What strategies do you use that are related to your “moral purpose”? How do these contribute to your overall leadership?
Every year a new batch of students walk through my doors. Some are students I've had the year before and some have never stepped in my classroom. For those students that I have not had as students before, I do my very best to make my own judgement based on the actions of the student rather than judging them on what I've heard from other teachers. I believe each student should have a chance to start over at the beginning of the year and start with a clean slate. This is my first moral purpose strategy, treat people fairly.
Secondly, I surround myself with like minded people. I believe having people around that have a "strong moral compass" (Elias) helps me stay true to myself, especially for the duration of a school year (or tenure at a school). At school, there are some teachers that I do not interact with as much because of how they treat students or how they conduct them self outside of school. I feel that they're negativity would drag me down and wear me down.
And lastly, being a leader at my school helps me to have a strong moral purpose. "Leaders in all organization, whether they know it or not, contribute for better or for worse to moral purpose in their own organization and in society as a whole." (Fullan) As a leader in my classroom or in my school I must always act as if someone is watching and this is one of the ways I remain a moral leader. Elias wrote that "to follow any leader, others must be convinced of that leader's dedication to equity [and] fairness."
I became an educator to "make a difference in the lives of students" (Fullan) and I believe that I do a pretty good job at that. I listen to students, treat them fairly, surround myself with solid people and lead when necessary. "It takes a staff, who have strong, trusting relationships to truly propel and maintain a high-functioning [classroom and] school." (Alber)
Secondly, I surround myself with like minded people. I believe having people around that have a "strong moral compass" (Elias) helps me stay true to myself, especially for the duration of a school year (or tenure at a school). At school, there are some teachers that I do not interact with as much because of how they treat students or how they conduct them self outside of school. I feel that they're negativity would drag me down and wear me down.
And lastly, being a leader at my school helps me to have a strong moral purpose. "Leaders in all organization, whether they know it or not, contribute for better or for worse to moral purpose in their own organization and in society as a whole." (Fullan) As a leader in my classroom or in my school I must always act as if someone is watching and this is one of the ways I remain a moral leader. Elias wrote that "to follow any leader, others must be convinced of that leader's dedication to equity [and] fairness."
I became an educator to "make a difference in the lives of students" (Fullan) and I believe that I do a pretty good job at that. I listen to students, treat them fairly, surround myself with solid people and lead when necessary. "It takes a staff, who have strong, trusting relationships to truly propel and maintain a high-functioning [classroom and] school." (Alber)
Alber, Rebecca. “How to Give Your School Leader a Grade.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 14 Aug. 2009, www.edutopia.org/effective-school-leadership-characteristics.
Elias, Maurice J. “6 Paths to Better Leadership.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 20 Dec. 2016, www.edutopia.org/blog/educators-improving-school-leadership-maurice-elias.
Fullan, Michael. “ED467449.” Jossey-Bass, 2001.
Elias, Maurice J. “6 Paths to Better Leadership.” Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 20 Dec. 2016, www.edutopia.org/blog/educators-improving-school-leadership-maurice-elias.
Fullan, Michael. “ED467449.” Jossey-Bass, 2001.
Nice. I like your strategies and your reasoning behind them.
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