The Teacher As a Leader

Anup K. Singh

Teaching Excellence

• Content excellence• Delivery excellence• Coaching excellence• Network excellence• Innovative excellence• Personal excellence

Business Leader Teacher Leader

• Focus on organisational goals

• Outcome – Economic value

• Byproduct Skill upgradation

• Subordinate works for the superior

• Focus on small group and individual processes

• Power and politics

• Focus on student goals• Outcome – Intellectual

value• Byproduct - Intellectual

curiosity and reflectivity• Student works with the

teacher• Focus on all large, small

and individual processes• Engagement and

encouragement

Common Threads

• Influence process• Critical for humanity• Concern of leader development• Common skills (Credibility, communication,

care, coaching, mentoring, compassion, creativity, etc.)

Learning TaskOrientation(Academic Aptitude)

Personal Care Orientation (Attitude)Low High

Low Deserter Class Manager

High Pace Setter Inspirer

Personal Care Orientation• Enhancing self-esteem of students• Identifying potential and strengths of students• Respecting and valuing students• Giving positive feedback• Giving time outside the classroom• Mentoring and counselling• Listening to problems and difficulties of students• Caring for and empathy towards students• Showing personal interest and paying attention to individual

students• Relating to a student beyond course content• No undermining or discounting of students

Learning Task Orientation

• Setting higher expectations from students• Maintaining discipline in the classroom• High standards of preparation and delivery• Asking questions in the classroom• Solving students' academic problems and doubts• Engaging students in the classroom• Providing immediate feedback about assignments and exams• Demanding greater time of students for mastering course content• Giving self-learning exercises and tasks after the class• Insisting on pre-reads and other reading requirements• Pacing students to excel academically