<div dir="ltr"><div>On Monday, our principal accepted a position at our Educational Service Center and turned in his resignation. He was liked by all of the staff and dearly loved by many. During his time at Green he built a positive culture and nurtured self and collective efficacy. He was a servant leader, who exemplified inspirational motivation and individualized consideration regularly with his staff, which lent itself well to building efficacy. He believed in his staff and helped us to believe in ourselves. He brought us together, along with his vision: that every student could complete every assignment and that every assignment could be a quality assignment so that no student would fail and student achievement would increase. Not everyone was sold on the vision immediately, but he spent time each teacher individually, mentoring us and bringing us all closer together under his vision. We truly believed that if we worked on our assignments and ensured that every student completed every assignment, we could greatly affect student outcomes.</div><div><br></div><div>And, it worked. Over the last two years under this vision, we nearly reached that goal, dropping our failures from 89 two years ago to 8 this last year. It was hard at times, when students would have 20-plus missing assignments. But, as we helped them chisel away at their missing assignment list, students' motivation and self-efficacy increased, as well. They became more engaged in class and ultimately were exposed to more curriculum than when we'd simply given them a zero for the assignment. Staff were motivated, believed in themselves, and worked to make better quality assignments. It was not always easy to get the assignments turned in at times, so we wanted to be sure the assignments were aligned to the standards and would truly benefit the students. It was a big job. We processed and made many adjustments individually and collectively. At times, we experienced individual setbacks, and a teacher's self-efficacy would wane. Other teachers shared their personal success stories and reminded each other of the steps already taken forward. Over time, teachers recovered and pushed through difficulties on their own, making adjustments to their processes as needed. </div><div><br></div><div>Currently, our collective efficacy is low. We don't know who our new administrator will be and if they will continue the work we've begun. Challenging times are ahead, yet self-efficacy can motivate much of this work to continue, with or without an administrator on board. </div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-4047583328003900273gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="green"><b>Molly Sylvia</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="green"><b>7th/8th Grade Social Studies Teacher</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Jr. High Quiz Bowl Advisor</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><b>Youth in Government Advisor</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="green">Green High School</font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="green">4057 Gallia Pike</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="green">Franklin Furnace, Ohio 45629</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1">office 740.354.9290 ext. 3212</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="1">fax 740.354.9904</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="green"><b><i>BELIEVE</i></b></font></div></div></div>
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