A CASE STUDY ON A SENIOR LEADER’S ROLE AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

This case study analyses the leadership behaviour of a senior leader who works in an urban secondary school in Bangladesh. The case study leader holds the assistant headmaster office at a private school in the capital city. The data collection was made through a phone interview. The study reveals that despite instructional leadership being quite strongly prevalent at secondary education in Bangladesh, the presence of distributive leadership seems to be present at a little extent. It also appears that the case study leader is more goal oriented than relationship oriented, and he tends to apply instructional leadership style in most cases with a little understanding of distributive leadership. While performing his duties and responsibilities, he faces some challenges which often seem to be unfavourable to reach the goal of a school. He has also to put some extra effort because of the understanding gap between the senior and junior teachers in his school. Moreover, the sudden rules and regulations imposed by the government are also sometimes troublesome to face. This essay suggests some training programmes for school leaders’ professional skills development on educational leadership which seem to be more effective for the better understanding of their roles within the school.