This is just me having a practise at a leadership structure concept map before Assessment 1 is due.
The depicted diagram (see bottom of post) begins by grouping the education setting’s teams. Leadership styles were shown using the coloured arrows reflecting the style key/legend at the bottom of the diagram.
* The executive team – in my assignment I will individualise these roles, but I was aware of only showing a handful of components here for this example. Their majority of leadership is instructional to build and lead from the front. I indicated that executive use a distributed style to the administration team. I also included situational leadership for the students and community as their leadership styles are dependent on the dealings and outcomes desired.
* The teaching teams – after reading module 2 I debated the teaching staff’s leadership style as a whole and purpose. I would like to believe overall that teachers are transformational leaders for our students and colleagues.
* The specialist team – our school has these specialist roles. We used to have our own “team” and would meet but now are more spread to be in the “junior” or “senior” teams for meetings. Transformational leadership was chosen as these staff members are integral in inspiring and supporting other staff, teaching teams and students.
* The administration team – extremely important in the day to day running of the school and assisting all staff members, and thus I generally showed them in a reciprocal transactional role with teaching staff, transactional leadership with the school community and servant leadership with the students.
I also included:
* The school community (parents, caregivers, suburb neighbours, ex-students etc.). Our school community is very involved and positive overall. I showed this group having a servant leadership role with the students.
* The students – are why we are in the teaching profession! All teams link to the students and display differing leadership styles that influence and support their learning outcomes.
What I believe I need to think about is the external and internal factors, how to show the leadership styles more clearly and how to depict roles that have multiple leadership styles depending on the staff member or objective, as well as breaking up the teams to be able to be more specific on the types of leadership.
