TEACHERS LEADERSHIP

TEACHERS LEADERSHIP
BASIC LEADERSHIP
TYPES OF LEADERSHIP

-involves 2 parties
-leader own the
authorities
-influencing the
followers

LEADERSHIP THEORIES

-Natural Leadership
-Charismatic Leadership
-Leadership Bureaucratic
-Distributed Leadership

-X & Y Theory
Human Relationship
Theory
-Situational
Leadership Theory
-Behavioural Theory

-role of school leaders

-characteristic of effective school
leaders
-aspect of leadership

CHALLENGES IN LEADERSHIP
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

1) Vision of education
2) Teaching and
learning science and
mathematics in English
3) Transformation of
primary school
curriculum
4) Education
Development Master
Plan (PIPP) 2006-2010

LEADER?
An individual in a group that was given the
responsibility
to
direct
and
coordinate
activities
LEADERSHIP?
to achieve group goals/aims.
Amir Hasan Dawi (2006)leadership is a complex
activity, defined in various ways, some form of
interaction between leaders and led individuals.
Leadership is the process of influencing a group
towards the achievement of planned results

TEACHER LEADERSHIP
needed to manage the process and the
changes (school)
teacher also need to lead colleagues to do
innovative learning and performing tasks in a
better and more effective ways.
To lead the pupils in the class.

BASIC LEADERSHIP
WHAT DOES A LEADER
-involves
or more
NEEDS2 TO
HAVE?parties

-leader owns the authorities

-influencing the followers

 leaders involve others either subordinates

or accountable followers
group members help define the status of
leaders and leadership through the process
of creating their willingness to accept
unequal distribution of power between
leaders and team members

 leaders have authority with respect to

some of the activities of the group
members
subordinates are not questioned or
disobeyed the activities of their leaders

 leader stressed on working

and restructuring activities,
scheduling, establishment of
information, and
management

leaders demonstrate good

social behavior through
emphasizing and respecting
the ideas, feelings and
affairs (hal ehwal) of
workers by listening to their
personal problems and help
to solve the problems

INFLUENCING THE FOLLOWERS

THROUGH ORDERS

preferred the performance

and production from other
things

EFFECTIVE LEADER
IN A GROUP
involved to achieve the
high-level output

RENSIS LIKERT AND FRIENDS IN

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Patterned Management
System

Style Management
System

Management
System

Patterned Management System

management authority through exploitation

leaders make their own decisions about what
works and directs staffed according to the
order
penalty is given if the employee fails to meet
the goals and standards set
head less trust the followers
followers feel scared and isolated from the
head

Style Management System

Leader issue orders but employees are given the

freedom to comment on the commandments
they are also given the flexibility to take some specific
action, in accordance with a strict control policy and
procedures outlined

Management System

Leader set objectives and general directions after

consultation and discussion with the subordinates
The staff can also take their own decisions on how to
conduct their duties
more rewards than punishments are used to
encourage staff and workers.
staff and employees are given the freedom to discuss
matters of work with the their leaders
Leaders trust the staff and workers

Traditional
theory

Current
theory
Theories
of
leadership

Traits theory
What characteristics or traits make a person a
leader?
Great Man Theory: Individuals are born either
with or without the necessary traits for
leadership
Trait theories of leadership sought personality,
social, physical or intellectual traits that
differentiate leaders from non leaders
Trait view has little analytical or predictive value
Technical, conceptual and human skills (Katz
1974)

Traits Theory
Traits theory of leadership
Theory that consider
personality,
social, physical or
intellectual traits
to differentiate leaders
from non leaders

LEADERSHIP TRAITS
Ambition and energy
The desire to lead
Honesty and integrity
Self confidence
Intelligence
Job relevance
knowledge

Traits and skills differentiating leaders

from non-leaders

Traits theory

 Theory X and Y (Douglas McGregor, 1960)

Represent the differences in the way a leader thinks of
his staff in an organization
In theory X, the leader consider the staff motivated by
money
Therefore, the leader will be more autocratic, acting
directing and controlling the staff
result: the organization will not give space and
opportunity for the staff to maximize their abilities and
potential

 In theory Y, the leader considers that the staff

are hardworking, have positive attitude
toward their job and ambitious.
Therefore the leader empower them in their
duties performances

 Grid Management ( Managerial Grid) (Blake

and Mouton, 1964-1978)
(studies of Ohio State and Michigan)
Leader behaviour base on 2 axis
Horizontal axis- concern of product
Vertical axis- human care
In this theory, the ideal leader will gain a
measure of 9-9 which is scalable to Care
Production and Human Care.

