Sunday, September 27, 2009
Visionary Leadership
I believe that the visionary leadership standard is the best standard for administrators to model. As an administrator, you would want to lead your school into the 21st century and keep everyone abreast of the ever changing world of technology. While on the path of leadership, an administrator has to have a vision and that vision needs to be shared with all stakeholders in order for the vision to be obtainable. When people know what one is doing and why one is doing the things that they are doing, people are more apt to jump on the bandwagon to help that particular vision surface. Usually people are inspired by others motivation and focus from a vision that can be shared to promote a “purposeful change”. Since new ideas and inventions are ever rising, an administrator would need to be prepared to change their vision from time to time. The vision should be implemented for the success of the students. Students should be the top priority of developing and engaging in a plan that promotes technical literacy and practices through a shared vision. To me, learning culture, professional practice, systemic improvement, and digital citizenship isn’t really functioning or will remain in the beginning phases without that visionary leadership. That visionary leadership contains the processes to get the other 4 standards up and running! When I first started writing this, I had first chosen digital citizenship as the most important standard but as I was writing, I noticed that I was referring to the vision more and more. So, I made a list and came up with more reasons why visionary leadership was more of an important standard than the digital citizenship. With visionary leadership, an administrator can influence the stakeholders to garner the resources to help lead the students to common practices, improved performances, and success.
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I will agree that a vision is important, however, a vision alone usually does not get things done. I think about what we learned in class this summer about organizational change. Most people don't change just because we share a vision and present them with indisputable evidence that it will work. I know that if I eat right and exercise I can lose or maintain weight, but I don't. If we want teachers to use technology we need to provide it, provide training, and then get rid of the old tools. For example if a teacher gets a smartboard, go the that classroom and take the whiteboard down and throw it away.
ReplyDeleteI think your comments are a good place to start. I think in order for anything to change, we must first have that vision. But along with that vision, we must have something to back it up with. I think that is where all the other standards come into play. We must as administrators sell these ideas, provide the tools to help create the change we are looking for, and provide the opportunity for the teachers to learn how make the visions a reality. Knowing what we want is only the first step, how to get there is the biggest step we face.
ReplyDeleteI love to see when student success is the number one reason for the decisions that we make. I also believe that the staff has to believe in the vision in order for there to be some sort of buy in. If they believe in the vision, they are more apt to do what it takes to see the vision accomplished. If they don’t believe in the vision, as an administrator we will have a hard time reaching the goal outlined in the vision.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Visionary Leadership is the start. I agree with Chris, in that a vision alone is not the answer. Making sure the vision is articulated and shared among all stakeholders is the right place to begin.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that being a visionary is enough. Great talk and plans can remain just that. I've seen some wonderful objectives written in SIP's and never happen.
ReplyDeleteM. Edwards