John Mark C.

Bartolome Educ 207

Master of Arts in Education major in Educational Management

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“Becoming an Exemplary Instructional Leader”

organization. At the same time, the effective application of leadership qualities highly
depends on the
approach used by leaders to their associates and subordinates.
The report of Ms. Cherry Yurag focuses on the qualities of a transformational leader, that
leaders
should inspires people by being a role model, motivates people to achieve high
standards, challenges
people to develop creative solutions, develop people on an individual basis and aligns
company interest
with employee need.
Among the variety of approaches existing in the contemporary business environment,
for me
transformational leadership is one of the most popular and widely spread approaches, which
is considered
by many specialists as highly prospective. In this respect, it is important to underline
that the
transformational leadership has not only benefits but it may have certain risks which can
threaten the
normal development and performance of the organization, where this approach is applied.
Today, the role of leaders is extremely important for the successful performance of
various
organization. At the same time, the effective application of leadership qualities highly
depends on the
approach used by leaders to their associates and subordinates.
The report of Ms. Cherry Yurag focuses on the qualities of a transformational leader, that
leaders
should inspires people by being a role model, motivates people to achieve high
standards, challenges
people to develop creative solutions, develop people on an individual basis and aligns
company interest
with employee need.
Among the variety of approaches existing in the contemporary business environment,
for me
transformational leadership is one of the most popular and widely spread approaches, which
is considered

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by many specialists as highly prospective. In this respect, it is important to underline
that the
transformational leadership has not only benefits but it may have certain risks which can
threaten the
normal development and performance of the organization, where this approach is applied.
Education should be a part of everyone's life. A high-quality education offers
opportunities for all and sundry. Therefore, education is the most outstanding resource all
citizens should have in order to improve and strengthen their lives and humanity as a whole. I
do deem that the overall purpose of education is to prepare people for both present and future
generations. The world is becoming more technologically advanced each day.
Notwithstanding, education is a paramount tool to understand these new conceptions
completely. Thus, education is the key to a successful and fulfilling life. Accordingly,
educational systems play a preeminent role all over the world. Educational systems define
society and the way citizens perceive reality. Nevertheless, educational systems should
provide pupils with opportunities to ascertain a sturdy sense of confidence and develop a
strong sense of creativity, high self-esteem, and a life-long respect for learning. An educator
is a professional who helps students learn and progress along their way through life.
Educators practice their profession eagerly to be able to give a first-rate education to students.
As a matter of fact, educational systems doubtless have a preeminent role in the development
of society, but educators and students have to deal with a lot of problems and there are urgent
changes to be made on the way in order to strengthen the teaching-learning process.
Therefore, educators like us have to deal with many vital functions within the learning
process. Assuming that the teaching-learning process is a social task for both present and
future times, all of us should not delay our efforts to improve this process. It seems to me that
the ultimate purpose of the diverse components of our educational policies is focused on the
intellectual development of pupils. Consequently, teachers often develop in students
academic expectations based on characteristics that are unrelated to academic progress. These
expectations can affect the way educators present themselves toward students, making an
alteration in the way our students learn, and thus causing an overall degeneration in the
potential growth of students. Moreover, innovation is one of those weighty words that are
eagerly bandied around in modern society. The importance of innovation can partly be seen
in the fact that educational policies are expected to be innovative rather than simply
appropriate. Yet for all its weight, there remain many questions about its substance. What
exactly is innovation? Is it the same everywhere? How does it work? You can certainly train

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people to carry out tasks in a better way, acquire new techniques and skills and to accumulate
new knowledge therefore, innovation is an important key to success in today's rapidly
changing world that can be attributed by creativity. Creative or innovative thinking is the
kind of thinking that leads to new insights, novel approaches, fresh perspectives, and whole
new ways of understanding and conceiving of things. The products of creative thought
include some obvious things like music, poetry, dance, dramatic literature, inventions, and
technical innovations. But there are some not so obvious examples as well, such as ways of
putting a question that expand the horizons of possible solutions, or ways of conceiving of
relationships that challenge presuppositions and lead one to see the world in imaginative and
different ways. So, process improvement, problem solving, recruiting, retaining and
motivating pupils and students, decision making, dealing with limited resources, and rapidly
changing technology are all examples of educational realities that require creative and
innovative solutions. Hence, somewhere along the line, many teachers have forgotten how to
use their imagination to think and solve problems out of the box. Accordingly, teachers
should make use of innovation which is an effective resource that resides in all people and
within all organizations. Thus, some researchers have demonstrated that creativity can be
nurtured and enhanced through the use of deliberate tools, techniques and strategies.

The great need for educational innovation goes beyond what programs alone can
provide. Notwithstanding, I do reckon there is no better economic policy than one that
produces more professionals. That’s why reforming education is the responsibility of every
citizen, every parent, every teacher, every business leader, every public official, and every
student. Likewise, educational innovation is needed for teaching and learning process is not
boring. Innovation starts with education can change the pattern of learning. Innovation is a
paramount tool which enables students to learn in a better way and efficiently. Innovation is
not a new phenomenon. People know about how to innovate but to be able to do it
meaningfully for society is a different story. Rate of change in our society, business products,
services, and education has created a need for a lot more innovation. Basically innovation is
feeding more innovation. It is like an innovation explosion. However, education has not
figured out how to exploit innovation systemically. In order to institutionalize innovation,
people must be able to learn, and teach. The challenge I see that there is no formal way of
teaching innovation.

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It has always been difficult to distinguish between tradition and innovation in
education, not least because of the absence of clear-cut criteria. Definitions of teaching
methods are also loose rather than binding. Nevertheless a trend towards active participation
by students is noticeable and very often taken as marking “progressive” teaching. Starting
from the basic relationship of method and objective, an attempt is made to further relate
cognitive activity of students to specific levels of achievement which are considered as
teaching objectives. It is suggested, too, that a loose notion of education can for practical
purposes be replaced by a more reliable notion of teaching text whether presented orally or
given in written form. Then the problem of innovation in education can be stated a bit more
precisely as that of creating a good teaching text. In days gone by, before the advent of
computers and other forms of technology, classrooms were all about chalkboards and chalk.
If the teacher wanted to try and engage their pupils they had only very limited resources and
their own confidence and knowledge to do it with. Therefore, today things are very different.
Innovation is a dynamic and forward thinking word, but it is necessary to introduce this word
into every classroom if we want to give our children the best education possible. Thus,
innovation is all about ideas. Ideas must still come from the teachers themselves if we are to
create truly engaging lessons that will work on many levels. There is no doubt that by using
multimedia and modern technology to help get those messages across, we can achieve better
results than we would otherwise. Furthermore, innovation can also help to wipe out the
problems experienced by less confident pupils. For instance, not everyone has the confidence
to speak up in class for fear of having the wrong answer. With individual handsets that enable
children to enter their answer without other pupils knowing what they have put, teachers can
get a much better idea of who needs additional help. This is the real power in classroom
innovation, the power to gain more knowledge from the pupils as well as leading them to
gain more knowledge themselves. The programs to be developed by teachers are too large
and not necessarily respond to what pupils want or need to learn. As a result, both teachers
and students work in a heavy atmosphere which is not suitable for either teaching or learning.
Accordingly, educators have noticed that most of students “do not learn”. For instance, pupils
can memorize or repeat some information; however they will not be able to remember it for a
long period. For that reason, educators must apply innovative methods to achieve a proper
acquisition of knowledge in each student. They must not continue teaching by means of strict
and routine pedagogical practice. Therefore, we as educators are obliged to begin a

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continuous educational process by taking into consideration new techniques and efficient
didactic methods.

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