“leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.”
Stated by Stanley McChrystal:Listen, Learn…. then Lead. This TED video has a very interesting approach to leading. We as educators need to step back at times and let our students fail. Even witness us fail. We cannot protect them from everything. McChrystal shares this in his presentation about adaptation to failure.
I feel like I am preaching about parenting with this but I believe the same concept of parenting at times can come into the classroom. Failure is such a valuable lesson for our students to learn. Being perfect doesn’t help you become a better leader. Learning to pick yourself up after failure… Now that is a great leader.
We as educators leaders need to make sure we are willing to listen to our students and co-workers. Being able to adapt, being transparent, and in the presents for your students are strong characteristics of a leader. I feel at times I lack in these areas an need to be reminded by the staff or co-workers. Being humble and willing to adapt will only be another strong way to demonstrate to our students what a strong leader is.
The above statements is my definition of teacher leadership. One great think about leadership is their is not right or wrong way to lead. So when it comes to teacher leadership what works for me isn’t what will work for others. We are all unique teacher leaders and I honestly don’t believe one way is better then the other!
Chapter 1 The Evolving Educational Landscape
Digital learners prefer to access information quickly from multiple-media sources, but many educators prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources.
Digital learners prefer processing pictures, sound, color, and videos before text, but many educators prefer to provide text before pictures, sound, and video.
I choose the two statements above as I agree with them. I do feel at times educators are trying to slow down the information they are giving to students and not use more then 1 form of media. We as a society have developed a short attention span. I believe some of this come’s from technology offering us instant gratification.
We as educators need to make sure we are keeping up with society. Do we need to give our students instant gratification? NO, but we need to understand that this is not the norm today. We need to educate our students about this so they understand how and why we are giving them the information this way. Having and open dialog with your students about your teaching process. It will help you in the long run!
Chapter 2 Why Schools Must Change
The principal must provide appropriate professional development time and resources to support effective classroom implementation of technology
The principal must support early adopters and risk takers
The above 2 guidelines of the Ten posed by The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) I felt were most important to me. I strongly believe in support for new technology and people willing to take risks learning about the new technology. Without your support, your teaching staff might not be lead to learn new things outside of work. We are human and will make errors along the way. With a strong support system if we fail we will have the courage to get right back up and try again.
Along with support a huge part of risk taking is TIME. The trial and error process with any thing new to a person isn’t going to happen over night. Teachers need time to become for familiar with these new technology. They cannot introduce them to the classroom and have them be effect for the class, without some prior knowledge. Time is key to effectively implement new technology in the classroom. Especially if you are wanting the students to learn this new technology.
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Thanks for sharing the video, "I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust." - I especially like this quote from the video. Your post is very realistic and represents the issues and possible solutions to effective technology integration in the classroom. Yes, "time" is always brought up at most professional learning sessions I've delivered. My answer is this: "We make time to implement tools and strategies to affect student learning. So, we will look at your schedule and try to come up with a plan to assist you in learning how to use this tool, and how to implement."
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