[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 6010, Response to Question 2

    Samantha Howell samantha.howell at vc-k12.us
    Mon Jun 18 23:48:46 EDT 2018 
    Saretta,

I do think in the short time that I have been around you, you are
definitely an extrovert. I think this is a great quality for an
administrator to have. Administrators need to be able to be a people person
and to be likeable. Administrators deal with so many different people such
as: students, parents, colleagues. I agree with you that in order for us to
be furthering our careers, we need to have a lot of self-motivation. This
is a great quality to have because we have to keep ourselves motivated to
meet our daily goals and expectations as well as keep our staff and
students motivated. I definitely relate to you with having a weakness in
the area of technology. I feel like I am not up to date with all of the new
technology that is available to us as teachers and our students.  I think
if we just continue to try to stay up to date with the new advances or
possibly even take a technology course, that this would help us to feel
more confident with technology. I also think that you being able to form
relationships so quickly with your peers is a great personality trait to
have. To be an administrator, you are going to have to form relationships
with your staff and parents and I think it is great that you were able to
do that so quickly.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Saretta Jackson < sjackson at southpoint.k12.oh.us 
> wrote:

> In looking at the three leadership traits, and their corresponding 
> subsets, I can find areas of strength.  I feel that my personality is 
> that of an extrovert.  To be a teacher, I feel that one has to possess a 
> certain amount of self-confidence.  Without some level of self-confidence 
> you would not be able to stand in the front of the room and teach. 
> Integrity should be already inherently important to any educator, both 
> outside and inside the classroom.  My age and life experiences, thus far, 
> lend me to feel that I have reached a level of emotional maturity suitable 
> for a position of authority.  However, I do find that I have a very low 
> stress tolerance.  I tend to get rattled easily if I feel that I am not 
> in control of a situation. 
>  
> I feel that my interpersonal skills are quite honed.  For example; I was 
> hired to teach Kindergarten after school had already begun.  I was hired 
> in a building that I was not very familiar with, and to teach alongside 
> people that I had not yet built a relationship with.  By Christmas of 
> that year, I had a very good relationship with my colleagues and we were 
> planning fun and engaging lessons with our whole grade level. This past 
> school year I was moved to a first grade position and, again, I have formed 
> a strong relationship within the grade level. 
>  
> Being a primary teacher, there has to be some knowledge and familiarity of 
> conceptual skills.  Being able to take a brand new concept and break it 
> down into workable pieces to help my students master that concept is 
> something that, not only is very interesting to me, but that, I feel, I am 
> comfortable with.  However, I have to say that the use of technology is 
> not something that I would pride myself on.  This is one area that I will 
> need constant refreshing and access to the wonderful IT person in our 
> building. 
>  
> Any educator has to have some level of motivation, or else we wouldn’t 
> have gotten as far as we have in our careers.  I was motivated to earn, 
> not one, but two undergraduate degrees.  I feel that I am able to meet 
> the expectations of my administrator and the expectations of my students 
> and their parents.  I have also strived to be very clear about the 
> expectations that I have of my students and of my own classroom.  These 
> listed expectations are listed and handed out with our “Beginning of Year” 
> packet that the parents pick up on our building’s beginning of year open 
> house.  I think I might struggle with having power needs.  I feel that 
> there is a noted difference in being in charge of a situation and actually 
> craving the power that comes with being in charge. I had to dig a little 
> deeper to not that difference between self-efficacy and self-confidence.  Self-efficacy 
> is define by an individual’s belief in his or her innate ability to 
> achieve goals.  This particular trait, I feel, is crucial to being 
> successful in anything that you choose to do.  I believe that I am going 
> to be successful in my endeavors, so therefore, I foresee that I will be a 
> success. 
>  
> There are strengths and weaknesses in all of us.  The key is to build 
> upon the strengths that you already recognize within yourself and have the 
> wisdom to admit your weaknesses.  Once those weaknesses are identified, 
> then the act of growth can begin. 
>  
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