Paper Topic:

critically discuss the strategies your system has put in place to attract and develop aspiring school principals

: Leadership in Educational Institutions

TITLE : What is the difference Between Grandma 's Teacher and Mine

INTRODUCTION

When I was young , I could not help but pity my teachers with their worry lines and stressed faces . I guess facing a class of hyper-active and stubborn kids can do that you . That is why I wonder why people choose to follow such a laborious career . It is a fact that teaching does not pay much compared to other more exciting and glamorous careers so why pursue teaching

Several years back , a teaching career

can be as inviting as any job in the market . Financial issues back then do not much get in the way of selecting your career . And of course , people back then often follow their dreams with regards to what they want to do in life , without first considering the paycheck or the benefits the career offers . However , in the present where financial issues are often the reason behind the selection of the `ideal ' career , no wonder the teaching profession is no longer included in the hottest picks . Teaching does not pay much , and demands more physical effort than one can imagine . With this as the present condition , what does the teaching profession expect in the future

THE ROLES OF A TEACHER

The conventional work of a teacher includes the teaching of subjects that they were trained at , helping the students understand information that is being presented to them , helping the students improve their different skills and talents , regularly evaluating the students performance , etc

The task surely sounds tedious and demanding . However , there has been considerable change with the roles of the present-day teacher

The role of the teacher today is not only as a person responsible for the education of others a teacher is regarded as more effective if he /she displays skills in leadership as well (Federalist 2 , 2007

In the book Teacher Leadership by Lieberman and Miller (2004 discussed current changes in the teacher 's role , and make sense of the research on teacher leadership . The book featured case studies of innovative programs - such as the National Writing Project - that provide teachers with opportunities to lead within a professional community . Also , they tell stories of individual teachers - from Maine to California - who are able to lead in a variety of contexts . The book offers a new standard of teaching and community that recognizes all teachers as leaders . It shows how to develop learning communities that include rather than exclude , create knowledge rather than merely apply it , and that offer challenge and support to both new and experienced teachers . This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education . It belongs to a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools

This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education - a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools

Another book is Spillane 's (2006 ) Distributed Leadership , which...

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