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Publicación Acceso abierto A foreign language educator’s lived experiences while using technology in times of pandemic(2022-07-29) Díaz Zurita, Juan Sebastián; Hernandez Viloria, Maria Jose; Herazo Rivera, José DavidThere have been many challenges in education due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Communication and information technologies, however, have become hope amidst pandemic, as they have allowed the teaching and learning process to be developed. Remote education during pandemic has been the topic of many researchers to uncover the essence of teachers’ lived experience from various perspectives. However, little has been done on exploring the lived experiences of L2 teachers in school contexts. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of English educators with online education in a public school in the department of Cordoba, Colombia. This study employed a descriptive phenomenological design. The researcher collected the data through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and reflective diaries. The data was analyzed through Colaizzi's phenomenological seven steps. The study found that remote education during Covid-19 implied encountering multiple mixed feelings and perceptions that were mostly associated with Covid-19’s obstacles. The integration of ICTs, however, served as a bridge amidst pandemic’s hurdles to allow the continuity of the teaching and learning process. This integration as result, provided new opportunities to discover new technological considerations and to enrich the participant’s life and professional aspects. This study highlights the transcendence of the participant’s perception towards the lived experience and the significance of ICTs in the adaptation process of moving from a physical modality to virtual spaces.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2022-08-06) Sálleg Primera, José Daniel; Buendía Ramírez, Adalberto José; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloLeadership has been associated and used in education throughout history. However, due to misdirection and a lack of comprehension of its complexity, assumptions based on unrealistic expectations have been made. The importance of this phenomenon to foreign language teachers led us to reflect deeply and create this personal leadership statement. In this paper, we will go into great detail on leadership and empowering leadership, and also how this concept is related to the teaching role. Additionally, we will study the varied approaches and qualities of effective teachers. In a similar manner, with this statement, we seek to discuss the major goals of a competent teacher leader in the classroom and how to develop leadership skills in professional educators and in the teaching of foreign languages.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-21) MARZOLA GOMÉZ, LAURA VANESSA; PEREIRA LAGARES, MARÍA ALEJANDRA; PÉREZ MEJÍA, LUISA FERNANDA; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloThe educational system is aware of the need for institutions to have empowered teachers willing to transform teaching methodologies. One way to generate this change is to prepare leaders who listen to ideas, motivate and understand the shortcomings of the educational system. This paper presents an overview of the theories around the concept of "leadership" to take elements that facilitate the understanding and functioning of a good leader, taking into account the perspective of transformational leadership and based on their own actions and experiences as teachers in the development of strategies that facilitate the learning environment as transformational leaders.Publicación Restringido A personal leadership statement(2022-08-05) Galeano Berrocal, María Antonia; Paternina Víctor, Omaira Sol; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloEducational communities are aware of the powerful impact produced by the new era of teacher-leaders and, the incorporation of leadership skills in the field is increasing due to the effective learning development in schools. This leadership statement outlines the relevance of promoting leadership in schools, not only to prepare teachers but also to encourage students to be leaders in their academic and professional future. Thus, in this paper, we will provide an original understanding of the several concepts of leadership, their focus on education, our assumptions of the phenomenon, collaborative work, the qualities of empowerment, and implications for future practices in the process of motivating students to be leaders. Our intention is to achieve the development of leadership-based strategies for future educators who are able to promote, execute, and lead new projects implementing collaborative work.