Exam Details

Subject Head Teachers as School Leaders
Paper
Exam / Course POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Department School of Education (SOE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Answer the following question in about 600 words.

What is the nature of challenges being faced by schools in the present context? Discuss the role of school leadership in addressing these challenges.
OR
Discuss the characteristics of school leaders essential for effectively addressing challenges being faced by schools in the present context.

2. Answer the following question in about 600 words.

Discuss the aspects of transformational leadership which can bring about a change in the teaching­-learning process in school. Illustrate your answer with examples.
OR
Discuss the characteristics of effective leadership that can facilitate functioning of a school? Illustrate your answer with examples.

3. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each

Explain with examples any two principles guiding delegation of work in the school context.

Illustrate the difference between intrapersonal and interpersonal conflict.

How can you identify and analyse a problem of your school using a checklist?

How can a staff meeting be executed effectively

Differentiate between programmed and non-programmed decisions.

How can the school leader manage teams of teachers set up for accomplishing school task?

4. Answer the following in about 600 words.

What do you understand by an 'effective school'

Discuss the term with reference to the following in an imaginary school

Teaching -learning process

Pupil Achievement


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Head Teachers as School Leaders
  • Human Resource Development
  • Leadership for Better Schools
  • Managing Teaching-Learning
  • School Governance and Financial Management