Unit 80496 Teaching in small rural communities

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Unit 80496Teaching in small rural communities

• Topic 5
• The teaching principal and other staff

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The teaching principal and other staff

• A parent reflecting on the best principal their
  school had
• Ronnie was a great principal. He was a good
  teacher for the kids and good at the
  administration side. But it was the extra things
  that he did. He always had time for the kids.hed
  get them out after school for softball or cricket
  and things like that. He took a real interest in
  all of them. They really loved him.
• List everything this quote tells you about the
  role of the principal

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The teaching principal and other staff

• The role of the Teaching Principal can be
  identified under three headings
• Curriculum leadership role
• Management leadership role
• Community leadership role

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The teaching principal and other staff

• Curriculum Leadership
• Consider what this might include
• Planning
• Implementing
• Curriculum relevance
• Advocacy
• Supervision
• How does a principal manage this and still be the
  teacher?

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The teaching principal and other staff

• Management Leadership
• Team work
• Communication
• Delegation
• Decision making
• Resource Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Consider what role a teaching principal will have
  in each of these.

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The teaching principal and other staff

• Community Leadership
• No school can operate effectively in isolation
  from its community.
• List all the roles a principal might have when
  working within the school community
• A school really belongs to
• its community, who will
• remain there after the
• principal has gone.

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The teaching principal and other staff

• What makes a successful teaching principal?
• The ability to
• Prioritise
• Delegate
• Be well organised
• Balance the demands of the job with a personal
  life
• Be willing to learn
• Accept the context of your work and work within
  it
• continued...

David Freemantle said Delegation is the
discovery that your people are 100 percent more
capable than you ever realised.
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The teaching principal and other staff

• Listen
• Communicate effectively
• Be a team person
• Develop skills in others
• Accept your importance as a teacher
• Concentrate on those things that you can
  influence.
• Realise the importance of the community in the
  effective operation of your school
• Have a sense of humour.

Laurel and Hardy once said Unfortunately,he
doesnt delegate-but he does the work of two men.
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The teaching principal and other staff

• Some things to do before the workshop
• Read the information in the Unit booklet on women
  as principals in rural and remote areas the
  Teaching principal/small school policy position
  paper.
• Identify five key issues that you see as a
  challenge for anyone taking on this role
• Plan some questions to ask the guest speaker.