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NELYN JILL J. OBEJERO
QUIZ
Part 1 https://wordwall.net/play/29093/933/848
Part 2 https://padlet.com/nelynjillobejero/
LEADER

What comes into your

mind when we say
“Leader”?
LEADER
What are the skills and
qualities they have shown
based on the video ?
Principles of Leadership
 The basic principle of leadership is to lead by
example. The principles of leadership, which are more
fundamental than goals or policies.
 Honest, Competent, Forward-looking, Inspiring,
Intelligent, Fair-minded, Broad-minded,
Courageous, Straightforward, Imaginative
 The more of these traits a leader possesses, the more
likely people will be to follow.
Leadership
 Leadership is a process by which an executive can
direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of
others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a
given situation.
 Leadership is the potential to influence behaviour
of others.
 Leadership involves making sound -- and
sometimes difficult – decisions.
Leadership VS MANAGEMENT
 Leadership is a process by which an executive can
direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of
others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a
given situation.
 Leadership is the potential to influence behaviour
of others.
 Leadership involves making sound -- and
sometimes difficult – decisions.
Leadership VS MANAGEMENT

“Leaders are people

who do the right thing
while managers are people
who do things right.”
Leadership VS MANAGEMENT
Educational leadership
 Educational leadership is a collaborative process
that unites the talents and forces of teachers,
students, and parents to improve the quality of
education and the education system itself.

 This leadership involves working with and

guiding teachers to improve their
educational instruction.
Educational leadership
 Educational leaders ensure that academic and non-academic
staff are continually trained to operate in the innovative and
ever-changing educational process and that they are building
professional learning communities.

 Vision, constancy of purpose, and consistency are

central concerns of leaders in educational
management and planning.
Educational leadership
 Who are the Educational Leaders?
 Principal
 Superintendent
 Academic dean
 Director
 Head of school
 Department chair
 President
THEORIES OF
EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
SEVEN (7) THEORIES
1.Great Man Theory
2.Trait Theory
3.Contingency Theory
4.Situational Theory
5.Behavioral Theory
6.Participative Theory
7.Transformational Theory
GREAT MAN THEORY
 Great leaders are born, not made.
 Leaders are born with just the right
traits and abilities for leading – charisma,
intellect, confidence, communication
skills, and social skills.
GREAT MAN THEORY
 It defines leaders as valiant, mythic, and
ordained to rise to leadership when the
situation arises.
 “Great Man” was adopted at the time
because leadership was
reserved for males.
Ex: Most principals are males.
TRAIT THEORY
 very similar to the Great Man Theory.
 It is founded on the characteristics of
different leaders – both the successful
and unsuccessful ones.
TRAIT THEORY
 Physiological attributes (appearance, height, and weight),
 Demographic (age, education and socioeconomic
background),
 Personality (self-confidence, and aggressiveness),
 Intellective (intelligence, decisiveness, judgment, and
knowledge),
 Task-related (achievement drive, initiative, and
persistence),
 Social characteristics (sociability and cooperativeness)
Advantages of tt
 It is naturally pleasing theory.
 It serves as a yardstick against which the leadership traits
of an individual can be assessed.
 It gives a detailed knowledge and understanding of the
leader element in the leadership process
IMPLICATIONS of tt
 Constructive Information
 This theory makes the educational leader aware of
their strengths and weaknesses and thus they get
an understanding of how they can develop their
leadership qualities.

What is the conclusion made

from this theory?
CONTINGENCY THEORY
 It stresses specific variables in the environment
that might determine which style of leadership is
best suited for a particular work situation.
 Leadership styles vary across all situations.
 Renowned leadership researchers Hodgson and
White believed that the best form of leadership is
one that finds the perfect balance between
behaviors, needs, and context.
CONTINGENCY THEORY
 Good leaders not only possess the right qualities
but they’re also able to evaluate the needs of their
followers and the situation at hand.
 Effective leadership depends on the degree of fit
between a leader’s qualities and leadership style and
that demanded by a specific situation
SITUATIONAL THEORY
 is similar to the Contingency Theory as it also
proposes that no one leadership style supersedes
others.
 A leader should adapt to the situation at hand.
 Leaders should always correspond their leadership
to the respective situation by assessing certain
variables such as the type of task, nature of
followers, and more.
SITUATIONAL THEORY
SITUATIONAL THEORY
Example:
school principals should adopt a directing leadership
style for teachers with low readiness, a guiding
leadership style for teachers with low to moderate
readiness, a supporting leadership style for teachers
with moderate to high readiness, and a delegating
leadership style for teachers with high readiness
BEHAVIORAL THEORY
 Leaders are made, not born.

 This focuses on how leaders behave, and assumes

that these traits can be copied by other leaders.

 Effective leadership is the result of many

learned skills.
ADVANTAGES B. THEORY
 It helps determine the leadership styles of managers and
team leaders
 It helps managers determine how their leadership style
affects their relationship with the team and promotes
commitment towards business goals

 It guides managers to find the right balance between

different leadership styles and helps them decide how to
behave in different situations
disADVANTAGES B. THEORY
 Behavioral theories are learned processes that
take time and may not always be successful

 Personal biases may influence a manager’s decision

Because they’re expected to make independent decisions
and respond to different situations differently
PARTICIPATIVE THEORY
 point out that the ideal leadership style is one
that takes the input of others into account
 encourage participation and contributions from
faculty and staff and help group members to feel
relevant and committed to the decision-making
process.
 seeks to involve other people, rather than making
all the decisions at his own
ADVANTAGES OF P. THEORY
 Improve Commitment and Collaboration
 Increase Productivity
 Increase the Motivation of the Teachers
 Emphasize Fairness
 Enhance the Quality of Decisions
DISADVANTAGES
 Time-consuming
 Reduce the power and influence of the
leaders
 Less Effective with Unskilled Teachers/Staff
TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY
 is a model that principals and teachers can use
to lead by example.
 ensures students focus on their studies by being
considerate of individuality, being charismatic in
influencing them, and inspiring them.
 Instead of using set problem-solving techniques,
he or she involves students and teachers to come up
with solutions to problems as they arise.
TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY
 Transformational leadership traits include a passion
for the mission of the educational institution.
 A leader who can instill this passion in others has
the power to create an environment where change
in education can happen.
QUIZ