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Whether you\u2019re a teacher or an administrator, you have the ability to help your school by cultivating leadership skills and becoming a formal or informal leader.<\/p>\nWhether you\u2019re a teacher or an administrator, you have the ability to help your school by cultivating leadership skills and becoming a formal or informal leader.<\/p>\n
While school administrators have the opportunity to improve their schools through a purpose and a vision for their institution, teachers also have a leadership role to play. That\u2019s because teachers tend to stay with their schools much longer than administrators, often for their entire careers; this longevity allows them to carry the institution\u2019s cultural memory and gives them the chance to influence multiple generations of children in the community.<\/p>\n
School leaders and aspiring school leaders need to cultivate the personal traits and qualities that make school leaders effective, such as a strong sense of purpose, a vision for their school and a willingness to help students succeed individually and collectively. As a teacher leader or administrator, you have the chance to influence policy at your school, improve outcomes for at-risk students, send more graduates to four-year colleges and more.<\/p>\n
What Makes a Great School Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n Great school leaders have a number of qualities in common, whether they\u2019re teacher leaders or administrators. For one thing, a great school leader must have a clear mission<\/a>. You need some clarity about your mission and it needs to be specific. Do you want to help a specific underserved population? Are you hoping to turn a failing school around? Would you like to change grading policies to improve student commitment to doing well? All of these are great examples of strong missions for good school leaders.<\/p>\n An effective school leader also needs a sense of purpose; he or she must know why he or she wants to do the work of a teacher or school administrator. Perhaps you want all your students reading at grade level, or you want to show struggling inner-city youth that high academic and professional achievement is possible for them. Maybe you want all your graduating seniors to attend college. Perhaps you want your students to take more time to look over feedback instead of just glancing at a grade and throwing their papers into their lockers, never to be seen again. By understanding what you want to achieve and why you want to achieve it, you\u2019ll be in a position to grow into the best educational leader you can be.<\/p>\n Develop Leadership Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course, a sense of mission and purpose aren\u2019t all that an educational leader needs to succeed. You need to be persuasive; you can\u2019t drag your school kicking and screaming into accepting your new policies or force it to adhere to your vision. You need to take people along with you willingly.<\/p>\n
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