Leadership

I just want to share this article which I got from my readings from the DepEd iCEXCELS Module1 (Affirm the Instructional Leadership Roles and Functions of a School Head) of the SEAMEO-INNOTECH.

Core Functions of Leadership in Schools

As a school leader, a principal is expected to function in many different ways. Let us first look at leadership in its broadest sense. A good guide for you is the model developed by Thomas Sergiovanni (2001) which gives us a picture of the essential components of leadership. There are seven core functions of leadership in schools.

In a study by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington (2003) titled “Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship,” these functions were expounded as follows:

Strategic Leadership - promoting vision, mission and goals -- and developing a means to reach them.


Instructional Leadership - ensuring quality of instruction, modelling
teaching practice, supervising curriculum, and ensuring quality of
teaching resources.

Managerial Leadership - overseeing the operations of the school (its budget, schedule, facilities, safety and security, and transportation).

Human Resources Leadership - recruiting, hiring, firing, inducting, and mentoring teachers and administrators; developing leadership capacity and professional development opportunities.

Cultural Leadership - tending to the symbolic resources of the school (its traditions, climate, and history).

Micropolitical Leadership - buffering and mediating internal interests while maximizing resources (financial and human).

External Development Leadership - representing the school in the community, developing capital, tending to public relations, recruiting students, buffering and mediating external interests, and advocating for the school’s interests.