{"id":193,"date":"2018-11-25T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T23:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/stellapetersldrs501\/?p=193"},"modified":"2018-11-25T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T23:51:35","slug":"response-to-sallys-favourite-things-blog-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/stellapetersldrs501\/2018\/11\/25\/response-to-sallys-favourite-things-blog-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Sally’s Favourite Things || Blog 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to Sally’s original post found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hello Sally! I hope you are surviving report card season?<\/p>\n

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I must say your writing is inspirational, all of it. I read you in awe. You are clear, articulate, and thought-provoking. You have a gift, and I pray you continue to use it even after your courses are complete. You need to write a book, seriously!<\/p>\n

Thank you for your thoughts on strategic leadership competencies. I adore how you said \u201cInvesting in the strong teaching ability of my colleagues has no down side\u201d (Hinksman, 2018). When a professional teaching environment becomes toxic, it is difficult to remember this adage. However, \u201cin excellent schools things \u2018hang together\u2019; a sense of purpose rallies people to a common cause; work has meaning and life is significant; teachers and students work together and with spirit; and accomplishments are readily recognized\u201d (Sergiovanni, 2007, p. 6). Though you may not be in formal leadership, your gifting towards natural leadership provides you with ample opportunity to impact school culture. This is evident when you write \u201cIt is easy to criticize decisions without full knowledge of the factors involved and many staff members do this from the comfortable position of knowing they have no accountability\u201d (Hinksman, 2018). I think this is the number one learning I have had in my first three months of formal leadership. Confidentiality is essential in senior administrator roles, and while I may want to explain (or defend?!) my decisions, I can not. It creates the divide, and I can feel the \u201cus versus them\u201d mentality come up in staff when they misjudge the reasons behind our decisions. Thank you for bringing awareness to this.<\/p>\n

You wrote, \u201cGalbraith was the most difficult to adapt to education\u201d (Hinksman, 2018). I completely concur with you on this, and I basically wrote as much in my post too. However, Pierre challenged me by asking \u201cIf you could start from scratch, to design an education system based on your ideas, would you find this book more useful? Do you think this thought experiment would help you come up with possible innovation for your current system?\u201d (Florendo, 2018). When framing the Galbraith (2014) text in this way, how would you answer? Lepsinger (2010) concludes \u201cExecution is not just about leader behavior. Organizational structure and management systems must support and reinforce that behaviour\u201d and \u201cTo encourage innovation, you need a mechanism for screening and funding new ideas\u201d (p. 206). I wonder when we have been functioning in a system as long as we have (i.e. our own K-12 experience, then university training, plus the decades in our own classrooms), if we can actually detach ourselves enough to get a detached, birds-eye view of our organizational systems? Fullan (2013) quotes Steve Jobs words \u201cIt takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions\u201d (p. 57). However, with your experience as well as your gift of systems thinking, can you imagine another way to create an education system? Have you pondered this at all? What say you?!<\/p>\n

I wish you well in all of your endeavors, and I hope to run into you again! Blessings, sister.<\/p>\n

Stella<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Florendo, P. (2018). Response to Stella\u2019s strategic competencies || Blog 8.1: <\/strong>Interdependence.Retrieved November 23, 2018, from https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/pierreflorendo\/2018\/11\/23\/response-to-stellas-strategic-competencies-blog-8-1-interdependence\/<\/p>\n

Fullan, M. (2013). Stratosphere: Integrating technology, pedagogy, and change knowledge. <\/em>Toronto, ON: Pearson Canada Inc.<\/p>\n

Galbraith, J. R. (2014).\u00a0Designing organizations: Strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hinksman, S. (2018). These are a few of my favourite things. Weblog. Retrieved November 25, 2018, from https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/sally81\/2018\/11\/24\/%E2%99%AB%E2%99%AA%E2%99%AB%E2%99%AA%E2%99%AA-these-are-a-few-of-my-favourite-things-%E2%99%AB%E2%99%AA%E2%99%AB%E2%99%AA%E2%99%AA-8-1-competencies\/<\/p>\n

Sergiovanni, T. (2007). Rethinking leadership: A collection of articles. <\/em>Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Sally’s original post found here. Hello Sally! I hope you are surviving report card season? I must say your writing is inspirational, all of it. I read you in awe. You are clear, articulate, and thought-provoking. You have a gift, and I pray you continue to use it even after your courses … <\/p>\n

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