Thursday, May 23, 2013

What can I do to be a visionary leader?

As I review the NETS (National Education Technology Standards) standard in the area of Visionary Leadership, I see a significant difference from my schooling, to how my daughters and the next generations will be educated.  The first subcategory ~a. inspire and facilitate~ I see this becoming apart of our school through our new data entry and reporting system: DataWise.  By working with the teachers to use the pre/post test analysis in DataWise, our teachers will be able to teach to the specific and unique needs of the students across content areas.  I see technology as a tool for teachers to use their own inquiry to explore topics in relation to curriculum, and then to take those exploration opportunities to the classroom for their students to develop and share what they have learned with their peers.  In reviewing the next subcategory~b. engage in an ongoing process to develop, implement, and communicate technology-infused strategic plans aligned with a shared vision~I believe blogging and sharing documents through Google documents will make teaching more interactive in and out of school and sharing documents will allow more collaboration between teachers.  When teachers have a strong understanding of their School Improvement Goals and can articulate them across their content areas the depth of knowledge the teachers and students will gain will be amazing. When everyone in a school has the same goals and focus, the movement forward is so much stronger than everyone focusing on individual goals and expectations. Finally in reviewing the last subcategory ~c. advocate on local, state, and national levels for policies, programs, and funding to support implementation of a technology-infused vision and strategic plan~  I believe and have heard several times over that teachers do not do enough to promote and advertise the goodness that is happening with in our schools and classrooms.  So to support this last subcategory, we as teachers need to publish more class and school focused websites that are interactive for our students, families and communities.  We need to let our representative know how things are and are not working within our schools according our budgets and resources they have provided for us.  We need to share our real life statistics of our scores and our classroom demographics, which will help the representatives understand what we are experiencing everyday in the classroom.  As previous discussions within the TLA, information was shared that if business' want to change the new hires coming in,  then the business' and the community have to work with the school systems to map out what the new hires need to bring with them from school to have a success career.  I see community and school partnerships as a key element in developing all the learners going into the 21st century.  These standards will encourage a variety of new ways to research, develop and deliver the curriculum to all our future students coming through our classrooms.


1 comment:

  1. Angela - thanks for posting your ideas on how you can further the ideals of being a visionary leader. I enjoyed reading your post, and especially agree with your thoughts on how little is done in the way of promoting and telling our story.

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