What is a leader?

1. What is a leader? Perspectives from the Education Field: ED 7304- Spring 2008 Al Marsh- High School Clint Hosey- Middle School Leticia Foster- Elementary Lupe Perez- Elementary Lourdes Ambriz- Community College

2. What is a leader? “A leader has a vision and is able to unite people around it.” Dr. Carla Gonzales, Principal

3. What is a leader? “A person that has the ability to inspire people to act and work in a certain way to achieve a particular goal.” Elisa Ayala, Counselor

4. What is a leader? “A role model, someone you want to be like.” Martha Cuelar, Food Service Manager

5. What is a leader? “A leader directs authority over others.” Manuel Villagran, Head Custodian

6. What is a leader? “I think leadership is seeing that a school runs smoothly and that the principal is seeing that teachers are teaching us right so that we can learn.” Melody, 7th grade

7. What is a leader? “The principal takes care of everybody and sees that we have everything we need at school.” Rudy, 6th grade

8. What is a leader? “Allowing us to do our jobs while helping us grow as professionals through continuous positive communication and feedback.” Juan Esparza, Science teacher

9. What is a leader? “Being the example of a shared vision and allowing us to take part in that process.” Maria Fragoso, ESL

10. What is a leader? “A person that is first in line is the leader.” Jonathan, 1st grade

11. What is a leader? “One who helps and inspires others by making informed decisions and soliciting assistance when needed.” Monica Chavez, 4th grade teacher

12. What is a leader? “Someone who guides through example.” Adriana Gaytan, bilingual teacher

13. What is a leader? “The one that passes out papers and takes notes to the office. We get a new leader every week.” Valeria, 2nd grade

14. What is a leader? “The principal because they tell us and the teachers what to do and if you don’t do it you get into trouble.” Juan, 4th grade

15. What is a leader? “A leader communicates well with us by letting us know what is going on at all times, someone we can trust and values us. Leaders are born.” G. Erivez, Classified Staff

16. What is a leader? “Leaders pave the way for the rest of us, but they must always look back at their followers to ensure that none of them have lost their way.” A. Navarro, Professional Support

17. What is a leader? “A leader supports his faculty, the life of the institution, by providing moral support, as well as, the necessary resources, be it technology, PD, etc.” I. Cardena, Faculty

18. What is a leader? “They listen to us and to what we need. They communicate with us and ask us, the customer, how they can serve us better.” L. Martinez, Student

19. What is a leader? “When I think of a leader I think of my mom because I know that she is the one who I want to be like when I grow up. She is the one who helps me through all the bad things that happen to me.” Kayla, 4th grade

20. What is a leader? “Because I want to be a leader, I think a leader is someone who leads everyone to greatness and who helps those around them to be the best they can be.” Dahlia, 5th grade

21. What is a leader? “A leader is a person who you can count on to make light of things when they go wrong and be able to accept it, and still hold their head up high.” Robert Dubowitz, Intern

22. What is a leader? “Leaders come in every shape and size but a true leader stands above all the rest.” Daniel Fraire, Maintenance

23. What is a leader? “A leader is a person who you have trust in to make the right decisions and will follow through those decisions that he or she makes.” Lourdes Contreras, teacher

24. Famous Leadership Quotes

25. Famous leadership quotes “The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.” Woodrow Wilson

26. Famous leadership quotes “Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

27. Famous leadership quotes “There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.” Alexandre Ledru-Rollin

28. Famous leadership quotes “The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.” Henry Miller

29. Famous leadership quotes “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams

30. Famous leadership quotes “He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.” Aristotle

31. Famous leadership quotes “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

32. Famous leadership quotes “When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.” Napoleon Bonaparte

33. Famous leadership quotes “An effective proactive leader can guide and supervise in directing the activities of a group towards achieving a common goal.” Al Marsh

34. Famous leadership quotes “The ability to know how to develop relationships, effectively make decisions, and knowing how to utilize your staff in a way that brings out the best of them and leads to student success in the classroom.” Clint Hosey

35. Famous leadership quotes “A leader is a person who others want to follow and follow with pride. A leader stands in front and holds their head up high even when there is loss, but still stands up for what he/she believes in and concedes when he/she is wrong.” Lupe Perez

36. Famous leadership quotes “Leadership means sometimes not knowing all the right answers but surrounding yourself with those who can assist you in making the right decisions.” Leticia Foster

37. Famous leadership quotes “The behavior of a leader initiates the pattern of the group to move toward an attainable vision.” Lourdes Ambriz

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