The document discusses the collegial model of school management and decision-making.
[1] The collegial model assumes that power is shared and decisions are made through consensus among members, who are assumed to have common values and goals. This contrasts with bureaucratic models with limited sharing.
[2] The major features of collegial models include a normative orientation, being appropriate for organizations like schools with professional staff, common values among members, small decision-making groups, and consensus-based decisions.
[3] While collegial models are seen as progressive, the reality in schools may not match the theory if decision-making is not genuinely shared in practice.
The document discusses the collegial model of school management and decision-making.
[1] The collegial model assumes that power is shared and decisions are made through consensus among members, who are assumed to have common values and goals. This contrasts with bureaucratic models with limited sharing.
[2] The major features of collegial models include a normative orientation, being appropriate for organizations like schools with professional staff, common values among members, small decision-making groups, and consensus-based decisions.
[3] While collegial models are seen as progressive, the reality in schools may not match the theory if decision-making is not genuinely shared in practice.
The document discusses the collegial model of school management and decision-making.
[1] The collegial model assumes that power is shared and decisions are made through consensus among members, who are assumed to have common values and goals. This contrasts with bureaucratic models with limited sharing.
[2] The major features of collegial models include a normative orientation, being appropriate for organizations like schools with professional staff, common values among members, small decision-making groups, and consensus-based decisions.
[3] While collegial models are seen as progressive, the reality in schools may not match the theory if decision-making is not genuinely shared in practice.
The document discusses the collegial model of school management and decision-making.
[1] The collegial model assumes that power is shared and decisions are made through consensus among members, who are assumed to have common values and goals. This contrasts with bureaucratic models with limited sharing.
[2] The major features of collegial models include a normative orientation, being appropriate for organizations like schools with professional staff, common values among members, small decision-making groups, and consensus-based decisions.
[3] While collegial models are seen as progressive, the reality in schools may not match the theory if decision-making is not genuinely shared in practice.
Assessment 1 Task3: The collegial model Asma Abdalla H00298183 EDU 4103 Managing Innovation and Change Asma Abdalla H00298183
The collegial model
In some countries, although there are many obvious elements of bureaucracy to
be seen in the management of schools, the trend over the past 20 years has been towards a more democratic and participatory approach to power, authority and decision-making. In some countries, through policies of decentralisation, principals and their teachers are now much more empowered to act on their own initiative in order to change things so that they can meet the needs of their students more effectively.
Highlight the definition of collegial models on page 72 of Bush and discuss it for a few minutes by contrasting it with a bureaucratic model. Can you see any advantages it might offer to primary school teachers and principals?
Collegial model assume that organizations determine policy and make decisions through a process of discussion leading to consensus. Based on this approach power is shared among some or all members of the organization who are thought to have a shared understanding about the aims of the institution. However, bureaucratic model is limited shared with certain number of people. In my opinion, I certainly agree with Collegial model because there are advantages that might offer to primary school teachers and principals which is all primary teachers and principals will have equal voice in sitting the curriculum. For example, all of them define the curriculum, make decisions, meeting and get knowledge from each other.
Continue with pages 73-75 of Bush and summarise the major features of collegial models.
Collegial models have the following major features:
1- They are strongly normative in orientation. We noted that all theories tend to be normative but collegial approach in particular reflect the prescriptive view that management ought to be based on agreement and their advocates they believe that decision making should be based on democratic principles. 2- Collegial model is seen as particularly appropriate for organizations such as schools and colleges that have significant numbers of professional staff. Teachers possess authority arising directly from their knowledge and skill. They have an authority of expertise that contrasts with the positional authority. Collegial model assume that professionals also have a right to share. Shared decisions are likely to be better informed and are also much more likely to be implemented effectively. 3- Collegial models assume a common set of values held by members of the organization. These may arise from the socialization which occurs during training and the early years of professional practice. Asma Abdalla H00298183
4- The size of decision making groups is an important element in collegial management . They have to be sufficiently small to enable everyone to be heard. This may mean that collegiality works better in primary schools than secondary schools and colleges. 5- Collegial models assume that decisions are reached by consensus than division or conflict. The belief that there are common values and shared objectives lead to the view that it is both desirable and possible to resolve problem by agreement.
Bush describes the suitability of the collegial model for primary schools on pages 79-80
Read these pages and then discuss how a decision might be made in such a school, for example, to introduce a new Reading scheme. You need to think in terms of a sequence of actions and the people involved in each of these. Draw some kind of diagram (e.g. a time line or a flow chart) to represent the process.
There is a model describes how teachers followed the flowchart to be followed by
teachers in primary schools: 1- Teachers talk about teaching and they shared their planning and preparation . 2- Teachers attend and observe a lot in the classroom and follow mutual training and development .
So how would you now define the concepts collegial (adj.) and collegiality (n.)? What do they mean?
Collegial (adj.): That means involving shared responsibility, as among a group of
colleagues.
Collegiality (n.): That means is collegiality is the collaboration process and
sharing ideas between colleagues.
Do you think it is easier for a primary school to adopt this kind of decision- making process than it is for a secondary school? Give reasons.
Yes, because when students getting older it’s become harder for teachers to be flexible
because for teachers they have plans to follow.
Tage,
Degrees of collegiality (Bush p72 – first paragraph; p91-94)
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Finally, although collegial models are seen as the most progressive for schools nowadays, there is often a gulf between the theory and the practice. Just because a certain school describes itself as embracing a collegial approach, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is collegial in practice.
Define the following terms and differentiate between them in your own words:
Partial or restricted collegiality: All members should have equal voices in the process of determining policy .
Pure or genuine collegiality: This means that leaders must be truly courageous to give power to a democratic form of decision-making.
Contrived collegiality : It is administratively regulated not constant, and it is also
compulsory rather than discretionary and it is geared to the implementation of the mandates of government or the head teacher and it has fixed in time and place Asma Abdalla H00298183
