EMPOWERMENT OF TEACHERS - A PRACTICAL SOLUTION
Dr. Ashok R.Rane
KCES`s College of Education, Jalgaon.
E-mail- ranear@gmail.com
Cell- 09422224612
Topic: Empowerment of Teachers for the
Nation Building
The teachers are the nation builders, Keeping this
in mind and thought we all are bound to develop the various abilities for the
empowerment of teachers. There are the ten most important principles for empowering
the teachers to reinforce the pupils to involve in the active learning process.
It helps to make accomplishment, and contribution for quality education. This
process helps to establish the positive approach with management and the
concerned society.
1. Value the People
Your regard for pupil always shines
through in all of your actions and words during the teaching learning process.
Your gestures, your body language, and your words express, that you are
thinking about the pupils who take active participation in the learning
process. Your goal is to demonstrate your appreciation for each student’s
unique value. We should recognize the pupils
communicate on many levels. Watch their facial expressions, eye contact,
posture, hand and feet movements, body movement and placement, and appearance.
Every gesture is communicating something if you listen with your eyes. Become
accustomed to watching nonverbal communication and your ability to read
nonverbal communication will grow with practice.
2. Leadership Vision:
The teacher is bind to create awareness
for students that they are part of the society and nation than themselves and
their individual job. The teacher should always keep in mind the vision,
mission and strategic plan of the institution during the teaching-learning for
quality enhancement in education. Teacher is always the leader of the society
to make them efficient and empowered for the nation by using the various access
of leadership. The framing of the curriculum, approach to teaching-learning and
other extension activities, the teacher has to lead the process and
institutional organization by motivating and rewarding the leadership
qualities. Planning, administration and management of educational organization,
the teacher has to develop the leadership qualities with himself and empower to
other staff. The teacher should make his own strategic plan for the quality
enhancement in student development connected with the vision and mission of the
institution.
3. Goals and Direction-
Every teacher has to Share the goals and
directions of the institution and educational policy of the nation with the
students, society and the staff to develop the land-scape model of quality education
to empower the nation and to set the long time future goals. The educational institution
have also crate the conducive environment for empowerment of teachers by setting
the goals and giving the direction to
staff time to time. The institution and our self should set the
measurable goals through the progress and observations. The teachers have to
share his experience of positive outcome with the student and people
responsible for accomplishing the results. It will help the teachers to chart
their course without close supervision for the empowerment of the society and
nation. We should combine the traditional goals with present goals and future
goals.
4. Trust the People-
Transparent communication
forms a foundation for building relationships so that the institution should trust the intentions of the
teachers to do the right thing, to make the right decision as per the vision
and mission of the institution by following the strategic plan of the institution
to reach up to the bench mark development. When the teachers are fully oriented
and greatly motivated to receive clear expectations from their head and
management. The boost of clear performance
expectations is cited by readers as a key contributing factor to their
happiness. This factor affected their sense of participation in a venture
larger than themselves and their feelings of engagement, motivation, and teamwork.The Successful team work is
the cornerstone for creating functioning, contributing teams. The teacher has
to practice the following keys for successful team work.
Understands the goals and is committed to attaining them.
This clear direction and agreement on mission and purpose is essential for
effective team work. This team clarity is reinforced when the organization has
clear expectations for the team's work, goals, accountability, and outcomes.
The
team creates an environment in which people are comfortable taking
reasonable risks in communicating, advocating positions, and taking action.
Team members trust each other. Team members are not punished for
disagreeing.
Open,
honest, and respectful Communication makes the students and staff feels free to
express their thoughts, opinions, and potential solutions to problems. The
teachers feel as if they are heard out and listened to by team members who are
attempting to understand. Team members ask questions for clarity and spend
their thought time listening deeply rather than forming rebuttals while their
coworker is speaking.
A
strong sense of belonging to the group. The teachers experience a deep commitment to the group’s decisions and
actions. This sense of belonging is enhanced and reinforced when the team
spends the time to develop team norms or relationship guidelines together.
Members
are as unique one with irreplaceable experiences, points of view, knowledge, and opinions to
contribute. After all, the purpose for forming a team is to take advantage of
the differences. A team can bring out
divergent points of view that are thoughtfully presented and supported with
facts as well as opinions.
Creativity,
innovation, and encouragement for quality work and improving the efficiency,
the team is committed to do it.
The
constantly examining the members themselves and continuously improve its
processes, practices, and the interaction of team members. The team openly
discusses process and focuses its ability to move forward and progress in areas
of effort, talent, and strategy.
Adopting
the procedures for diagnosing, analyzing, and resolving team work problems and conflicts. The team
does not support member personality conflicts and clashes nor do team members
pick sides in a disagreement. Rather, members work towards mutual resolution.
Participative
leadership is practiced in leading meetings, assigning tasks, recording
decisions and commitments, assessing progress, holding team members
accountable, and providing direction for the team.
Members
make high quality decisions together and have the support and commitment of the group to
carry out the decisions made.
5. Provide Information for Decision Making
The teachers should Provide Information to students or staff for Decision
Making. The teacher has
to insure them that they have access to it and all the information they need to
make thoughtful decisions.
6. Delegate Authority and Impact Opportunities
The teacher should not assign the hard
work to student and other teachers but also involve them in the fun stuff, too.
You know, delegate the important meetings, the committee memberships that
influence product development and decision making, and the projects of our
institution for quality enhancement and empowerment of the teachers. The
teacher will grow and develop new skills it will make the staff gratefully
shine - and so will you.
7. Provide Frequent Feedback
The principal and the management should provide
frequent feedback so that teacher and student know how they are doing.
Sometimes, the purpose of feedback is reward and recognition as well as
improvement coaching. The teachers and students deserve your constructive
feedback, so they can continue to develop their knowledge and skills.
8. Solve Problems: Don't Pinpoint Problem Peoples
When a problem occurs, ask what is wrong
with the work system that caused the members to fail, not what is wrong with
the teachers. Sometimes the worst case response creates the problem? Seek to
identify and punish the guilty. (Ok, Thank you Sir)
9. Listen to Learn and Ask Questions to Provide Guidance
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principal and the management should provide a space in which the staff will
communicate by listening to them and asking them questions. Guide by asking
questions, not by telling them, what to do. The teachers generally know the
right answers if they have the opportunity to produce them. When the teacher brings
you a problem to solve, ask, "What do you think you should do to solve
this problem?" also, ask, "What action steps do you recommend?" The
concern teacher can demonstrate what they know and grow in the process. You will
come to trust their judgment.
10. Help to staff; give reward and recognition for Empowered Behavior
When the teacher feels under-compensated,
under-titled for the responsibilities they take on, under-noticed,
under-praised, and under-appreciated, don’t expect results from his
empowerment. The basic needs of employees must feel met for employees to give
you their discretionary energy, to invest extra effort voluntarily in work. For
successful teacher empowerment, recognition plays a significant role.
References:
- Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich,
- Ken Blanchard, John P Carlos, Alan Randolph, The 3 Keys to Empowerment: Release
the Power Within People for Astonishing Results.
- Diane
Tracy; Ten steps to Empowerment.