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2022-03-28) Arciria Muslasco, Aideth Sofia; Hernández Jiménez, Yenis Edith; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the significance of teacher leadership and the definition of leadership and the qualities of a leader. In addition to defining teacher empowerment, describing leadership empowerment, and its benefits for those in the community, to encourage teachers to be effective leaders process at the same time it has the aim to empower students to achieve together a goal in the academic environment and be empowered to prove valuable classes. Additionally, this article provides the authors' assumptions, possible impacts, training knowledge, and personal aims and expectations as future teachers to have proper classroom management and effectively manage the classes.Publicación Acceso abierto A Personal Leadership Statement(2023-07-14) Ensuncho Ayala, Shirly Lorena; López Rhenals, Daniel; Sampayo García, Camila; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloOver the years the concept of leadership has evolved and transformed according to the understandings of the epoch. Its complex nature being the subject of discussion among theorists and scholars; nevertheless, something in which we cannot disagree is the role that leaders and leadership have had in the creation and development of societies throughout the years, being an important subject in diverse areas of life, one of those areas being the educational field. Teacher leaders guide, inspire, and seek to improve the quality of education through collaborative work. Teacher Empowerment allows teachers to be able to create, innovate, and implement strategies, as well as look for different approaches to meet students' educational needs. It also gives teachers the opportunity to grow professionally. In this personal leadership statement, we seek to highlight the importance of this phenomenon in the educational field from the perspective of teacher leadership. In addition, this document contains an exploration of relevant literature regarding the concept of leadership and teacher leadership. Likewise, it illustrates our assumptions and leadership empowerment in light of teacher leadership, and the implications for the future. This study is the starting point for building our own path as future teacher leaders and a great addition to our professional development.Publicación Acceso abierto A Personal leadership statement(2023-07-17) Cordero Flórez, Antuaneth; Hernández Bernal, Luisa Fernanda; Villegas Cavadia, Angie Paola; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloIn today's interconnected world, it is crucial to have effective foreign language teaching to foster cross-cultural understanding and communication. This paper delves into the significance of teacher leadership and empowerment, concentrating on improving instructional practices, cultural competence, and engagement with diverse learners. It examines how lifelong learning can boost teachers' motivation and equip them with the skills to create inclusive and engaging language learning environments. Additionally, it highlights the importance of collaborative learning, reflective practice, and supportive networks in addressing the needs of foreign language teachers. The paper emphasizes the need for education policymakers, institutions, and stakeholders to prioritize sustainable professional development initiatives to help educators excel in their language-teaching journeys. It aims to create an empowering environment for foreign language educators, enabling them to inspire students, overcome language barriers, and promote intercultural understanding.Publicación Acceso abierto A Personal Leadership Statement(2023-07-14) Pérez de Moya, Yani Valentina; Begambre Pérez, Samy Andrea; Santos Vergara, Mauricio José; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloThis paper explores the concept of transformational leadership and its impact on employee motivation, satisfaction, and performance in organizational contexts. It highlights the importance of leaders instilling trust and confidence in followers and defines transformational leadership as a style that inspires exceptional results through purpose, vision, and personal growth. The study focuses on the assumptions and implications of transformational leadership in education, emphasizing the need for personalized support, student empowerment, and a shift toward student-centered approaches. The findings underscore the role of transformational leadership in shaping educational environments, fostering growth, and advocating for continuous professional development, collaborations, and innovative teaching methodologies for enhanced language learning experiences. Overall, the research contributes to understanding the effectiveness of transformational leadership and its implications for organizational success.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-17) Vargas Olascoaga, Eliana Carolina; Castillo Negrete, Hernán José; Gavalo Villadiego, Saray Saneth; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloLeadership in the educational context is essential for the development and success of students, as well as for the growth and continuous improvement of educational institutions. This type of leader encourages critical thinking, creativity, and active learning, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning and to actively participate in the educational process. This work structures leadership as a teacher and its implications for improving the teaching of a foreign language, demonstrating that a leading teacher is characterized by his ability to inspire, motivate and guide students towards the achievement of educational goals and objectives, having a teacher-student relationship. In addition to their relationship with students, teacher leadership implies the ability to collaborate and work as a team with other education professionals. This document will delve into the idea that an effective teacher leader communicates clearly and effectively with colleagues, builds relationships of trust, and fosters an environment of collaboration and mutual support. This implies being a role model for students, inspiring and motivating them, fostering collaboration and teamwork, seeking continuous professional development, and making effective decisions for the benefit of the educational community.