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

[Dustin Tyler]

"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."


On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:37 AM, Dustin Tyler <dustin.tyler at ccsd.us> wrote:

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> *I really enjoyed reading about you Saretta and found it beneficial to
> read your way of improving on certain subsets.  I learned more about you
> today just by reading your answer. I always find it interesting when
> reading or hearing about a situation where you are asked to come into a
> situation late due to enrollment after the school year has started.  We had
> a similar unsuccessful situation in our school district that didn’t bode
> well for some staff members and students. It happened to be a quick change
> for some of the teachers but it really took some time for kids to get used
> to a new routine and a new teacher.   Your response spoke to me the most
> because I am also a primary teacher at heart.  The idea of having
> conceptual skills is very important. Attempting to be able to formulate
> ideas using abstract relationships is key to understanding how a child’s
> mind works. “The key is to build upon the strengths that you already
> recognize within yourself and have the wisdom to admit your weaknesses”.
> This was very well put I know that I have already gotten better with this
> because now we are able to reflect and dig deeper into what makes us, us.
> Now that we have specifically identified our weaknesses we hopefully turn
> them into strengths. *
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