faculty to do what is best for the students. By placing more trust on teachers, they will be more excited to come to work each day; therefore, producing a healthy work environment. On the contrast, I understand by being this type of leader it can easily be manipulated and taken advantage of by others. When leading through a dynamic supportive style, it is crucial to recognize when a manipulative situation is occurring so it can be prevented.