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Leadership Practices That Directly Influence Teachers’ Emotions

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February 20, 2016
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The emotions of teachers are an often ignored, but very important part of a school’s learning climate. With each decision or policy they put in place, school leaders have an effect on the emotions of their teachers. Leadership practices that have emotional consequences reflect four sets of “core practices” for effective leadership. These practices form a major part of what most successful school leaders do, in many different organizational and cultural contexts. Due to their transformational bias to leadership, these core practices involve:

1. Direction-setting – The practices of school leaders geared at building an inclusive sense of purpose in the school, and a grasp of the specific goals often leads to success, and broader school purposes are also accomplished. Most successful school leaders set higher expectations for their own performance as well as those of their teaching staff and students.

2. Focusing on helping teachers improve professionalism – The development of teachers’ capacities includes most of the principal practices that influence teachers’ feelings. These practices include: being genuinely friendly, considerate, supportive, attentive to teachers’ ideas, and mindful of teachers’ welfare. School leaders who provide individualized consideration and learning opportunities build the teachers’ need to accomplish their own goals as well as those of the school. Success in building capacity is also achieved by reducing distractions to instructional work, as well as modeling values and practices that are aligned with the teachers’ core purpose.

3. Redesigning the organization – This entails building a culture that is supportive and collaborative in teaching and learning, and creating and sustaining school structures that complement such a culture. In this context, successful principals nurture productive relationships with parents and the entire community, to influence future policies and prevent situations that might affect the school.

4. Managing the instructional program – This aspect of leadership basically requires instructional knowledge. It includes efforts by school leaders to ensure that their schools have highly competent staff, to observe the progress of students and the school improvement, to monitor teachers’ instructional practices, and to provide supportive, helpful feedback to their staff.

Based on the extensive research carried out in both educational and non-school contexts, it is evident that emotionally responsive practices are closely associated with social assessment abilities. These abilities enable one to appreciate the emotional states of others, find out what those states entail in complex social situations, respond in helpful ways , and manage one’s own emotions.

Transformational leaders are known for their emotional capabilities and are prepared to include it in their professional life, despite the fact that it may involve breaking the traditions of professional culture and norms to maintain and repair relationships. They realize that building trusting relationships is vital for a cooperative culture.

One common element in both emotional intelligence and social appraisal skills is the understanding of others’ emotional experience. Empathy is used to sense what people are feeling, and look at things from their point of view. However, there is a risk involved when a leader assumes that he or she knows what followers are feeling. Such a belief is often mistaken, since it is easy to misinterpret others’ feelings. This is because we often try to imagine how we would feel in their situation.

Engaging in respectful and thoughtful conversations is important for finding out if what we have “sensed” is accurate. In light of the evidence provided, it is clear that leaders who have emotional wisdom avoid assumptions about what others are feeling. Instead, they commit themselves to building emotional meaning with relevant parties. These leaders also recognize the importance of emotion in professional discussions, private reflection, and strategic analysis of situations. This kind of collaborative consideration of emotions is a step ahead of present leadership practice, emerging as the key element for nurturing learning communities in the true sense of emotional leadership..

Emotional leadership is said to be “future” leadership, because the research in schools exploring the particular connection between leaders’ success and their social appraisal skills is still in its early stages. However, evidence from the non-school settings show that these skills do make a significant contribution to leadership success. Nevertheless, the magnitude of contribution varies in strength based on the job description. When they seek to understand and respect the emotions of their followers, leaders are bound to experience positive results. Followers feel validated and appreciated when their feelings are not pushed aside, leading to a more positive, productive working environment for everyone.

 

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5 comments

  1. sarahrose00 16 November, 2014 at 19:48 Reply

    This article brings up a lot of really interesting points. I hope some school leaders read it and in turn, practice what you wrote. While I am not a teacher, I think your second point about focusing on helping teachers improve professionalism is very strong and quite accurate. Teachers deserve to feel supported and that their ideas are heard.

  2. LiberalEd 16 November, 2014 at 19:55 Reply

    Even the strongest and most motivated teachers need a leader who is supportive and encouraging in order to reach his or her potential. I anticipate to see more leadership practices evolving to the emotional leadership model because it is centered around respect and, in turn, results in a positive work environment.

  3. ferris27 17 November, 2014 at 11:16 Reply

    I think that a strong leader is one who may not have a direct connection to the histories of teachers/employees but is able to empathize just the same. Realizing that our own life experiences may not align with others is the first step to uniting and mutual respect.

  4. Leadership Practices That Directly Influence Te... 17 November, 2015 at 18:19 Reply

    […] The emotions of teachers are an often ignored, but very important part of a school's learning climate. With each decision or policy they put in place, school leaders have an effect on the emotions of …  […]

  5. Diana 22 May, 2016 at 05:41 Reply

    When leaders take the time to invest in their people by getting to know them better and by understanding what they are thinking and feeling, the results are bound to be positive. When people feel valued and understood, they will be motivated to continue to improve the organizational practices. I definitely think that emotional leadership is an area of leadership that requires further exploration. It makes perfect sense that leadership practices would influence teachers’ emotions. When a leader neglects to acknowledge what their staff, students and parents are feeling, morale starts to decline and it becomes difficult to achieve positive results.

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