Monday Moanin Thoughts #145 Get To Work On Your Healthy Tension

Monday Moanin to all of you.  Many authors agree that successful organizations and teams need a healthy tension to be productive. My definition of healthy tension is an organization rooted in a collaborative climate. Healthy tension includes staff members engaging in discussions about instruction, learning,  growth and possible changes in how individuals teach and students learn. The opposite of this is a building that focuses on teacher/adult happiness that may not have enough tension or discipline to change and improve. 

Principals, as the instructional leaders in the building,  your role is to consistently push staff in a healthy way towards continuous improvement in their practice. During the next week I urge you to reflect on what type of  tension is in your organization. Use the following questions to guide your  practice as you determine the tension in your building. Is it healthy? Is your staff having the right conversations about teaching and learning? Are you asking the right questions? Is there a focus on learning?  Good luck, have a great week and keep finding the good stuff.

Quote of the week:

“Change doesn’t happen from a leader announcing the plan. Change happens from deep inside a system, when a few people notice something they  will no longer tolerate, or respond to a dream of what’s possible. We don’t have to start with power, only with passion.”  Margaret Wheatley