Leadership Crises

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Permalink Reply by Jean-Michel David on April 6, 2010 at 12:29am

Leadership crisis may very well be due to models which place administrative functions above, rather than serving, educational needs.

In my personal experience, when a school's leadership is allowed to BE a collegiate of its teachers, the collective decision, infused with a deep respect for the autonomy of the individual professional teacher within the school, overcomes issues and works in quite wonderful ways.

...in terms of the image, I fail to see its significance: in specific context (whether then or now), images may be produced showing students around a collective table, in a field, or facing a single teacher. These effective models each have their place, I would have thought. Even if we replace the image with a colour version and each student holding an iPad, it shows nothing as to whether the engagement is effective and aiding those individuals develop in healthy ways.

Permalink Reply by Gary R. Tucker on April 6, 2010 at 9:36am

I appreciate your comment. Would you help me understand what you mean by models that place administrative functions above educational needs? Are you personally experiencing a work environment where the school leadership is a collegiate of its teachers? If so, would you share where this model allowed you to overcome some issues and worked for your school?

Concerning the image: It is an image that was taken of a classroom in the early 1900's. I used it because it does show the concept of persistence of form. I can place a photo taken of a classroom in the early 2000's and other than the dress of the students and the color of the photo the classrooms have not changed in the 100 years.