[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 6020, Response to Answer for Question #3

[Nicholas Turon]

*Dustin,You make an interesting point on the possibility of self-efficacy
being too high. The only times I thought of self-efficacy being too high is
when children blame themselves for their parents getting divorced. I wonder
if the authoritarian “my way or the highway” mentality is caused by this
high self-efficacy alone.It seems as if, it is also a lack of trust between
staff members to not adopt or change upon suggestion. When I hear a
commanding personalities, I hear a fear in them. That person is afraid of
failure or looking bad. As I reflect more on what you said, I would say
that mentality is caused by a fixed mindset more than a high
self-efficacy.P.S. Nice Woody Hayes quote,
too.------------------------------Dustin’s original answer:I enjoyed
reflecting on both the self-efficacy and collective efficacy in my school
as it allowed me to see how much room we have for improvements in our
schools.  Self-efficacy is defined as a persons judgement about his/her
capability to organize and execute a course of action that is required to
attain a certain level of performance.  Educators typically have high
self-efficacy and at times can get in the way of good teaching practices.
In my school district, some teachers high self-efficacy have a negative
impact on students when the judgement of their own capabilities are
hindered by the ¨my way or the highway¨ routine. Education has changed,
teaching and learning has developed into something that was very different
from ten years ago.  Teachers must have high self-efficacy but at the same
time be able to change what they are doing for whatever is best for
children. On a good note, we have many teachers that display mastery
experience, modeling and vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and the
ability to lean on their physiological and affective states. These are the
teachers that I would love to work with as an administrator in the future.
My all time favorite teacher that I modeled my teaching after had all of
these things and by observing and imitating him it has made me a better
educator. These teachers would be considered leaders in my school and they
are the leaders of our school now. Collective efficacy is defined as a
shared perception of teachers in a school and that the efforts of the
faculty as a whole will have a positive effect on students.  After running
TBT meetings for over a year to many different grade levels and buildings
this entire process was put in front of me every day. Our process included
the sources of efficacy for the entire grade level, next they were to
analyze, look at teaching competence, discuss good teaching skills,
complete anecdotal notes on collective efficacy including success with a
given unit. Upon completion of this process we were able to fill out step
five from our TBT form which all comes down to performance.  As a district
we are striving for collective efficacy. We are going through building,
administration, and staffing changes that will all come to light next
year.  Woody Hayes said ¨You win with people¨ and I believe that with high
teacher self-efficacy and the plan we have in place our collective efficacy
will grow in the future.*


*Nicholas Turon*
Director of Bands
Paint Valley Local Schools
nicholas.turon at gmail.com
(740)-816-8266
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