[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 6020, Response to Answer for Question #2

[Dustin Tyler]

 After looking at the different systems, I feel like the
Professional-Structured system most closely relates to the school that I am
in. I think that our administrator trusts her staff and feels like we are
professionals that do not need watched at all times. She follows the rules
and procedures to run the school that are given to her from higher up but I
feel like she does involve the staff in decision making that is best for
our school. This past school year was her second year as principal and I
think she has stepped into the role with a fresh outlook on how it feels to
be a teacher in the building and what teachers want and need. She has rules
that she has to follow from higher up but I think she does her best to be
professional and treat the staff as professionals. I feel like we can use
our own teaching strategies and creativity to effectively teach the
standards that we are expected to teach. Procedures and routines keep the
teachers and students on task and prepared for any situation that arises.

I think the least structure that resembles my school is the chaotic
structure. Our school/district is not unorganized. Our rules and procedures
keeps our school running smoothly on a daily basis. We have schedules and
routines that we follow. Students as well as teachers know their goals and
expectations.

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:38 AM, Dustin Tyler <dustin.tyler at ccsd.us> wrote:

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> *Response to Samantha HowellAfter reading your answer to question two, I
> believe my experience closely resembles yours.  I have changed principals
> from year to year and have gotten a mix of leaders and managers. The
> professional structured system is one that I have enjoyed the most and it
> has allowed me to become the best teacher that I could be.  This systems
> trusts the professionalism and allows for creativity of teachers. Although,
> some teachers may enjoy a different structure this one is by far my
> favorite and it sounds like yours as well. The staff tends to be more
> positive and invest more into everything they do when they are treated as
> professionals and can make decisions based off on what is best for the
> kids.     You described the chaotic structure as being the least structure
> that resembles the professional structure I would agree.
> Professional-structure is a stable structure while the chaotic structure is
> ineffective and turbulent. I have also worked under a more authoritative
> structure where the relationship between teacher and principal became a
> struggle. We had a hard time communicating and developing ideas/decisions
> on what was best for children or an individual child in the classroom. Some
> of my fellow teachers didn't have a problem with the authoritarian
> structure but I most certainly did. Reading your response and justifying
> why your school is a professional structure checks nearly every box for the
> characteristics of this type of structure.  *
>
>
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