Transformational Leadership.

In 2013/2014 I used the process of Transformational Leadership?

Leadership expert James McGregor Burns introduced the concept of transformational leadership in his 1978 book, "Leadership." He defined transformational leadership as a process where "leaders and their followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation."

Bernard M. Bass later developed the concept of transformational leadership further. According his 1985 book, "Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations," this kind of leader:

·         Is a model of integrity and fairness.

·         Sets clear goals.

·         Has high expectations.

·         Encourages others.

·         Provides support and recognition.

·         Stirs the emotions of people.

·         Gets people to look beyond their self-interest.

·         Inspires people to reach for the improbable.

The staff really took this on board and it opened up a new way of them taking an active role across the school in regards direction and honest reflection. Staff were asked to set goals that they really felt deeply about in regards their practice and moving children that were below and well below. These were the children that had a range of needs that included Learning and Social needs. They were asked to work in Professional Learning Groups that encouraged collaborate thinking and reflective questioning.

The idea to distribute the leadership across all staff.

Part of it also was to actively present at BOT meetings aspects of the Strategic plan. They worked in groups of 3 and 4 and reported back how they saw it and what they needed to do in order to move the goal along. 

This formed part of our review process. 

This reporting to BOT was great as it developed their leadership skills and provided the BOT with a real hands on look at what the strategic goals look like for a teacher.