The industry of education runs on the pillar of good organization and leadership. Organizations are of two basic types – the internal organization and the external organization. 

Both are interlinked and mutually interdependent. Without external organization internal organization will be incomplete and without internal organization external organization will be like a building without (strong) basement and will also be very stressful to maintain. 

But what are these internal and external organizations and how can they influence a coaching teacher?

The Internal and External Organization

Before understanding the need of organization for teachers (and also students) in education we need to understand the issue of organization itself. Thus comes the question of internal and external organization. 

So what to understand by internal and external organization? 

These theories are a little bit complex and hard to comprehend. Details discussion on these are beyond the scope of this article. These topics can even exhaust the scope of a book or treatise if attempted to be written as they should be. Still I am trying to give a brief introduction to both of them over here. 

Our human existence is made of different components. Out of that the two major components are the body and the mind. Body is the biological existence and the mind is the psychological existence. 

Our biological self and the psychological self interact with the external living and non-living world for many different purposes. The level of such interactions and communications varies on many factors like the individual personification, purpose, environment and so on. 

Every interaction has its own properties and systems. When a particular interaction is done under the domain of its properties and systems then we can understand that as an example of organization. If the interaction is with external existences then the organization is external. If the interaction is internal then that has to be the internal organization. 

Let me give a couple of examples and try to explain a bit. Suppose one is cooking food. Cooking a dish is an interaction with more than one non- living substance in a predefined format or system. Using the substances in their proper amount or ratio, at the proper timing, would give an edible and tasty dish. 

This is an organized application of substances or is an organization. And this is an example of external organization. And it is linked with the internal organization of the person who is cooking. How?

Let us see how improper internal organization can adversely affect the external organization. If the cook has low internal organization then he or she would not be able to keep the ingredients at their right places. As a result, when the cooking will be in progress then he would find himself busy with searching one ingredient after another. As a result the timing and sequencing of the ingredients can get unorganized. And the result is a bad dish.

On the other hand, whoever is internally well organized would keep everything very organized and well placed. He will not take much time and effort to find the right thing at the right time. Another even more organized person may choose to arrange all the ingredients beforehand and keep them arranged according to their sequence of applications. 

What if another person is even more organized? He will not only arrange the ingredients at their sequence but also measure their quantities or ratios perfectly with a kitchen balance. And what is the outcome? A magnificent dish. 

This way internal organization can translate into external organizations and thus define the level and quality of interactions. 

In similar ways, often external organizations can also resonate to form levels of better or worse internal organizations. 

Organization Skill for Teachers and Students

Now if the levels of internal and external organization can affect the quality of a dish so much then we can imagine how much influence one teacher’s internal and external organizations can have on his or her students. 

The way a cook prepares a cuisine dish, in the similar way a teacher prepares his students academics and career. And if the teacher is well organized both internally and externally then that can have a great positive influence on their students. 

The organized teacher can prepare better learning procedures and study materials, and also can create more organization within their students. If students become more organized then they will be able to plan their studies more efficiently, can learn to manage their time and schedules better. Their learning and even memorizing can become more organized as their brain will learn to get internally organized. 

A Word on Leadership Skills of Teachers

The task of a teacher is not just to distribute information among his students. A book or a website or a Youtube video can do that well. Not even just to explain that information. 

It is true that student-customized explanation and visualization of complex or critical information is a great job for a teacher. But that is not all.

Actually a teacher’s main work is not information processing and presentation. Nowadays many take it that way but that is not the way it is. Then what is a teacher to a student? 

In the shortest possible explanation, a teacher is a ‘Leader’ to his or her students. And hence the job of a teacher is to lead the academic development of the student. And that obviously includes information transfer and presentation, concept illustration and explanation, helping to cope with assignments and everything else that a teacher usually do for the students. 

In spite of doing all those things, the main task that the teacher has to perform is to lead his or her students in their academic journey. And when a teacher can do this properly and fruitfully then that makes him or her a great teacher. 

Thus good leadership skills are a precious asset of a teacher. The abilities to lead the students in their path of development can make all the difference in their lives.