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REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
SOUTHERN PROVINCE
MUHANGA DISTRICT
Module 1 Unit 1 Qualities of a Good Leader
Purpose of this session: To identify qualities of a good leader
Audience: Members of the PTCs of all the schools in the sector, including the headteacher and Pastor, the Executive Secretary of the Sector, This session should be run with
the Sector Education Officer, it is a collaborative training session.
Duration of the session: 5 hours 20mins (this unit can be split into two shorter sessions)
Date/Venue: Date, Sector, District
Objectives
 Compare different styles of leadership
 Identify own style of leadership
 Understand principles of effective and participatory management
 Differentiate leadership, management and administration
Outcomes
Objective and time
Welcome and
introductions
(10mins)
Objectives of the
session. (5mins)
Why is leadership
important?
(20mins)
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Participants will be able to recognise that there are different styles of leadership
They will understand that the involvement of staff is an essential element of good leadership
Participants will understand the difference between leadership, management and administration
Activity
Register, name labels, school name labels. Tables should be arranged in groups.
Participants sit in school groups. Greetings and presentations by participants
Outline the objectives. The main purpose – the student on the chair. Write timetable on
board.
Warm up activity to show confusion where there is no leader. Introduce participants to
the VVOB book ‘Roles, duties and Responsibilities of a School Management Team) school
leaders need to set the direction for the learning and development of both staff and
pupils, to redesign the organisation’s systems and structures in ways which suit the vision
and tasks, to manage the learning programme, and to do all those things in a
motivational, optimistic and enabling manner. How do we develop Learning Centred
Leadership?
TRICIA ATHERTON Tel: 0784179250/0722179250
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP ADVISOR
VSO RWANDA
Who?
SEO
Resources
Register, masking tape, marker pen
Rice sack with objectives written on.(Eng/
Kin) Masking tape,
VVOB book ‘Roles, duties and
Responsibilities of a School Management
Team’ or photocopies of pertinent pages
REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
SOUTHERN PROVINCE
Distinction
Distinction between Leadership and Management page 9 (VVOB) and Administration.
between
Would You Follow these Leaders? Ascertain why you would follow that leader and not
Leadership
another? Critical thinking. Introduce the ‘Pyramid model’ to show that it would be a
Management &
gradual change in the school from an Administration-led to Leadership-led school.
Administration
(1 hour)
Self -evaluation of
There is a choice of questionnaires to use – the Kolb or the VVOB Annex 1 page 30
own leadership
Participants administer the questionnaire to themselves And afterwards the facilitator
style
explains the styles.
(1 hour and
30mins)
Break (45mins)
Part 2 The school
as a Learning
Organisation
(30mins)
Moving into
Participatory
Management
(20mins)
Part 3 Duties and
Responsibilities in
a Self -Managed
School
(30mins)
Plenary and
Evaluation
(10mins)
MUHANGA DISTRICT
Photocopies of pics of Obama, Paul
Kagame, Nelson Mandela, Adolf Hitler,
Agathe UWIRINGIYIMANA, Pauline
NYIRAMASHUKO
Rice sack with 3 pyramids
SEO,
Facilitator
Photocopies of Annex 1 page 30 (adapted)
Management questionnaire. VVOB –
Annex 1 page, 30 Explanations about the 4
styles page 10. Or Kolb Learning Style
Inventory Activity
Definition: ‘Schools are learning organisations where groups of people work together in
different ways to achieve shared goals.’ What makes a successful school? 6 main features
of successful schools. Activity using information on page 14
Chapter 2 VVOB
Participatory Management – Role Play activity to illustrate the two different
management styles – ‘Top Down’ and ‘Participatory’
Ideas for role play – allocate roles to be
played.
In Participatory Management it is important that there are clearly defined roles and
responsibilities for each person. Activity based on the information on pages 20-25 the
web which links together all the people in the school – headteacher, Responsible,
teachers, parents PTC , Learners, sector and district staff, community leaders. Identify the
leaders and managers in the school, list their qualities and responsibilities
Emphasise the importance of regular school self –evaluation and ‘keeping your finger on
the pulse’
See toolkit for example questionairres to
photocopy and hand out to participants to
take away
TRICIA ATHERTON Tel: 0784179250/0722179250
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP ADVISOR
VSO RWANDA