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Leadership

Leadership. BTE363/364. When I Become a Teacher. What is the Definition of Leadership?. Leadership Quotes. Dictator. Maintains distant and stringent relationship with students No room for group discussions Creative thinking is not encouraged Skill and drill

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Leadership

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  1. Leadership BTE363/364

  2. When I Become a Teacher

  3. What is the Definition of Leadership?

  4. Leadership Quotes

  5. Dictator • Maintains distant and stringent relationship with students • No room for group discussions • Creative thinking is not encouraged • Skill and drill • Students more likely to rebel, complain, and misbehave

  6. Free Spirit • Teacher wants to be buddies with students • Students are given free rein and often control direction of lesson • Teacher may be unorganized and unprepared • When students are off task, teacher gets angry

  7. Balanced • Teacher sets limits and clearly communicates expectations • Personal choice and group discussions are daily occurrences • Teacher expects rules to be followed; consequences are consistent when behavior is inappropriate • Student-centered but guidelines are given

  8. More Thoughts on Leadership • Any member of a group may become a leader • The teacher is not necessarily the leader • Various leadership actions may be provided by different group members • Teacher may decide to share various aspects of leadership with class members

  9. Groups that Function Effectively • Leadership tasks are shared among group members • If you want students to play some of the leadership roles • You must give them permission to do so. • You must give students guidance.

  10. What Happens When Teachers Neglect Leadership • Student may elect to play informal (and frequently inappropriate) leadership roles in the classroom

  11. Can Anyone Acquire Leadership Skills? • Yes

  12. Leadership Skills • Flexible behavior • Ability to diagnose what behaviors are needed for the group to function most efficiently • Ability to fulfill these behaviors or get other members to fulfill them

  13. Communicate • Be clear & unambiguous • Make messages complete & specific • Make verbal & nonverbal messages agree • Ask for feedback • Display openness; maintain eye contact • Listen • Paraphrase accurately and nonevaluatively • Listen beyond words • Listen for requests & intentions in others’ message, particularly in complaints

  14. Build & Maintain Trust • Acceptance & support are essential • Acceptance is communicating to others that you have high regard for them • Support is communicating to others that you recognize their strengths

  15. NelNoddings “I do not need to establish a deep, lasting, time-consuming personal relationship with every student. What I must do is to be totally and nonselectively present to the student—to each student—as he addresses me. The time interval may be brief but the encounter is total. ~ NelNoddings, Caring: A Feminist Approach to Ethics and Moral Education

  16. What Makes Teachers More Trustworthy to Students? • Credibility • Authenticity

  17. Manage Conflict • Understand point-of-view of other group members • Approach controversy from problem-solving perspective; try to accommodate needs of all group members • Be critical of ideas, not persons

  18. What Do Teachers Make?

  19. The End!

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