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-02-25) Beltran Londoño, Yeliza Paola; Ricardo Jimenez, Anyi Paola; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloAlthough leadership has always been present in history, it seems to have become more relevant in recent years in various aspects of daily life. In education, the importance of teacher leadership is higher now than ever due to the globalization and unprecedented technological changes that educators are facing. This document seeks to reflect our previous knowledge on leadership, as well as deepening the research and definitions of authors on the subject. Likewise, this document includes our first insights about empowerment and the use we give to our assumptions to lead educational processes and how they lead us to leadership empowerment. This study is important because of the pressing need to improve teaching and learning processes, and, in turn, because of the fundamental role of teachers as agents of change in society.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-17) López Anaya, Naidys Farina; Saleme Ramos, María Angélica; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloThroughout the years, many new ideas and approaches have appeared to help teachers develop their lesson plans in the best possible way. In this sense, teacher leadership emerged as an approach that allows teachers to achieve optimal results. Therefore, this paper focuses on explaining everything related to leadership, what it is, its implications in the area of education, and leadership seen from a teaching perspective. In addition, this paper includes and explains key terms such as empowerment, teacher leadership, assumptions, and values. The focus of teacher leadership is to show how teacher leaders can guide students toward the achievement of objectives, giving them empowerment that motivates them to move forward to achieve those established goals. Thus, the plan is to empower all the members that are involved in the educational community. This is how this plan highlights the importance of teachers and students working for a common goal and looking forward to get desired results.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-14) Cárdenas Cárdenas, Esther Lucia; Orozco Correa, Nicol Estefany; Vargas Alarcón, Andrea Marcela; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloLeadership is a set of skills that a person has to guide, motivate, and drive a group of people in pursuit of a common goal. Keith Davis states, “Leadership is the process of encouraging and helping others to work enthusiastically towards their objectives. Leadership must extract cooperation and willingness of individuals and groups to attain the organizational objectives”. Daft (2008) states, “Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes" (p.4). Teacher leadership must possess specific characteristics, such as a constant willingness to learn and improve, allowing them to evolve and thrive in their leadership role. This statement will focus on teacher leadership. The other three sections will address our assumptions about teacher leadership, empowerment, implications for the future, and conclusions. Leadership is a communication process of influencing and directing people to commit to and achieve a shared goal voluntarily in a given situation (Aykut, Apinya, Billy, Gilbert, & Ritina, 2008). Thus, It is crucial to follow the perspectives of the teacher leadership to lead and guide students and colleagues, which helps to improve learning and the overall school environment. “While shared leadership also helps improve the system and the students' learning outcomes” (Coutla & Hallinger, 2009). Teacher leadership understands the importance of shared leadership, as it significantly impacts the education system, which can lead to improvements in various aspects such as teaching practices, curriculum development, or organizational effectiveness. It implies that students' learning outcomes, including their academic achievements, are positively influenced when leadership is shared, and there is participation from all members.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-19) Jiménez Oviedo, María Fernanda; Palacios Muñoz, Adriana Sofia; Cárdenas Doria, José Alfredo; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloLeadership is a dynamic and ethical process that effectively influences others to achieve goals. From this perspective, leadership is considered as a challenging task that necessitates the utilization of ethical values, moral principles, and well-being. This paper describes the definition of moral leadership, analyses our assumptions, explores the concept of leadership empowerment and its implications for the future. It also emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, ethical decision-making skills and working collaboratively to establish a positive and supportive learning community. Additionally, the paper examines the role of leadership empowerment in educational settings, highlighting the importance of collaboration among leaders and followers to foster a positive school climate, and empower future leaders for society.Publicación Restringido A personal leadership