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Question 1: The difference between Transactional leadership and Transformational

leadership.

Transactional leadership

The transactional style of leadership was first described by Max Weber in 1947 and then
by Bernard Bass in 1981. This style is most often used by the managers. It focuses on the basic
management process of controlling, organizing, and short-term planning. The famous examples
of leaders who have used transactional technique include McCarthy and de Gaulle.
Transactional leadership involves motivating and directing followers primarily through appealing
to their own self-interest. The power of transactional leaders comes from their formal authority
and responsibility in the organization. The main goal of the follower is to obey the instructions of
the leader. The style can also be mentioned as a ‘telling style’.

Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is a leadership style in which leaders encourage, inspire


and motivate employees to innovate and create change that will help grow and shape the future
success of the company. This is accomplished by setting an example at the executive level
through a strong sense of corporate culture, employee ownership and independence in the
workplace. The concept of transformational leadership started with James V. Downton in 1973
and was expanded by James Burns in 1978. In 1985, researcher Bernard M. Bass further
expanded the concept to include ways for measuring the success of transformational
leadership. This model encourages leaders to demonstrate authentic, strong leadership with the
idea that employees will be inspired to follow suit.

Transactional leadership vs transformational leadership

1. Leadership

 Transactional leadership

Transactional leadership promotes compliance with existing organizational goals and


performance expectations through supervision and the use of rewards and punishments.
Transactional leaders are task- and outcome-oriented. Especially effective under strict
time and resource constraints and in highly-specified projects, this approach adheres to
the status quo and employs a form of management that pays close attention to how
employees perform their tasks.

 Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership focuses on increasing employee motivation and


engagement and attempts to link employees’ sense of self with organizational values.
This leadership style emphasizes leading by example, so followers can identify with the
leader’s vision and values. A transformational approach focuses on individual strengths
and weaknesses of employees and on enhancing their capabilities and their commitment
to organizational goals, often by seeking their buy-in for decisions.

2. Key behaviors

 Transactional leadership
Transactional leaders focus on performance, promote success with rewards and
punishments, and maintain compliance with organizational norms.

 Transformational leaders

Transformational leaders exhibit individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation,


inspirational motivation, and idealized influence.
Question 2: What is the difference between an effective teacher and an effective teacher
leader?

Effective teacher

There are several dimensions taken together in varying levels of degree that embody the
effective teacher. Since teachers range from preschool through post-secondary levels, and are
unique people, no two teachers will have the same combination nor will all of them be present in
every excellent teacher.

The effective teacher must be a leader who can inspire and influence students through
expert and referent power but never coercive power. This teacher knows his subject well and is
kind and respectful toward his students. He also has high standards and expectations coexisting
with encouragement, support, and flexibility. This teacher empowers students and gets them to
do things of which they did not think they were capable. This teacher has students who surpass
him.

The effective teacher is a coach or guide who helps students to improve on their skills
and insights. By neither letting them flounder nor prematurely offering assistance, the effective
teacher enables students to own their own successes and to learn from their mistakes. By
returning the students' work promptly with constructive comments, and by being available for
assistance, the effective teacher helps students to develop responsibility for their own learning,
or to become what is known as self-reliant.

Effective teacher leader

Teacher leadership is more than the usual outside-the-classroom roles taken on by


teachers committee member, team leader, curriculum writer, department chair, association
leader. These and other roles are important, but they are often narrowly defined, inflexible, and
structured to carry out the expectations and desires of higher-ups. Teachers may conclude that
to have true leadership power, they need to leave the classroom and become administrators.

Teacher leaders foster collaborative cultures. “They catalyze a sense of urgency and
efficacy among adults and engender peer-to-peer accountability and collective responsibility for
the success of every teacher and student,” say Killion et al. They foster a climate of peer
support and continuous improvement.

Teacher leaders take responsibility for their own professional development and the
development of others. They operate from a growth mindset and “have as much vested in the
growth of their colleagues as they do in their own growth,” say Killion et al.

Teacher leaders are driven by evidence. They continuously collect data on their impact
on teaching and learning and the factors that make a difference in their schools and districts.

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