Psychology and Education:
Improving Leadership and Stakeholder Support:
As an educational leader, you will need to constantly evaluate your own effectiveness as a leader and continually assess the support you have from stakeholders in your community and under your sphere of influence. Leaders need to continually adapt to change and stay one step ahead of those they lead through careful evaluation, assessment, and support for trends, improvements, and growth. For educational leaders to be effective, knowing the direction of the school or district is especially important.
Educational leaders must also continually check their status with their constituents or stakeholders who may include the teachers, the staff, the students, the board, the administrators, and the community. There is nothing more disheartening than to support a change or idea your stakeholders oppose. For many educational leaders, this means being approachable, visible, and available to those who they influence and lead.
In this section, you will be selecting peer reviewed journals to help you build a school improvement plan and garner the support of your stakeholders.
Required Reading:
Scholarly peer reviewed journal articles related to the concepts covered in this section.
NB=PLEASE BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS SECTION:
Assignment: Promoting Educational Innovation and Change
Design a School Improvement Plan
Effective Leadership is critically important for healthy functioning schools. One of the ways effective leaders promote and sustain change within the organization is through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a school improvement plan. For this assignment, you should create a new school improvement plan designed to move the organization further ahead on education initiatives.
Length: 5-7 pages (app. 350 words per page) with at least five (5) scholarly sources.
Your essay should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.