needs of diverse communities. Whether in traditional
school settings, nonprofit organizations, or large
corporations,
thoughtful and skillful educational
professionals in leadership roles
can make all the
difference.
Educational leadership plays an important role in
developing the
right environment and reputation for
schools. A successful school leader
will be able to create
an academically effective atmosphere in which
students
learn by being both challenged and nurtured.
Developing leadership skills is highly important for an
educator’s career growth. If you’re thinking of moving
from a teaching role to a school leadership position, identify
and develop the skills required for the desired position.
This thesis has been written on commission by me
Girgis Hanna Haroun, a supervisor of English at high
schools and colleges in Egypt.
Several preliminary interviews made us very interested
at the situations at schools and helped us to formulate
our research question:
“How do organizational leadership, and communication
affect culture,motivation, commitment, productivity and
efficiency of schools and educational organization?
Moreover, it made our research have two purposes,
one of academic
character, and one of practical character.
The academic purpose is in
investigating relationship
between organizational structure, leadership,
and
communication and organizational performance,
i.e. efficiency and
productivity.
The practical purpose is in giving analysis-based
recommendations about possible ways to increase
productivity and efficiency tour educational organizations.
The findings of our research revealed that leadership,
culture
motivation and communication affect efficiency
and productivity.
leadership affects the whole personnel
and the way they strive for
achieving their goal;
An organizational culture is defined by how people
inside the
organization interact with each other.
Culture is learned behavior
— it’s not a by-product
of operations.
Research Content
1-Introduction
Leadership
Leadership is a competency
employers look for in
candidates who are applying for jobs that require
them to lead, motivate and/or develop other people,
usually team leader
and management positions
(or trainee positions that lead to management
positions).
1- Research Vision, Mission and
Objectives
The vision is (Developing our Education system)..
The mission is Doing researching theses
The Objectives are:Solving problems that arise
from the diverse cultures and their conflicts inside
the education organizations.
2-A problem needs a solution
We faced a problem that needs a an urgent solution.
The problem is: We, the researching group, noticed
that the learning outcomes of high schools and
colleges are low.
3-Reasons for the research:
The
reason for doing such research is that I and my
colleagues noticed that
some organizations did not
work as efficiently as they could, and
senior
managershave encountered various problems.
Complaintswere
several. People worked in terms of
only firm accountability and
punishment.
There was no vision, no mission, no objectives,
no team
work, no love or respect and no good
performance. We have been asked to
estimate
the situation, analyze it, and come up with solutions
which
could increase efficiency and productivity;
in other words, increase
organizational performance.
After preliminary interviews with the senior managers
and teachers at schools, we have identified our are
as of the interest: organizational structure,
leadership, and communication.
The
teachers worked individually without any
collaboration with their
managers or school leaders.
Teachers did't like change. They used
traditional
method of teaching like the GTM method. Learners
were just
listeners or stores waiting for being filled
with some information that
were taught by heart.
Learners knew nothing about any critical thinking
like practice, analysis, synthesis, evaluation,
imagination, creation or
innovation. They didn't
use technology in learning.
There were no
meeting areas between the
organization managers and the people who
working
with them.
The organizations had managers of instructions and
orders not leaders that could lead the education
process forward through
the leading skills that the
leader should practice and apply.
4- The researching questions:
How do organizational leadership, and
communication affect productivity and efficiency of
schools and educational organization?
How we make education organizations perform well
and learning outcomes high?
5-The problem solutions
Employers
and employees must learn academically
and practice actually the roles
played by leadership,
organizational culture, motivation and commitment.
6-Objectives:
Organizing Employees
Employees
tend to be diverse groups of individuals
with differing agendas. Some
might simply be
interested in earning a paycheck, while others strive
for promotions are expanded responsibilities.
Although individuals are,
by nature, unique,
an effective leader will pursue the objective of
bringing them together for the sake of a common
goal, at least during
the time they spend at work.
This organizing will depend on fostering
cooperation
instead of competition and communicating that the
larger
agenda is more important than the goals of
any individual group member.
What is leadership?
Educational leadership is built on the premise of
constructing and
applying knowledge in ways that make a positive difference. Through
collaboration and communication, professionals in educational leadership work with diverse communities and build partnerships to promote
positive outcomes by setting and meeting transformative goals.
While many educational leadership professionals have advanced degrees
and can work in academic settings, they are practitioners who work in
applied positions.
