Question

What is a comprehensive look at the blending of theory and practice in Education which include Curriculum Instruction and Leadership into the blending of theory and practice? Please provide where information source(s) is coming from.

Below is a complete list of the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC):

Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Standards

· Educational Vision – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of all learners by developing, articulating, implementing, and evaluating an educational vision that is shared and supported by the greater school community.

· School Culture – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of all learners by advocating, nurturing, and sustain a school culture that is shared and supported by the greater school community.

· Management – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of all learners by managing operations and resources to provide a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.

· Communication and Collaboration with Communities – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of learners by practicing open, two-way communication and using collaborative strategies that respond to diverse community interests and needs. Acting with Honesty, Fairness, and Professional Ethics – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of all learners by personally demonstrating and promoting honesty, fairness, and professional ethics.

· The Political, Social, Legal, Economic, and Cultural Environments – An educational leader who guides, facilitates, and supports the success of all learners by understanding, responding to, and influencing larger political, social, legal, economic, and cultural environments and by recommending and implementing policy that guides district operations.

Internship Practicum (Field Experience) of Standards-based Work in Real Settings – An educational leader synthesizes and applies the knowledge and practice to develop the skills identified in Standards 1-6 through substantial, sustained, standards-based work that is planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district personnel (or university, college, or business personnel as appropriate).

Subject is Education

The purpose of the Conceptual Framework (CF) as it relates to is to provide a foundation and organizational system through accomplishment of the primary objective,

Standard 1: Human Capital Management Educational leaders use their role as human capital manager to drive improvements in building leader effectiveness and student achievement.

Standard 2: Instructional Leadership Educational leaders are acutely focused on effective teaching and learning, possess a deep and comprehensive understanding of best instructional practices, and continuously promote activities that contribute to the academic success of all students.

Standard 3: Personal Behavior Educational leaders model personal behavior that sets the tone for all student and adult relationships.

Standard 4: Building Relationships Educational leaders build relationships to ensure that all key stakeholders work effectively with each other to achieve transformative results.

Standard 5: Culture of Achievement Educational leaders develop an encompassing culture of achievement aligned to the institution’s vision of success for every student.

Standard 6: Organizational, Operational, and Resource Management Educational leaders’ leverage organizational, operational, and resource management skills to support improvement and achieve desired educational outcomes.

Answer 1

A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE BLENDING OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATION WHICH INLCUDE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND LEADERSHIP INTO BLENDING OF THEORY AND PRACTICE

Every discipline or entity today or any time before or into future cannot work completely on the basis of certain frameworks and instructions written. This is because it is not necessary that every time the real life scenarios would come as same as what we have imagined or contemplated on the basis of some happenings.

The situations and scenarios change, so is the reflex action we take towards all this. In the question given here the various standards and instructions that are specified and given by the ELCC are also subject to the same. There are various standards with respect to the human capital management, instructional leadership, personal behaviors, building relationships, culture of achievement and organizational, operational and resource management skills given.

But the extent of how much all these standards contemplated as a part of the framework which is a theory can be bought into practice is a real question especially when it comes to the schools/colleges/universities which are majorly functioning under the government or public authorities of the country rather than being a private institution. Despite of having proper departments and personnel’s to carry out and take care of all the standards, there are high chances that all these departments though in existence are greater failure as the people working under these are only taking the salaries and are ignorant regarding the establishment and practicing of these standards.

But when we come to the private institution, the major difference starts from here as they will be forced to make or bring these standards in practice else standards which are higher than those written in the curriculum and framework. This is because their existence, growth and expansion purely depend on giving a good or the best service. And this is the point where there comes a big disparity between a public institution and a private institution.

Thus it is also clear that if looked in actual it is not that difficult to carry out any framework or curriculum or standards set by the authorities but it is the mentality of the people running the institution that these things just end up in papers.

And another reason for not having a perfect blend between the same would be the change in scenarios or arising of situations which demand an out of the box/framework solution. Whatever it be the final result i.e. the students when out of the institution should be able to carry themselves and get placed somewhere good and big.