Describe the kind of leadership that is currently in place by selecting to write on one particular superior.

Organizational Culture and School Improvement

Master in Education

Deadline: Before or On 21st December 2021

Word Count: 3500 – 4000 words

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Assignment Question

This assignment is based on School Culture and Leadership. Write an assignment of up to 4,000 words.

Introduce your institution/school, and describe the organizational culture that exists.
[1.0 Institution & Organization Culture]
need to use Strong or Weak Culture
how to create and sustain culture
what is organizational culture

Apply relevant theories of organisation culture that match what takes place in your institution.
[2.0 Theories of Organization Culture]
modes of organizational culture
add diagram “Dimensions of Organizational Culture”

Describe the kind of leadership that is currently in place by selecting to write on one particular superior.
[3.0 Leadership in Practice]
choose a person to discuss (Milly Bar), The Principal, 8 Subordinates…and the key function)
Identify with one of the leadership styles: democratic, autocratic, laissez-fare; transactional, transformational. Or is the leader demonstrating a mixed leadership style?
Carry out own research on these and choose what suits the leader
Use examples, justify why the leader is such a leader. Define the leadership, and draw up the characteristics

Make recommendations for an improved leadership identifying this to one of the key leadership theories that you strongly believe will result in making improvements in your school. Justify your recommendation.
[4.0 Recommendations for Improved Leadership]
As you are demonstrating your sound judgement of leadership, make your recommendation of what you think a better leadership for him/her. The focus must be on INSTRUCTIONAL leadership which is generally defined as the management of curriculum and instruction by a school principal and incorporate HOW to IMPLEMENT a plan

Theories of instructional leadership:
Great Man Theory of Leadership
Servant Leadership Model
Transformational Leadership

Teacher Leadership is aimed at:
improving teaching and learning
allowing teachers to be change agent
providing high-quality training to develop passionate, effective leaders
sharing the knowledge, experience, and insight of teachers

Instructional leadership:
supervising and evaluating teachers
coordinating staff development programs
creating collegial relationships with and among teachers

What is the difference between leadership and management

The Principal is the curriculum leader in the school:
demonstrates a commitment to accountability for student results
thbserves classroom activities on a regular basis
provides staff, school council members, parents, and other community members with the professional development/ training they need to understand the curriculum
ensures that teachers understand and implement a variety of assessment and evaluation measures
staff are expected to teach a high level, and this expectation is communicated to staff, students and parents

Changing procedures

You should use the web, media, books and journals, library and other resources to write the assignment in a Management Report format. Where applicable and relevant, you are also encouraged to conduct fieldwork and interviews to collect relevant information for your report.

Use a number of in-text referencing e.g. (Baron, 2018) to show that you have read journals and texts and have referred to them

references should not be too old, trying to be within the last 1-7 years

use diagram for the models. label the diagrams, and explain what is in the diagram

NO “I”

Instructions:
Your assignment (not exceeding 4000 words) should incorporate the following:

a) Executive Summary – an overall summary of your assignment (5%) 200 words
b) Introduction – provide an overview of the company and nature of its business (10%) 300 words
c) Main Body – use proper heading and sub-headings to show which questions are being answered (65%) 2200 words
d) Conclusion and Recommendation (10%) 1300 words e) Citation and References (10%)

The word count is a guideline and you may exceed by 10% maximum.

DETAILS

Introduce your institution/school, and describe the organizational culture that exists.
[1.0 Institution & Organization Culture] – 300 words

Describe your school include name, location, size, no. of students and staff, and it’s VMO

School name : Y-Excellent Education Centre
Location : Hong Kong
Size : 10 teachers
No of students : 100
VMO:
VMV of Y-Excellent Education Centre

Y-Excellent Education Centre started in 2008 to provide affordable, accessible, and equal opportunities for children to learn English. The identified challenges in English around China made the education centre promote affordable and quality educational services in Hong Kong among the students. Our learning centre believes in fostering children’s potential to offer a range of structured English programs that tailors according to the child’s age and class ability. Y-Excellent provides professional knowledge and skills in learning English for children and growing with international language. The learning of English improves the communication skills of the children.
The mission of the English learning centre is to provide quality courses that improve children’s ability in English, provide love and care, professionalism, and enthusiasm that will ultimately help children build up confidence in learning English and make use of it in future. Our learning centre believes that students hold an innate critical sense of curiosity, guiding and nurturing students throughout the learning process.

We believe that for a student to grow successfully, they must have:
Access to an effective and engaging curriculum
Individualized learning
A stimulating and nurturing environment
The opportunity to receive small-group tutorials
Positive reinforcement and family support
Enthusiastic teachers

Describe the culture that exists. Define what is culture, and choose between strong and weak culture. Explain how the culture is affecting the school / or performance.

please refer to this :
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/18/07/what-makes-good-school-culture
add a diagram to demonstrate strong and weak culture
My school is a strong culture

Citations and References

Harvard-style reference system with in-text and end text referencing list. Have a minimum of 10 references. The word count does not include reference list.
Note: Word count starts with the Introduction right through to the Conclusion only.

Further
• Font Style: Times New Roman & Font Size: 12 for content, 14 for sub-sections and 16 for main sections
• Line Spacing: 1.5
• Page Layout/Orientation: Portrait
• All the margins should be set about 25mm on both sides (i.e. left & right) of each page and justified.
• Numerical Systems (e.g 1.0, 1.1 and 1.1.1) should be used for each section and subsection.
• Word count must be indicated on the cover page of the assignment.
• Use Harvard Referencing style. A minimum of 15 citations and references are expected.
• Make sure you use your own words without copying sentences from the learning materials.
Marks will be deducted if you do.

Word Count

Your word count should not include references / bibliography.

Exceeding the word count by more than 10% would result in a penalty of 10% of your marks.

If your work is significantly shorter than the required length, you would be penalized for not providing the level of information required.
USE THIS FORMAT FOR CITING SOURCES FOR YOUR ANSWERS

Whenever you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise refer to the work of another, you are required to cite its source parenthetical documentation. Offered here are some of the most commonly cited forms of material.

Direct

Simply having a thinking skill is no assurance that children will use it. In order for such skills to become part of day-to-day behaviour, they must be cultivated in an environment that value and sustains them. “Just as children’s musical skills will likely lay fallow in an environment that doesn’t encourage.

music, learner’s thinking skills tend to languish in a culture that doesn’t encourage thinking”
(Tishman, Perkins and Jay, 1995, p.5)

Indirect

According to Wurman (1988), the new disease of the 21st century will be information anxiety, which has been defined as the ever-widening gap between what one understands and what one thinks one should understand.
Referencing

All sources that you cite in your paper should be listed in the Reference section at the end of your
paper. Here’s how you should do your Reference.

From a Journal

DuFour, R. (2002). The learning-centred principal: Educational Leadership, 59(8). 12-15.

From an Online Journal

Evnine, S. J. (2001). The universality of logic: On the connection

between rationality and logical ability [Electronic version]. Mind, 110, 335-367.

From a Webpage
National Park Service. (2003, February 11). Abraham Lincoln

Birthplace National Historic Site. Retrieved February 13, 2003, from http://www.nps.gov/abli/

From a Book

Naisbitt, J. and Aburdence, M. (1989). Megatrends

From a Chapter in a Book

Nickerson, R. (1987). Why teach thinking? In J. B. Baron & R.J. Sternberg (Eds), Teaching thinking skills: Theory and practice. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. 27-37.

From a Printed Newspaper

Holden, S. (1998, May 16). Frank Sinatra dies at 82:
Matchless stylist of pop. The New York Times, pp. A1, A22-A23.

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