Leadership Challenges in High School: SMART Goals and Solutions Report

This report examines leadership challenges faced by a supervisor in a high school setting, including late reporting, lack of attention to detail, and communication barriers. The author outlines a plan to address these issues using SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-based) focusing on attendance, language proficiency, and teacher evaluation. The report details goal-setting strategies, emphasizing motivation through monetary incentives and professional development. It also stresses the importance of regular feedback to support teacher growth and improve the overall learning environment. The author believes that by implementing these strategies, they can create a more positive and effective school environment.

Running Head: Leadership
Leadership

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Leadership: Leadership can be understood as the art of motivating people to achieve the goals.
Leaders is often characterized by establishing a clear vision, which then leads to sharing the vision
with others and make them follow it out of their own will, provide information and knowledge
required to realize the vision and in the end take care of all the conflicts among the team members,
coordinate with the stakeholders and balance the entire business process (Antonakis, 2017)
In the present context, being a supervisor of High school, I have been facing some challenges, which
are as follows:
 Reporting late to work
 Lack of eye to detail
 Communication barrier (Arabic)
I have been in various leadership positions in the past, I have led the administration department and
the science department in my previous job. My strengths include paying attention to details, good
communication skill, ability to see through the problems and coming to a logical conclusion before
deciding anything. Every person has some weaknesses; I believe my weakness lies when I get
emotionally carried away with the problems, that at times come in a way while logically arriving at
the conclusion.
In order to combat the above challenges, I am going forward with SMART goals:
S-Specific
M-Measurable
A-Attainable
R-Realistic
T-Time based
Note: Hiring of a Language trainer
Specific Reach to school before 8 AM, due diligence in
the work and focus on the language training
being imparted
Measurable Attendance register for the attendance and time

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Daily assessment for language test
Weekly evaluation of the teacher by me, one to
one meeting
Assignable Attendance checking assigned to the Admin head
Language assessment to a third party
trainer(Hired)
Weekly evaluation of the teacher- By me
Realistic Improve in attendance and adherence to time is
realistic and measurable
Learning language in a period of 3 months is
attainable and a realistic goal
Evaluation of the teacher by me on the basis of
daily activities is essential and realistic.
Time-related Attendance- 1 month (Adherence to time)
Language barrier -3 month
Evaluation- Daily basis followed by the feedback.
 Goal setting: It is one of the most important function of leadership , goal setting will help the
employee in understanding the destination he has to reach, so that he himself can set small
milestones for himself personally in order to achieve those goals (Northouse, 2015)
 Motivation: The important facet of leadership, a true leader is one who understand the
importance of motivation and leaves no stone unturned in order to keep his staff motivated.
For my school staff, I have thought of giving monetary benefits if the teacher is on time to
school for 3 months, with an accuracy of 90%, this monetary benefit will motivate him to
fulfil his psychological needs (MASLOW) and he will push himself to be on time to school
every day. In order to remove the language barrier, they have to be made understood of
their professional growth after mastering the English language, creating a situation of Win-
Win for them (Miner, 2015)
 Feedback: To have an effective leadership, the leader must and should not shy away from
his important responsibility of providing feedback. I have personally set an agenda for
myself, sit with my teachers once in a week, evaluate their performance and give them
feedback on the same. Feedback has a dual role to play, it will help the teachers to analyse
the area to focus, their flaws, and how can they improve themselves, at the same time, they
will feel empowered knowing the school cares for them and giving them the opportunity to
learn and grow (Robertson, 2016)
In my opinion, if I am able to motivate them with the benefits of the goals set for them, they will put
in their heart and soul to achieve the SMART goals and thus improve the condition of the school and
create an atmosphere of great learning.

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References:
Antonakis, J., 2017. The nature of leadership. Sage publications.
Miner, J.B., 2015. Organizational behavior 1: Essential theories of motivation and leadership.
Routledge.
Northouse, P.G., 2015. Leadership: Theory and practice. Sage publications.
Robertson, J., 2016. Coaching leadership: Building educational leadership capacity through
partnership. New Zealand Council for Educational Research. PO Box 3237, Wellington 6140 New
Zealand.