Fave Quote: Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. (Steven Covey)
Personal Leadership Qualities: Promotes and sustains a safe learning environment; possesses strong business, communication, financial, and technological skills
Reflection: First and foremost, it is paramount to create a safe, caring, and inclusive learning environment. Learners cannot perform well, when they are feeling that they do not belong or are not accepted. Second, discipline is an opportunity for learning and growth; collaborative problem solving is an effective way to reduce repeated discipline issues for individual learners. Discipline should be fair through differentiation for each student. At the same time, there are some non-negotiables for choices that impair the wellbeing of all learners. Third, it is important to effectively time manage and communicate in multiple ways to keep people informed. Fourth, when participating in implementation of programs or initiatives, we must be confident that we have the resources in place to sustain support. We will lose trust quickly, if this is not the case. Fifth, we must hire with intelligence and mindfulness — we must secure the best talent in teaching and supporting our students.
Evidence:
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- School Site Budgeting (over 6 million) & Serving on Division Budgeting & Allocation Committee
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- Communicating: Weekly Family and Staff newsletters
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- Innovative Interviewing Practices and Connecting with Future Hires
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- Ongoing Teacher Supervision; supporting with professional learning and critical conversations
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- Proactive Discipline and Mediation Supports
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- Revised timetable change process (reduced from 3 weeks to 3 days)
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- Member of Division Technology Enrichment Project Team Committee (3 years)
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- Visioned, co-designed, and helped supervise construction of new Cosmetology Lab at first Principalship