Fiedler contingency theory (1967)

Contingency theory states that there is no best
way to lead an organization
Leadership style may be effective in one situation
but rather occur in other situations
The size of the organization (how leaders adapt to
the environment
Resources and operation
The notion of the leader and the staff
The use of technology

Fiedler contingency theory (1967)

The environment will affect the leadership
style
A leader may be motivated by tasks or
relationship between people

Hersey and Blanchard Situation Theory

(1977)
The effectiveness of leadership is based on the
situation (Hersey & Blanchard, 1977)
Leadership style: telling, selling, participating
and delegating

Transformation Theory
Transformational:
Widespread changes
to a business or organisation

Requires:

Long term strategic planning

Clear objectives
Clear vision
Leading by example walk the walk
Efficiency of systems and processes

Transformation Theory
James Mac Gregor Burns pioneered the term
Transformation Theory in 1978
To describe an ideal situation between leaders and
followers
Transformational leader able to move the followers to
act to achieve specific goals based on :
Values and motivation
Needs and desires
Aspiration and expectations
Make full use of power to persuade the followers to
bring about change in the organization

Moral Leadership
A from of worries that motivates others
through the principle (Sergiovanni, 1992)
Did not find ways to benefit themselves but
act for the betterment of mankind
Elements of morality should be embedded in a
moral way of life of the leader.
Schools should exhibit ethical values

SCHOOL
LEADERSHIP
CHARACTERISTICS

ROLES OF
SCHOOL
LEADERS

OF
EFFECTIVE
SCHOOL
LEADERS

ASPECTS OF
SCHOOL
LEADERSHIP

ROLES OF SCHOOL LEADERS

(CURRICULUM LEADER)

Setting the vision & mission of

curriculum.
Distributing academic tasks & nonacademic to the staff

Meeting with Curriculum Committee &

Subject Panels
Planning time table
Supplying academic school calendar

ROLES OF SCHOOL LEADER

(CURRICULUM MONITOR)
Monitor teachers teaching &
learning session
Check
teachers
lesson
planning book

ROLES OF SCHOOL LEADER

(CURRICULUM ASSESSOR)
Plan & administer tests
& exam
Assess students
performance

CHARACTERISTICS OF
EFFECTIVE
SCHOOL LEADERS

Has sense of mission & sense

of purpose

Good interpersonal skill

Has good personality (role
model)

Has good leadership style

continued
Effective strategy planner
Utilise all resources & proactive in
overcoming the obstacles.
As a leader of pedagogy (Pedagogical
innovator)

PLANNING

Set the target (short

& long term).

Effective monitoring
MONITORING enhance execution
plan.

ASPECTS
OFOF
ASPECTS
LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP

DIRECTING

CONTROLLING

Assigning tasks,
influence their
subordinate & get
their cooperation

Control needed to
maintain teachers
performance.
Ensure planning is in
line with
environment

WHO IS SHE??

Show exemplary to the

students.

Practise effective
communication techniques.
Five Practices of Exemplary
Leadership Model the way,
Inspire a shared vision,
Challenge the process, Enable
others to act and Enable the
heart.

1) Vision of
education

4) Education
Development Master
Plan (PIPP) 20062010

Leadership
challenge

3) Transformation of
primary school
curriculum

2) Teaching and learning

science and mathematics
in English

1 ) V I S I O N O F E D U C AT I O N
Aims to provide direction to educational leaders to jointly perform
the roles and responsibilities for achieving the goals of Vision 2020,
which makes Malaysia a developed nation economic, political, social,
spiritual and cultural.

 The paradigm shift is made to ensure the filling Vision Education

is practiced in all levels of education through seven aspects:

unity in all levels of the organization and the community.

Style of leadership quality management and achieve no defects.

Service to close loving relationship and camaraderie and produce
educators who are concerned.

 Empowerment in which the delgation of power from the center to

periphery, from the power and control to the partnership of
technical rationality to reflective rationality.
Cultural knowledge through reading, learning culture, mindset,
culture with their discussions, writing culture and cultural works.

 Caring school students to cultivate self- esteem and feeling of love

for the schools commitment to be created.
Culture of excellence, have an attitude to strive for excellence.
These challenges are not only delivered to school leaders but also
various stakeholders (teachers, students, parents community)

2 ) T E AC H I N G A N D L E A R N I N G O F
S C I E N C E A N D M AT H E M AT I C S I N
ENGLISH

PPSMI was introduced in January 2003.

The leaders of the teachers to meet these challenges with courage
to step up efforts and use the English language either formal or
informal.

3 ) T R A N S F O R M AT I O N O F P R I M A RY
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Each curriculum should be changing, which is dynamic in nature
so that appropriate and relevant to current developments.
Integrated curriculum for Primary Schools(KBSR) be reviewed to
ensure that the curriculum is holistic, not too academic and burden in
line with the strengthening of the core curriculum as the main focus
of the second PIPP.

 2010 : KBSR change to KSSR

Transforming the curriculum is based on the holistic process
changes the existing school curriculum.

Changes of curriculum, structure of content, pedagogy, time

allocation, assessments methods, curriculum methods.

4 ) E D U C AT I O N D E V E L O P M E N T
MASTER PLAN (PIPP) 2006-2010
In the 21st century, the country faces new challenges from
globalization, liberalization, internationalization and the development
of Information and Communication Technology (ICF).
This PIPP aimed at developing a world class education system to
fulfill the aspirations of Vision 2020 to make Malaysia a developed
nation in our own mold. It also aimed to producing a quality

education for all.

 PIPP is also a development plan document which covers three

main areas, which are infrastructure, employment and manpower.
Thus, leadership education ministry of education has a
tremendous responsibility in developing the human capital that is
comprehensive, progressive moral and ethical standards as well as
human capital who are knowledgeable and highly skilled in ICT
literacy.