Transformational leadership as a model to improve the teaching work environment

This article develops part of the findings of an investigation whose general objective was the theoretical characterization of transformational leadership as a model to improve the work environment in an educational institution in Machala. It is based on the certainty that the post pandemic context has some particular characteristics that may end up disrupting educational quality management and the pedagogical dynamics in general. In this sense, it is considered a priority to build the guidelines that allow the consolidation of transformational leadership as a fundamental tool in creating the appropriate conditions for a harmonious and productive teaching work environment. Methodologically, the research has a theoretical-documentary design, so some international and national studies are taken as references to articulate some broad lines of what can be considered dimensions and components of effective and successful transformational leadership in institutions of education; the type of research is basic, and the design is non experimental descriptive-propositive because the idea is to generate a general outline of the content of a transformational leadership model for the improvement of the work environment. Likewise, theoretically, the contributions of classic authors who propose important schemes or categories when proposing strategies to implement a transformational type of leadership. Among the results, the contextual description of the dimensions and components that must be taken into account to associate transformational leadership and work environment stands out.