Classifying Leadership Frameworks 

Description of Leadership

            Positive, effective leaders leave an impact wherever they go. A good teacher leader will leave a lasting impact on their organization and colleagues. Teacher leaders are change-orientated and are wired with a growth mindset. They should always be looking for ways the school and staff can improve. Schools can only improve if they have staff willing to be change-makers. School goals should be collaborative between administration and staff so that teachers have input and are well-informed about what the expectations are with changes.

Three Leadership Models

Servant Leadership

• Servant leaders have an intrinsic desire to serve others in order to meet the needs of the organization (Schroeder, 2016, pg. 13). 

      Transformational Leadership

• Transformational leaders are about influencing and inspiring others to be the most successful version of themselves (Sparks, 2021).

Coach-Style Leadership

•       Coach-Style Leadership leads by providing learning supports to educators to continue their growth (Johnson, 2014).

Leadership Table

Leadership Model	Positive	Negative
Servant (Most appropriate)	Leaders model to staff the behavior they are expecting.	Leaders could potentially get in the habit of doing many tasks themselves and not delegating.
Transformational	An instructional leader is looking for ways to develop employees to have a long-lasting development—not short-term results.	Staff need to be invested in the process and trust the administration in order to truly transform.
Coach-Style (Least appropriate)	Professional feedback and development is consistently being offered to staff.	Teachers may think they are receiving coaching because their teaching practice isn’t good enough.

Summary Analysis

    I have supported student athletes outside my classroom by coaching the boys’ basketball team. This way, I can make deeper connections with students I have in class and see them in a different environment. I have also formed friendships with my colleagues and an example of one friendship is that one of my colleagues was hospitalized the last two weeks of school last year. After visiting her, I volunteered to help out with her homeroom students’ end-of-year activities and assisted with any other job-related tasks so she could just focus on healing.

            The servant leadership role is most appropriate in a teacher leadership role because actions inspire others and in a teacher leadership role, colleagues can get inspired by actions each other take. The servant leadership role is one that is a model for other teachers. Within a building, it is important too that people help one another and are willing to take initiative. These behaviors can be contagious. Because teachers have the same job titles, there is no hierarchy when it comes to who can be a leader and who can’t. That’s why servant leadership is appropriate because by serving one another and at the same time, motivating each other, the staff can be a very close-knit group.

References

Johnson, Jessica, et al. “The Coach Approach to School Leadership: Leading Teachers to Higher Levels of Effectiveness.” ASCD, 2014, ascd.org/books/the-coach-approach-to-school-leadership?chapter=hero-maker-reframing-the-principals-role. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.

Schroeder, Bryan. “The Effectiveness of Servant Leadership in Schools from a Christian Perspective.” BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, vol. 8, no. 2, 2016, files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1230516.pdf.

Sparks, Jana. Understanding Transformational Leadership during a Time of Uncertainty. 2021.