Contemporary education system is driven by innovation, creativity, as well as invention. Education scholars have suggested various approaches to developing and maintaining good leadership in education institutions as a platform for reliable systems.
As I grew up, I was keen to note how different schools failed to change their education systems remaining almost stagnant. Pupil and students were doing no better than previous groups.
In my undergraduate and Mater’s degree where I specialized in education studies, I have realized that global education system seems to be lagging in the fast changing world. The important segment in the society needs not be left out but proper leadership to make it more competitive should be adopted. When education systems are improved, social economic improvement of an economy is fast-tracked as well. Policy makers that are politicians, sociologists, and economists should keep in mind the need to have proper leadership in education. My main purpose of applying for this course is to get a chance to study in your university where such notions as research, innovation, and invention are embraced. I will be able to develop an effective leadership strategy for education institutions in my thirst for better education systems. I will focus on cost management strategies that education establishments can implement; I will also attain this goal through research and literature review of various readings by management gurus.
I am a person with high self-drive, I am also self-motivated, and result oriented; the above traits combined with my enthusiasm to make positive change will facilitate the attainment of my goal of improving education systems. To make a positive change in the education requires conscientious, determined, and hardworking scholar; these are some of my personal characteristic features. Besides spending much time studying and researching on education management approaches, I have participated in a variety of management positions in education institutions and realized that they have similar problems. From my childhood, my parents have been small scale business-people who introduced me and my siblings to business at an early age. As I grew to teen-age, I realized that they always had similar problems revolving around the gross margin they enjoyed from their sales. In my college life, I volunteered in six education facilities/institutions of different grades and surprisingly, I realized the same problem. As an education student, I actively participated in decision making in the education sector and trying to implement strategic leadership policies I had learnt in class. However, the policies failed in one way or another. After careful consideration, I learnt that education institution models are different from other industries thus they need accustomed policies to address their issues. My experience combined with my academic specialization will enable me to research and come up with an effective education leadership strategy. This is the drive and passion that I have as I apply for my post graduate degree in your reputable university where qualitative and quantitative research is embraced.
Education plays a crucial role in community today, with globalisation, the world needs supportive frameworks to enhance proper and reliable systems. Education leadership should be pioneered by educationists who have knowledge of the industry. Education leadership takes different aspects and aims at addressing different areas; for instance, there is need to understand the needs of pupil/students, need to enact effective human resources management strategies as well as effective resources management. The school community includes students, teaching, and non-teaching staff from which they hail. Effective leadership should ensure that all the three dimensions of effective education have been adhered to. The frameworks are important parameters for effective delivery of education; in the event if any of the area has been ignored, then delivery of education will be hampered. The environment that pupils come from have an effect on how they perceive their education as well as the rate at which they will adopt effective policies of learning. With proper leadership, the challenge will be solved once and for all.
At the end of the course, I will undertake a qualitative research to address leadership strategies that can be applied in education facilities. As a scholar, I believe my dissertation will address issues of ineffective education and recommend education pathways through which much success can be attained in the education fraternity. I am looking forward to addressing issues wholesome and improve education system to facilitate optimal benefit from education and changes in the world. The blue print will be available in major libraries to facilitate access by education leaders. Since change is inevitable, I will continue to research and improve the leadership strategies that have been previously suggested. What is more, I appreciate that contemporary business environment is likely to change with the development in technology and communication network, thus meaning that I will embark on continuous research in my chosen area. To benefit education leaders and students, I will be writing and working on articles in international education journals.