By connecting theory to real-world projects and
contexts, educational leaders take a comprehensive, evidence-based,
relational approach to problem-solving.
Mastering lean leadership and lean culture is essential to your success
as a manager and your company's success. Lean is eliminating waste and
the disciplined method of optimizing value to customers. It is creating a
culture that brings out the best in all employees.
If you do this...
you will succeed as a leader in your
organization! Great teams have great coaches.
Great athletes have great coaches. And,
we all
become great in our field with the help of a
dedicated and
compassionate coach.
This research is focused on coaching current leaders
or managers within an
organization to improve
performance, develop new habits, and contribute
to a culture of continuous improvement.
Every great athlete has a
coach.
Every great musician has a coach.
This research will help you to become a successful
coach who can help others achieve their own
version of greatness. .
“Leadership is an art”.
Leadership is the capacity to
translate vision into reality. It is the
capacity and will
to rally men and women to a common purpose.
Leadership
is not a skill although it employs skills.
It is a way of living that
suffuses everything we
do and we are.
The leader is the man who knows the road, who
can keep ahead and who can pull others / his
followers after him. A
leader is a servant first and
that simple fact is the key to his greatness.
Style
of leadership” is at times used to describe a
specific set
of actions used by a leader.
The
term "Models of leadership" means the general
approach on how
leadership is viewed.
Also,
it is used to describe a certain set of practices
or even a mixed list of
practices, personality traits
and contextual factor.
Also,
it is used to describe a certain set of practices
or even a mixed list of
practices, personality traits
and contextual factor.
What Do Leaders Do?
The primary difference between management and
leadership is that
leaders don’t necessarily hold or
occupy a management position. Simply
put, a leader
doesn’t have to be an authority figure in the
organization; a leader can be anyone.
Unlike managers, leaders are followed because of
their personality,
behavior, and beliefs.
A leader personally invests in tasks and projects
and demonstrates a high level of passion for work.
Leaders take a great
deal of interest in the success
of their followers, enabling them to
reach their goals
to satisfaction—these are not necessarily
organizational goals. There isn’t always tangible or
formal power that a leader possesses
over his
followers.
Temporary power is awarded to a leader and can be
conditional based on the ability of the leader to
continually inspire
and motivate their followers.
Leadership & Performance
Great leaders know that being
committed to the
success of an organization means being
committed to
their own personal development.
The values and beliefs of a leader are instrumental
in determining
the culture of an organization, and
the culture of an organization is
instrumental in
driving its performance. Thus, the leader’s personality (values and beliefs) has a significant influence on the performance of
an organization, or any group o individuals that share a common
identity.
Culture and leadership
Culture and leadership are two sides of the same coin. When
organizations start or when groups start there is always a leader who
has a preferred way of doing things, and those preferences by definition
are going to be imposed on the group members. If you don’t like the way
I run this group, I’ll replace you.
The leader’s values and preferences
are the first ways that a group or organization does things and if that works it becomes eventually the culture of that group. So in a very
real sense, founders and leaders create .”
Personal Qualities of a leader:
Personal qualities such
as strong ethics, honesty,
confidence, creativity, enthusiasm and
personality
are also important qualities that help make an
effective
leader who inspires confidence in and
draws good performance out of
others.
The most important question to ask about corporate
culture is whether
workers think they’re in a job —
or on a mission.
A visionary leader is
on a mission, and inspires his
or her employees to feel that way, too.
There are numerous educational leadership roles
available in the United States. They include principals, vice-principals, heads of schools, educational administrators,
superintendents, etc.
Teachers likely develop several leadership skills already. If you
have gained experience as an educator, you can further expand these
qualities to help yourself prepare to become a school leader.
Educational leadership skills
Professionals who are trained in educational leadership are equipped
with many of the top skills that employers are looking for in the modern
workplace. Some of the most important educational leadership skills,
which correlate with some of the most-wanted skills among recruiters,
schools,
and companies, are analytical thinking, collaboration,
and
leadership.
Analytical Thinking
The World Economic Forum named “analytical thinking and innovation” as the number one skill for 2025 in “The Future of Jobs Report 2020.”
As more and more data becomes available in every sector, from education
to the corporate world, leaders with strong analytical thinking skills
are more necessary than ever when it comes to asking the right questions
of the data set before them.
Collaboration
Educational leaders often spend a great deal of time
speaking to
others—whether those they are serving, those who work within their
organizations, or community partners. By collaborating with diverse
audiences and stakeholders about organizational research, practices, and
theories, educational leaders can make collaborative strategic plans that lead to positive outcomes.
