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

[Samantha Howell]

Saretta,

I do think in the short time that I have been around you, you are
definitely an extrovert. I think this is a great quality for an
administrator to have. Administrators need to be able to be a people person
and to be likeable. Administrators deal with so many different people such
as: students, parents, colleagues. I agree with you that in order for us to
be furthering our careers, we need to have a lot of self-motivation. This
is a great quality to have because we have to keep ourselves motivated to
meet our daily goals and expectations as well as keep our staff and
students motivated. I definitely relate to you with having a weakness in
the area of technology. I feel like I am not up to date with all of the new
technology that is available to us as teachers and our students.  I think
if we just continue to try to stay up to date with the new advances or
possibly even take a technology course, that this would help us to feel
more confident with technology. I also think that you being able to form
relationships so quickly with your peers is a great personality trait to
have. To be an administrator, you are going to have to form relationships
with your staff and parents and I think it is great that you were able to
do that so quickly.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Saretta Jackson <
sjackson at southpoint.k12.oh.us> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ous-lp-rp13 mailing list
> Ous-lp-rp13 at listserv.ohio.edu
> https://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/ous-lp-rp13
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/ous-lp-rp13/attachments/20180618/91c9eb79/attachment.html>