As an administrator, barriers are certain to be put in my way. Some barriers will naturally be more difficult to deal with than others. However, dealing with each issue is of the utmost importance in order for the school to run the best it can. I am a very big goal oriented person, so when it comes to tasks being accomplished I want to find the quickest and most effective way of doing something. On the other hand, I also like to allow others to have a part in accomplishing the goals and tasks as well. This can sometimes cause conflict because as humans, we are all wired differently and want to take different approaches to accomplishing a task and work on different time frames. One way I believe I can address these issues is by making sure that everyone has the same goal and ending accomplishment in mind, and also by setting a time frame in which certain things should be completed. After teaching in a school for three years, one common theme I see is the importance of the relationships that you have with your principal and colleagues. One barrier that I can see myself encountering when it comes to my relationships with my teachers, is the need to try and please everyone. Another barrier that I feel like I will encounter is having difficulties of maintaining the professional relationship along with the personal relationship. I feel like one way that I can account for these possible barriers is by setting certain standards that I will do my best to hold to in certain situations. If there is one thing that I have realized since the time started in education, dating all the way back to my undergrad is that education is forever changing. The fact that schools are open systems and always having to deal with external forces enhances the amount of change that schools can see. One thing that I struggle with as an individual is staying on top of things that may seems not as important to me as other things. This type of character trait will cause the change barrier to be more difficult for me to deal with because I could find myself getting overwhelmed very easily. -- *Codie Ward* *Vinton Elementary* *4th Grade Language Arts and Science* * gl_jward at seovec.org < gl_jward at seovec.org >* *1 Peter 3:18* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/ous-lp-rp13/attachments/20180621/5d84c6b5/attachment-0001.html >
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