A. Educational Leadership Educational leadership is a collaborate process that unites the talents and forces of teachers, students and parents. The goal of educational leadership is to improve the quality of education and the education system itself. Educational leadership is the science of helping students achieve academic success through managing and improving educational programs. Educational leaders work with students of all ages and strive to help them reach their academic goals. Overall, competent and dedicated professionals are needed to provide excellent educational leadership in schools across the country. B. Creative Strategies in Education Creative teaching is becoming essential in designing empowering learning experiences. From games and apps to songs and hands-on activities, educators are finding innovative ways to creatively teach and engage their students. If you put students at the center of their own learning as often as possible, on their terms rather than the teacher’s, then the results are always more effective than those provided within the less creative and more traditional models of education. That is not to say that there isn’t a place for more traditional approaches for disseminating information in classroom environments, it’s just that I believe that developing a love of learning and a sense of ‘real-world’ relevance to students is vital for nurturing critical and lateral-thinking skills
2. Differentiate Instructional from Transformational Leadership
Transformational leaders lead around a common vision; their focus tends to be on getting teachers and students to buy in and commit to that vision. Once they have the buy in, they turn their attention to creating an environment in which the vision can be realized. Creating this environment includes ensuring that teachers have the right resources to move towards the common vision while Instructional leaders worry about the positive influence that teachers are having on students. Instructional leadership is “learning focused” and is measured by improvement in instruction and in the quality of learning.
Classroom Motivation and Management
A. Issues in motivation to learn and enhancing motivation and learning in classroom My common observation is that, many students with learning problems are not highly motivated to improve their academic skill deficiencies. Those with severe and pervasive skill problems often develop a generalized pattern of negative attitudes and avoidance behavior toward schools, teachers, class work, books, and so forth. Such avoidance, of course, can additionally disrupt learning. The problem may be compounded if the student finds attractive alternatives to school related learning activities, such as daydreaming, involvement with peers in disruptive behaviors, and the like. In fact, a significant number of pupils seem much more motivated by the excitement and sense of competence and self-determination which stems from certain peer interactions (including gangs and the drug culture) than by anything the teacher can offer in the way of a program. For every hard fought success with such students, there are many more whose academic and behavior difficulties remain uncorrected. If a greater number of these students are to be helped, it will be necessary to better understand the role motivation plays in the maintenance and correction of learning and behavior problems.
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