this is a presentation about leadership in the classroom and its definitions by scholars,types/theories,and the characteristics of a good and a bad leader teacher.

1. Leadership Inside the Classroom
Prepared by : Soufiane Sayah
English trainee
Group 2 /N °10

2. Leadership definitions

3. Leadership is a communication process
of influencing and directing people to
commit to and achieve a shared goal
voluntarily, in a given situation (Aykut,
Apinya, Billy, Crystal, Gilbert, and
Ritina 2008).

4. Leadership is that process in which one
person sets the purpose or direction for one
or more other persons and gets them to
move along together with him or her and
with each other in that direction with
competence and full commitment. (Jaques
E. & Clement, 1994)

5. Leadership is a capacity in the human
community to shape its future.( Peter
Senge)

6. Teacher leadership styles

7. The Autocratic or Authoritarian Leader
 Given the power to make decisions alone, having total
authority.
 Closely supervises and controls students when they
perform certain tasks.

8. The Democratic or Participative Leader
 Includes one or more students in the decision
making process of determining what to do and
how to do it.
 Maintains the final decision making authority.

9. The Laissez-faire or Delegative Leader
 Allows students to make their own decisions.
 Leader is still responsible for the decisions that are
made.
 This style allows greater freedom and responsibility for
students.
 However, you need competent people around you or
nothing will get done.

10. The Charismatic Leader
 Leads by creating energy and eagerness in students.
 Leader is well liked and inspires students.
 Appeals to students emotional side

11. The Servant Leader
 The highest priority of this leader is to encourage,
support and enable students to fulfill their full potential
and abilities.
 Helps students achieve their goals.
 Works for the students.

12. Which style of leadership do you think
teachers should use/ be ? Why?

13. Good teacher leader vsBad teacher leader

14. Control
 Empowers students to
make their on
decisions
 Wants to control
information and students
to remain their position

15. Time management
 Good time management
skills
 Respects own time and
students’ time
 Always pre-prepared
 Always busy cribbing
 Doesn’t respect students’
time
 Prepares at the moment

16. Communication skills
 active listener and
communicator
 Part of the solution
 Invests on knowledge update
 Responds more , reacts less
 Hearer
 Part of the problem
 Considers this as expense
 Responds less , reacts more

17. Technology and new ideas
 Adores technology
 Accepts new ideas and critics
 Ignores technology
 Resists change

18. Discussion

19. Resources
 Defining Leadership:A Review of Past, Present, and Future Ideas,MATTHEW R.
FAIRHOLM, PH.D.DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT,
CEMM.
 LEADERSHIP STYLE: Impact on employee.LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED
SCIENCES,Degree programme in International Business, Spring 2013
 Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters. Barbara Kellerman,
Harvard Business School Press, 2004 .