What is educational administration
• Educational administration encompasses a variety of jobs, including
principals, vice principals, superintendents, department heads,
program administrators and the jobs of other school and district staff
members in leadership positions. The one thing all of these jobs have
in common is that they are management positions. Without their
behind the scenes work on the business and organizational side of
education, schools and districts couldn’t function
Basic Functions of Educational
Administration:
The prime concern of administration of any programme is proper
accomplishment of the pre-fixed purposes and goals. This becomes
possible through adequate utilization of both human and material
resources with the purpose of bringing qualitative improvement of the
programme. For this there is the necessity of different aspects of
management which are accepted as the functions of administration. In
order to simplify it we can be said here that proper management of a
programme needs various aspects that are regarded as the functions of
administration
What Are the Duties of a School
Administrator?
School administrators often focus on the stuff behind the curtain that keeps
a school up and running. Sometimes school administration duties fall on
principals, but at other times, additional staff members accomplish these
tasks.
One of a school administrator’s main jobs is to set a school’s budget. It is
his job to account for local and federal funding. He also decides how to
spend the funding. Do the biology classes need new microscopes, or should
the money be spent on new bleachers for the football field? It is often the
school administrator’s job to decide or to delegate the decision to someone
else.
Another duty of school administration is hiring teachers and deciding on
curriculum. Most often, the curriculum for certain classes is set by district
or state administrators. School-level administration helps to make sure the
curriculum is implemented correctly at their school and that the right
courses are available to students.
Some administrators also assist with behavioral and classroom
management. Administrators help teachers by giving them the tools they
need to succeed in their classrooms. Administrators also implement
disciplinary actions when situations with students go beyond a teacher’s
capabilities in the classroom setting.
Nature of Educational Administration:
The Educational Administration has the following nature:
1. Educational administration doesn’t refer to any single process rather
different processes or aspects constitute administration. These are planning,
organizing, directing, Coordinating and evaluation.
2. Educational administration is a non-profit making task.
3. Educational administration is primarily a social enterprise as it is more
concerned with human resources than with material resources.
4. Educational administration is more an art than a science. The reason
is that human relationship prevailed here can’t be maintained by any
set of formulae.
5. Educational administration is similar to general administration in
many ways, but it is also dissimilar to general administration in many
more ways.
6. Educational administration is a complex affair.
Styles of Educational Administration
Educational researchers have devoted considerable effort to defining and
analyzing what makes an effective administrator. Effectiveness is measured
using research tools such as school climate surveys and institutional health
assessments. Educational leadership focuses on different types of
administrative styles. The authoritarian leader is unemotional and runs a
tight ship using coercive tactics. Participative leaders emphasize collegiality
and collaboration. Transactional leaders strive for a happy middle ground
between the two, and transformational leaders who focus on servant
leadership and empowerment. No definitive evidence exits proving that
one of these styles works better than all of the others; what matters is a
good fit between the administrator and the institution's key stakeholders.
Objectives of Educational Administration
As we know the very fact that educational administration needs integration and co-ordination
of all the physical and human resources and educational elements. Besides this it requires a
great efficiency with it based on human sympathy, understanding, knowledge and skill. The
physical resources mainly contribute building equipment’s and instructional materials.
The human resources include pupils, teachers, supervisors, administrators and parents. The
additional elements comprise the various aspects of educational theory and practice including
philosophy of education, objectives of education, curriculum, method of teaching, discipline,
role of the teacher, rules and regulations etc.
These elements are “parts, made into whole” and are components brought into harmonious
relationship. So the purpose of doing such vital task is to fulfill different purposes which are
known as the objectives of educational administration.
1. To provide proper education to students
2. To Ensure Adequate Utilization Of All Resources
3. To Ensure Professional Ethics And Professional Development Among Teachers
4. To organize educational programmes for acquainting students with the art of
democratic living and giving them excellent training in democratic citizenship.
5. To mobilize the community
6. To organize co-curricular activities effectively for developing talents of students and
work efficiency of educational teachers
7. To get the work done
8. To prepare students for taking their places in various vocations and avenues of life.
9. To train the students in developing scientific attitude and objective outlook among
them towards all aspects and activities of life.
10. To ensure qualitative improvement of education
Scope of Educational Administration:
The educational administration encompasses all
the levels of education in its jurisdiction.
a. Pre-primary or pre-school Education.
b. Elementary or primary Education.
c. Secondary Education.
d. Higher Secondary or Post secondary Education and,
e. Higher or tertiary Education.
It covers all forms of education such as:
a. Formal Education
b. Non-formal Education and Adult Education
c. General Education
d. Vocational Education
e. Special Education
f. Teacher Education
g. Integrated Education and
h. Technical and professional Education including Engineering, Medical, MBA, and Computer Education.
It includes all types and strategies of
management that encompasses the following:
a. Democratic Administration
b. Autocratic Administration
c. Nominal Administration
d. Real Administration
Educational administration covers the following
aspects relating to management in its jurisdiction
a. Planning
b. Organizing
c. Directing
d. Coordinating
e. Supervising
f. Controlling and
g. Evaluating
Educational Administration takes place at various levels such as:
a. Central level
b. State level
c. District level
d. Block level and
e. Institutional level