Educational leadership jobs
Careers in educational leadership
range from small schools to huge corporations. Educational leadership
often refers to administrative positions in schools, school districts, and universities. Many educational leadership professionals work as
principals or assistant principals, instructional coordinators, and
academic deans.
These individuals help to meet the needs of students,
families, and teachers so that each person has the
opportunity to reach
their goals and experience
positive outcomes.
But, as we’ve discussed, school settings are not the
only place where
educational leadership is important.
Educational leadership is also put
into practice in the
corporate setting, such as in the case of human
resources directors, chief learning officers, and trainers.
In the
nonprofit sector, educational leadership
professionals work as program
directors, executive
directors, and community organizers. Educational
leadership professionals who are interested in policy
may work as
education policy analysts for school
systems, in think tanks, or for
lobbying organizations.
Prepare yourself for a role in
educational leadership:
1. Strengthen Communication Skills
Learn to communicate your thoughts clearly and
consistently,
whether in writing or in speech.
An educational leadership role requires
these skills,
as they have a direct impact on the school’s performance and reputation. Take time to review your communication strategy, and
maintain professionalism and integrity through all your communication
methods.
2. Inspire Inclusivity and Collaboration
As a leader, you are expected to lead a team of diverse staff
to educate a body of diverse students. It is important to learn
different leadership styles in education and treat
colleagues equally in order to motivate them to succeed. Create an
environment of inclusivity in which the staff and students can rely on
you for any kind of problem-solving. It’s important to have a positive
relationship with all stakeholders in the school community and to create
a positive, engaging school environment.
3. Play an Active Role in Planning
and
Program Implementation
Have an important role in educational leadership by
planning
programs, and development for your school.
Be part of the Individualized
Education Program (IEP), which assists students with disabilities.
Collaborate with colleagues, students, and parents to make sure that you’re helping all students with their learning and progress.
4. Engage the Local Community
A school administrator needs to make a good impression on the
local community through their leadership skills.
Promote community
involvement by hosting open houses.
Create strong relationships with
other organizations and businesses. You may also have to reach out to
certain individuals and organizations in relation to school goals, so
make sure that you establish a good rapport with them.
Such efforts will
make you an advocate for your school and will enable you to work
towards additional programs, more funding, and better safety.
5. Be up-to-Date With Current Trends
in Education
Techniques, strategies, and leadership styles in education
are
constantly changing. It is important to stay on top of the trends and incorporate those ideas into
your teaching methods. Communicate these trends to your staff and assist them with adopting new ideas and technology.
This will improve
your school’s teaching methods and
help determine the best way to help
students learn.
Leadership and influence:
1. Communication
As a leader, you need to be able to clearly explain to
your employees everything from organizational goals
to specific tasks.
Leaders must master all forms of
communication
including one-on-one, departmental,
and full-staff conversations, as
well as communication via the phone, email, and social media.
The majority of jobs require employees to have good
communication skills,
so that they can express
themselves in a positive and clear manner,
both
when speaking to people and in writing. Communication is one of the
main ingredients for corporate success, but the problem is that the
phrase ‘good communication skills’ is a term so overused that it is
difficult to pinpoint what it actually means.
Demonstrating strong communication skills is
about being able to
convey information to others
in a simple and unambiguous way. It
involves the
distribution of messages clearly and concisely,
in a way
that connects with the audience.
Good communication is about
understanding
instructions, acquiring new skills, making requests,
asking questions and relaying information with ease.
Good communication skills are perhaps the most basic skills that you
can possess as an employee, yet they remain one of the most sought after
by employers.
2-Materials and Methods
In order to find out the answer to the research question
and to fulfill
both purposes of the research, we have
conducted a qualitative
research. We used types of
qualitative research methods like an in-depth interview,
managers and
20 educational leaders or administers
beside 50 teachers and senior
teachers working at
schools and education zones and supervision.
We have
tried to talk to representatives of different
layers of the
organizations to make our research
more diverse and complete.
These semi-structured interviews resulted in qualitative
data, which had
been processed and analyzed using
coding technique.
My critical thinking workshops lead my participants to be
more rational and disciplined thinkers. It
reduces their
bias which will provide a greater understanding of
their
environment. My workshops provide my participants the
skills to observe collect data, find a proof, propose
solutions.
They analyze, evaluate, identify, and distinguish between
relevant and
irrelevant information which will provide an
incredible boost in
performance.
