select and analyse the work/role of a curriculum leader in a relevant educational setting

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Leadership is experienced everywhere in the world , it is seen in organisations , schools , governments , small groups as well as in families . It enables a system to run well , effectively and with a sense of direction . Leadership therefore is not about power , accomplishments or what we do but it is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the world and creating new realities

The functions that enables school systems and

the schools to achieve goals and ensure quality of student 's in what they study and learn is therefore referred to as curriculum leadership . Supervisors , principles classroom teachers and team leaders can all work together to discharge these responsibilities as the functions are goals oriented and the ultimate goal is to maximise student learning by providing quality learning content therefore making a distinction between curriculum , that is what is learnt and instruction which is the content taught (Fullan 2004

Several theories in regard to leadership have been developed by philosophers from different schools of thought (Gary 2001 ) came up with various leadership theories which focus on characteristics and behavioural success of leaders . These theories try to explain leadership and the different approaches used by leaders to effectively lead others

Contingency theory developed by Fred Fielder focuses on situations which affect a leader 's effectiveness . The situations are such as leader-member relationship , which refer to the degree of confidence subordinates have in their leader . Another situation is task structure which refers to the degree to which followers ' works is routine in contrast to non routine and the final one is position power which include rewards and punishments associated with leaders formal authority , position and support that he or she receives from supervisors

The second theory is contingency theory which states that the most successful leaders are those who increase subordinate motivation by making sure they have control of outcome , reward them for their performance , encouraging them to achieve group and organisational goals and take into account their characteristics and the type of work they do . This theory explains why people perform well where their efforts are recognised by their leaders . For example in institutions where students are rewarded for their good work , there is usually stiff competition for the reward and this therefore improves the performance of the students

Leader-style theory by Vroom and Yetton describes ways which leaders can make decisions and guide them to determine the extent to which subordinates should participate in decision making . The theory holds that organisational decisions should be of quality and subordinates should accept and be committed to the decisions made

The final theory is Hersey and Blachard theory which identifies three dimensional approaches for assessing leadership effectiveness leaders should exhibit leadership and task behaviour , leader effectiveness depends on how his or her leadership style interrelates with the situational finally willingness and readiness of an employee to do a task

Leaders are on day to day...