Tham khảo tài liệu 'how to improve student achievement_5', khoa học xã hội, kinh tế chính trị phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Chapter Eight The Daily Disciplines of Leadership Leadership Keys Decide what is within your control Gain control of time Leadership hygiene the Daily Prioritized Task List Linking leadership time to student achievement Leadership time is inextricably linked to student achievement. Every element of achievement from professional development to organization to assessment to collaboration requires an enormous investment of time. If an educational leader fails to use time wisely in a manner that is relentlessly focused on improved student achievement and implementation of academic standards then a thousand other tasks intrude. Time management on the part of the leader is the difference between the theory of standards and the practice of standards-based leadership. The effective leader uses time differently than an ineffective leader does. This single sentence sums up my observation of thousands of leaders in a range of educational settings. My observations are consistent with those of many who have studied leaders in organizations far afield of education from Peter Drucker to Tom Peters and Margaret Wheatley. The most effective leaders do not necessarily have more money fewer unions more enlightened stakeholders or longer days. Rather they know those areas where their decisions have the maximum impact on essential results and they focus their time on those areas within their control. Just as the 143 144 The Daily Disciplines of Leadership standards-based leader articulates standards for student achievement and faculty instructional strategies she must also create and maintain standards for her own mastery of the critical leadership resource of time. i frequently hear leaders complain how little they can control I m supposed to be the leader but the union controls working conditions the central office controls the budget and maintenance and parents and students control three-fourths of every day. What can I really control The concern is a fair one but it does not .
