Approaches to Leadership in Education

KEITH LANDER S. BALUYUT

Leadership style in educational institutions may affect the school culture in general. It can also help encourage the students to learn and excel. The style of leadership transforms a school from an average to a high-performing school.

The following are some examples of various leadership approaches that can leave a lasting impact.

Transformational Approach

The transformational approach is like the brainstorming method. It involves everyone in the team in decision-making and goal setting to encourage them.

Becoming a role model plays a big part in making this approach a success. creates a culture of development and advancement.

Instructional Approach

The instructional approach is the most common type of leadership. Some studies show that faculties that use instructional methods outdo others. It evaluates students' performance and adjusts the teaching quality as needed.

The instructional method includes preparation, assessment, management, and enhancement of learning and teaching.

Constructive Approach

The constructive approach focuses more on facilitating than directing the learning process. Through this, the students are in control of their learning process and not the t each er s.

This method trusts that each student has his way of comprehension, process, and understanding of lessons. It also involves the sharing of ideas from different points of vi ew.

Strategic Approach

As the word itself conveys, the strategic approach is more on long-term planning, identifying, and assessing the school's performance. After this, the leaders will make a well-planned strategy to improve the results.

Strategic leaders are more focused on creating guidelines, assigning resources, and utilizing systems to produce more desirable results in the future.

Servant Approach

The servant approach concentrates on the needs of others than self-interest. It focuses on the saying that "to be a great leader, one must also be a great follower and ser vant ."

Servant leaders use empathy, listening, mindfulness, restorative, conceptualization, encouragement, stewardship, and foresight in leading. They practice a high sense of inclusion and open communication within the educational community.

Different strategies work for different school settings. The goal of each of these is to provide quality education in a school community through the most effective approach.

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