activities happen, or none happen. As an educational leader, I must know when it is my role to step into and out of the political light. I cannot use my position to push for changes from politicians. While I can promote my political views as an individual, I cannot use my title or position to lobby. It is not my responsibility to change the opinions of my staff or the public. It is the educational leader’s responsibility to inform stakeholders of proper information and allow them to decide on…
Role of a school counselor History Beginning our journey, let us explain that the education field, which is closely related to that one of school counseling, has undergone and is still going through several reforms within the last decades. In fact, because the nation feared that the US was falling behind academically and the Nation at Risk Act was initiated, school counselors were sought to be “sociopolitical instruments to achieve national goals” (Erford 2011 as cited in Reiner, S., &…
collective bargaining, attempting to persuade or influence others, negotiating as collective problem solvers with teachers, other school personnel, board members, policy makers, parents and the community at large. This is necessary for building an effective school system. As an educator it is important to achieve major educational and financial goals that cater the needs of the teachers as well as the students. School systems need to change their traditional negotiation process, and adopt…
perspective on the role of parents in their children’s educational outcome, their self-efficacy for involvement, the extent of general school invitations, specific teacher invitation, student invitations, the amount of time and energy they have for involvement and their skills and knowledge to be involved (Walker et al., 2011). The results revealed that parents are more involved at home instead of school, parents believe there is a shared responsibility for parents and teachers in their…
Every person has a role and they must partake in that in order to win or come out alive, and the real world can be like that in many different ways. If bullying is going to come to an end it is going to take more than just parents or just teachers taking a stand, it would take the entire community as a whole to come together to make that change. To make change you must educate and…
an experiment or research it is important to have and follow ethnical guidelines, some for instance are, honoring the participants with the truth, informing the participants if the research done can harm them in any way, clarifying the participant’s role, rights and obligations before hand, respecting their right of confidentially, keeping the promises made to the participants, respecting and treating your colleagues fairly, avoiding discrimination with participants or colleagues, treat and care…
Behavioral Conduct Within Children The role of moral disengagement plays a big role in the child’s life. As parents who should set great examples and be role models; sometimes they don’t engage in the child’s life as they should. The opposite happens that causes moral disengagement and behavioral problems amongst children. The effects on the child can start from an early age, from rejecting parents leading teenagers to go through an antisocial behavior stage or delinquency to lifelong…
standards set for teachers. Teaching consists of more than just instructional knowledge and good planning. There are a lot of factors that contribute to being an effective teacher. For example, teachers need to follow a set of strict and demanding standards that were initiated to foster student learning. A teacher that obeys this professional values system will be a positive role model for their class. Teachers should hold students to high yet attainable standards and teachers should be held to…
stress the integral role of an administrator positioning themselves as a learner. As leaders of learning, Fullan & Quinn (2016) identify three crucial criteria to foster school-wide collective learning; modelling learning, fostering trusting relationships and an unrelenting focus on student learning. An effective administrator helps collaborative teams use evidence of student learning to improve their teaching (DuFour & Mattos, 2013). True collaboration between two or more teachers includes a…
community. Parents at home and teachers in schools are mostly considered responsible for the positive and up-lifting moral development of an individual. Schools tend to educate individuals not only to earn their living later on in their lives, but also owe a compelling responsibility to train young minds in other spheres of spiritual and moral education. Honesty, making and keeping commitments, trust-building, respecting the rights of others and fulfilling responsibilities of themselves,…