Monday Moanin Thoughts #15 Be More Effective And Intentional

This is an archived  blog from January 2012.

Being a leader in today’s schools is a difficult challenge. There are mandates, shrinking resources, learning gaps, new supervisors,  micro managing school boards, and state legislatures to deal with. These challenges can cause you to act with caution and less confidence which could negatively impact you as a leader. Listed below are some strategies that may be helpful in keeping you on track and focused on improving your skills and effectiveness as a leader.  I encourage you to try using as many of these over the next 30 days. Then reflect and determine if you were more effective and intentional in your practice. In no particular order, here they are :

1. State and restate your vision often.

2. Give consistent, respectful feedback to your students and staff.

3. Focus on teaching and learning for the 21st century.

4. Encourage your staff to participate in Instructional Support Teams. Peer to peer sharing is critical to enhancing practice in classrooms.

5. Fill other’s buckets by improving your communication.

6. Be well planned and in control of your time.

7. Lead by doing.

8. Participate and contribute in an online  learning community.

9. Take time to build relationships with your community.

10. Find the joy in your job and stay positive. Find the good stuff.

Have a great week and lets’ get to work.