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12-11-10

The presentations were in-lighting information with the different topics that had been research and presented. One of the presenations in my group was on evaluations of extra-curricular personnel which I thought helped me to understand this process. I reflected on what the book had stated, the effective leaders have a strong regard for people and the overall success of the organization. The extras have a purpose of helping the students have a well balance between work and play that hopefully will lead into their adult life.

12-12-10

I found the stress and burnout section needed for us as future administrators/leaders helpful and for our staff. We need compassion and structure in leading anyone to great success. It is a balance that not only us but also the teacher/staff need to learn to understand and it is us the leadership of the building to manage that. For those of you that this is your last class, congrats and good luck in you endeavors.

Sunday

I'm not sure if we were supposed to blog about Sunday, but I figure better safe than sorry. The day went quickly, I felt confident in how I did on the final and although I resisted the case studies at first I got something out of it.
I also liked the discussion about stress and burnout. I can see how this can happen to many teachers, and administators and it's important to have a grip on things when you're in this field.

Thanks for another good semester! Happy Holidays everyone!

Last Sunday

I found the information on Stress very interesting. Though we all experience stress, we all handle it differently. We need to be aware of not only the stressful triggers in our own life, but also what we can do to help reduce stress in the lives of our staff members. We need to have critical conversations with staff members on what things in the job might be pushing them too much, but we also need to learn how to push enough. Life really is all about balance. Sometimes we will get off balance and we have to know the people in our lives that can help to bring us back. I have appreciated the friendships that have been built in this program and know that we will continue to have those relationships as we move onto the next phase of our profession. Thank you all!

Saturday

On Saturday I was really interested in the information that Lori and Kelly shared. Realizing that we can have a plan for the unexpected things we will experience as administrators. Dealing with the death of a student is a devastating event and one that I hope none of us will have to go through. My hope is that we will see the myriad of resources both inside and outside or our buildings and that we will work to establish quality relationships with those resources so that it will benefit not only our school but our entire community as well.

Sunday

First off, congrats again to all those who have finished up the EDL program! This class taught me so much about school personnel. The hiring process has been made clear to me and the effectiveness of hiring the right person for the right building culture makes sense. Administrators face a wide variety of situations throughout their daily schedules; and I think learning about Situational Leadership informed me of how situations will be handled differently based on the circumstances. Great class -very beneficial.