Week Six

• How has your definition of leadership altered or been reinforced? Your definition of teacher leadership

• Has your opinion of your leadership potential changed?
• Do you agree with our textbook's assertion about "improving education from within"? If so, what will you do to help?

I always knew that being a leader is hard work. I never exactly realized how much work it is however. Being a leader, especially and administer truly takes a specific state of mind. A leader's job is to always look at the system as a whole. Leaders are not responsible for one task but many. Theses tasks often cross the paths with many people may be very different. With such a complex environment comes a very complex job.

I believe that I am a good leader and that I do possess a lot of the skill required to be one. On the other hand I do not have an interest in doing so. I've been told by several instructors and administrators that administration would be a good Master's Degree for me. But as you can see I did not go that route. I believe that it is a very demanding job.

565 week 4

This week was insightful. The game specifically was eye opening. While playing the game in class I began to realize that we were no good to say the least. As we were playing our strategies made sense. But after each round we faced more and more rejection. None of our players were progressing and our strategies were not improving. This experience has opened my eyes to the difficult tasks that leaders have to face when it comes to making systems work. There are so many angels that need to be looked into and when you think that you have it all figured out, things still may not turn out as planned. I hope that we have a better insight next week.

565 Week Three

I know i did a week two blog but I must not have saved it??? Well, this week has been insightful. I see, so often, everyday, teachers, parents, and students, who only think about themselves. The problem with this mode of thinking is that we are all a school and the school runs as a system. It does not matter how perfect or new a part of the system is unless it is working with and communicating with the rest of the system.

This is becoming apparent this time of year especially because all I hear about is scheduling. This teacher wants this and that teacher wants that. Well, did any of these teachers sit back and think that their demands may not be what is best for the school as a whole... NO! The selfishness is mind boggling. If each teacher would think about the "system" meaning not only students but other teachers as well, things might just start to run more smoothly.