statement(2023-02-18) Ramos Musiry, José Enrique; Alegría Roqueme, Daniela Paola; Tuiran Martínez, Ana; Aguas Castillo, PedroPrior to anything else, it's important to note that leadership and empowerment are topics that have recently received attention from the community at large as well as from instructors and students. In order to properly include leadership and empowerment into education, both individually and collectively, we first define these terms. This personal leadership statement emphasizes the skills and resources required to be an effective leader. Additionally, it is founded on earlier studies that have shown how effective leadership is in diverse areas of human engagement. Finally, our direct implication in leadership and empowerment which enables us to be a catalyst for positive change in not only our followers but also everyone around us.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2022-09-29) González Ortiz, María Isabel; Movilla Hoyos, Kleyver Johel; Pérez García, Simón David; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloThe concept and applicability of leadership has reached education. However, defining its role, goals and meanings for educators is not an easy end. After exchanging perspectives, analyzing multiple sources and discussing assumptions, a prudent consensus has emerged in this paper. That is, leadership will be addressed as a collaborative activity that inspires teachers to participate in the reflective transformation of their own career while influencing others around them to do soPublicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2022-03-25) Bulasco Flórez, Liliana María; Rodríguez Montiel, Lina Marcela; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloFirst of all, this document starts with the meaning of leadership and empowerment and discusses the concept of empowering leadership and how important is to put in practice is to achieve goals. Individually or collectively. It summarize the tools and measuring instruments of empowering leadership. Second, on the basis of Some researches, it shows the antecedents and effectiveness as well as about this method. Finally, the implications of characterizing ourselves as empowered leaders and all the benefits and implications for us as future teacher leaders.Publicación Acceso abierto A Personal Leadership Statement(2023-02-26) Baquero Flórez, Daniel Alberto; Cantero Arroyave, María Isabel; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloLeadership is nowadays considered one of the most important skills of the last century. It is present in our everyday life and happens in every place from a simple classroom to a big company. According to Daft (2008), Leadership involves influence, it occurs among people, and those people intentionally desire significant changes, and the changes reflect purposes shared by leaders and followers. In this sense, leadership is not only making individual decisions but working according to what surrounds us to achieve objectives and purposes; leadership is about how much we can inspire the ones who surround us.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-07-14) Espitia Osorio, Carolina Marcela; González Estrada, Alexander; Orozco Cerpa, Lilibeth Karina; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloThis abstract explores the concept of authentic leadership and its implications for the future. It emphasizes the qualities of authentic leaders, such as confidence, transparency, and a focus on developing others. The importance of collaboration and flexible thinking in leadership is highlighted. The abstract also discusses leadership empowerment and its role in fostering autonomy and decision-making power. The plan for future teachers is to apply the knowledge gained to become leading teachers who can bring positive change to educational institutions. In conclusion, teacher empowerment is crucial for reflective and authentic teaching practices, and schools must prioritize stakeholder commitment, leadership development, and a collaborative culture for successful leadership plans.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2023-02-18) Arcia Hernández, María José; Cotes Arroyo, María Victoria; Aguas Castillo, PedroIn the educational progress of an institution, leadership is a skill that enhances the efficiency and equity of education of a group, not only of individuals. Its function is to improve the results and influence the motivations and abilities of all the members that belong to it, and what better way than to implement the term empowerment and authenticity to promote positive changes? In this personal leadership statement, we cover key leadership concepts, our own assumptions, and the possible implications if we implement them in institutions with a plan for future development as great leaders. The plan is to use empowerment to transform the process of being a teacher into a more authentic and open leader. Thus, the plan proposed leads to better satisfaction and growth.Publicación Acceso abierto A personal leadership statement(2021-07-15) Vidal Figueredo, Andrea Carolina; Jaramillo Saez, Mary Eugenia; Galarcio Triana, Lorena Patricia; Aguas Castillo, Pedro PabloIn this research we seek to capture our ideas and experiences about a common ideal (teacher leadership), together our experiences gave very similar results in terms of the behavior and ease of a teacher in the classroom, helping us to find better ways to teach, to explain, and to address students.