Leadership Resume

The leadership wonderings....

I have engaged in a variety of leadership opportunities since beginning my professional career in education:

Year 1: Chaired a division meeting, participated in the school effectiveness plan (language), supported the development of the Turnaround Team's Exit binder in the area of Shared Reading, led Earth Week Celebrations

Year 2: Sat as a member of the school's leadership team to encourage cross grade grouping, participated in planning staff development at a staff meeting on Guided Reading, led primary drama club, play day.

Year 3: Initiated co-ordination of the book room, led think bowl team, organized 3 TLCP, created division wide long range plans for implementation in Sept 2010, coordinated a parent led EQAO information night.

With this being "said", I strongly believe that leadership is more about the small supports you provide for your team, collaboration with families, and attitude while on staff.

Here are my Year 4 goals:

L - Laugh - While Leadership can be taxing, let's not forget the little things like laughter.

E - Educate Children - This is our job, let's not miss it in the politics.

A - Accepting Others - Leadership has everything to do with recognizing who an individual is and how to communicate and work with him/her/them where they are at.

D - Drive Forward - Always moving in a forward direction means making progress and having a vision of where you're going.

S - Strategic Planning - Being organized both for the meeting at noon (small picture) and the staff development meetings (big picture) provides those you lead with Security and you with Sanity.