EDLD+5333++Leadership+for+Accountability

= Week 1 Assignment, Part 1.4: = Reflections on asignments in EDLD 5333 Leadership for Accountability as shown in the Course-Embedded Assignemtn document in the Resource section of the course. (25 Points)

Joe Ross ET8005  …..The knowledge gained from this course only reaffirmed my understanding of state requirements and I am also confident that my personal vision is right and still on track. That vision revolves around the fact that leadership at any level and in any school must be a combined, unified and cooperative affair. All parties involved must meet on a regular basis and maintain the enthusiasm for carrying out the plan. It all starts with a plan. That’s something new I learned from this course; you need more than good intentions. The first step is to gather the information and work on a “doable” action plan and you also need a back up plan for when things go wrong. I like the text book’s author statements that student centered learning is the foundation to any successful plan. …..Unfortunately, the principal at my school does not hold to these foundational principals. The planning, which includes applications of technology is not a cooperative affair. Agendas are prepared before the planning meetings and there is very little input coming from the teaching staff. Meetings are more of a dissemination of information from the principal down not a forum for the exchange of ideas. The principal wields all the power. This situation is discouraging for a staff that knows under the leadership of a different principal we could implement the applications of technology in our classrooms. I am not puzzled by these facts because staff need and want to keep their jobs. They are afraid of the principal.