Leadership Skills for School Improvement

Leadership Skills for School Improvement: School Climate (Standard 2)

Introduction

Leadership is one of the most important characteristics in the school operations to ensure that the school moves towards its goal successively. Leadership in the school climate refers to the activities of a leader which are directed towards the development and promotion of an environment in which the different stakeholders of the school education including students and their parents feel like getting involved in educational activities because of the attraction and safety of the environment (O'Day, 2002). In order to better understand about the school climate leadership as a standard in the operations of a school; an in depth discussion regarding the relevant factors is required.

Discussion

Importance of School Climate

School climate is indeed one of the most important factors playing a role in the success of an educational organization. School climate has a direct impact on the environment of the institute and the health of its stakeholders including students and other related concerned individuals. Schools are highly concerned to maintain and sustain a healthy climate in order to enhance the performance. The reason behind this is that if the school environment is healthy and friendly; the overall learning ability of the students is highly boosted because the students get access to an environment where they do not have to worry about their well being and can completely focus on learning. This implies that better school climate will consequently result in effective academic learning environment. However, many points should be kept into account to achieve this level (Kelley, 2005).

Advantages of Optimal School Climate

Having the desired school climate can prove wondrous for the educational organization if implemented correctly. The following advantages among all the pros are worth highlighting in particular:

Increased Knowledge

Since the students now have access to a learning promoting environment and climate at their educational organization; all their efforts and senses could be singularly focused on their purpose of visit i.e. to learn. Moreover, since the school climate would promote the importance of a learning environment, the teachers would also have a better tendency of proving themselves more effective at educating (Kelley, Thornton & Daugherty, 2005).

Updated Educational Tools

The school climate is helps in school educational tools improvement by incorporating knowledge of the social, cultural, leadership, and political dynamics of the school community to cultivate a positive academic learning environment. Thus, it is considered to be important in improving the school systems and institutions as a whole.

Improved Management and Benchmarking

Every Organization needs the best possible management and certain benchmarking criteria to ensure that the organization is successfully moving towards its targeted goals. In the case of schools, the implementation of appropriate school climate could ensure that the management is actively participating in the school's development and is actively setting future benchmarks to be achieved in the next period of time.

Consistent Skill Development of Staff

Ensuring that the school environment is in the favor of learning and change promotion helps the school to grow internally as well. In order to cater to the needs ...