Our research used 2 methods:
One of academic character, and one
of practical character.
1-The academic purpose is in investigating
relationship
between organizational structure, leadership, and
communication and organizational performance,
i.e. efficiency and
productivity.
2-The practical purpose is in giving analysis-based
recommendations about possible ways to increase
productivity and
efficiency to our educational
organizations.
3-We used interviews, lectures, debates, experiencing,
observations, analysis, synthesis, assessment,
feedback and evaluation.
4-We held workshops, modeling, training units
authentic field practice in actual fields and we
assessed, followed and evaluated what we
recommended academically before. It took 3
months to conduct our experiences that we
acquired from our professors in East Anglia
University, England.
Outcomes and impact –
My
PhD research mustn't be put on a library shelf to be stored like the
ones that couldn't be benefited from. My PhD a practical and relevant
research. It is a message of progress, development, promotion and the
only solution for the problems that people in charge of education ,
planners, administrators, teachers, learners, course content authors and
people of assessment all over the world.
1-My research is Significant :
My proposed research will be academically
significant. To do this properly, I acknowledge relevant
existing scholarship and I explain how my research will relate to it. I am able to
show how my PhD will contribute to its field and – ideally – indicate
some of the gaps in
knowledge it will aim to fill.
2-My research is feasible /
doable:
1-Each
education association must know that the education is prsented through critical thinkingskillsa not through learning by heart.
2-
Many training units, workshops, conferences and webinars must be held
to train teachers to use methods of teaching that are based on critical
thinking skills like: solving problems, doing projects, doing
tasks,
case study, making decisions, competency, mind mapping, CLT,
constructivism, Discovery, exploration,brainstorming, deduction, elicitation, internet-based learning,using technology, communication practice, mind-mapping, lexical approach,teaching vocabulary and English grammar communicatively, CPD, inquiry, teaching diverse
and multi-culture and practical teaching methods.
3-
Learners must use activity-based learning method to dialogue with themselves, dialogue with others, observe, experience, do, practice, research, explore, work in pairs, peers and groups. Learners must
learn English through implementing the 5 language skills: Listening, speaking,
reading, writing and using culture. Learners must observe, participate,
interact, role-play, act, evaluate, analyze, synthesize
imagine, create
and innovate. The teacher must be just a monitor, guide, observer and
supporter not just a lecturer or dictator.
4-
The course content must go with the critical thinking skills projects to lead the teacher to work together in the same strategy.
Authors must write text books that match using critical thinking skills.
5-
The assessment must test the learning outcomes that have been based on
critical thinking skills not just multiple-choice question, Assessment
must include all exercises of Matching, filling in, true or false,
practical assessment in listening, speaking, reading, writing,
and researching.
3-My PhD is worthwhile.:
My research deals with a very vital and important problem that causes worry to all people all over the world. It is actual. It touches our lives everywhere. If we solve the problems of education, all programs of
sustainable development will succeed.
People will understand other peoples and other cultures to live in peace. Production in every field will double. All work markets will receive skilled and trained university graduates.
4-I suggest what will become
possible.
1-Other researchers can use
or build upon my research results. My research
will close the gaps of the missing relation between the education
policy,curriculum and assessment in academic knowledge.
2-
I am ready to do workshops, webinars,conferences, training units and
meetings to do professional development visits and meetings for the
teachers in my country with attendance or through using technology.
3-
I can use my global education sites and my blog to do professional
development meetings to all teachers all over the world with attendance
or through using my sites, emails or the university platform..
4-
If the people in charge put me in charge of implementing my project in
my country, I will enter classes with the company of teachers and senior
teachers of English and do model lessons based on using critical
thinking skills.
5-
If I was asked to do professional development anywhere all over the
world, I am ready to do the same to add my knowledge to humanity.
6- I am ready to be in touch with any university or any education association all over the world to give a hand .
7- My project is worthy and doable. It doesn't cost much money or funding. It is easy not difficult. It is very possible.
7-Conclusion
In conclusion, to review my topic, I can I provide a
brief
conclusion that ties each of the findings together and
provides a
narrative bridge to the discussion section of
the your paper. My
conclusion is intended to help the
reader understand my why my research
should matter
to them after they have finished reading the paper.
We
reached to the objectives we set before and the
vision we dreamed of
through implementing our mission,
goals and objectives. Through
conclusion, I give my
recommendations.
We can see that all people at any organization should