Domain+III



DOMAIN III—ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP

Competency 008 - The principal knows how to apply principles of effective leadership and management in relation to campus budgeting, personnel, resource utilization, financial management, and technology use.

There were 10 hours spent on this competency. I would evaluate my mastery at a level of proficient because I feel that I am not prepared enough to handle a campus budget. However, I feel that the area of budgeting is the only area I would rate my master at proficient. My level of mastery at everything else would be exemplary.

I think the activity that I feel was valuable to me was to compile a list of books, publications, training manuals, and district or state publications used or recommended of the position of study. I did this for both the technology and leadership portions of my internship. This allowed me to talk to several different people and acquire input on what they read to stay abreast of various topics as well as self-help/improvement books to sharpen their leadership skills. I think this allowed me to examine myself and reflect on areas of weakness. Then, I was able to compile my list of publications to improve those areas. This is important because I will use the information that I learn not only to improve myself, but it will affect others as I share what I am learning. As long as I am always reading and working on keeping my list updated, I feel that I will be improving others that I work with as well as myself. Iron sharpens iron; if I share or exude the things I am learning, others will benefit also. I see this activity as on ongoing activity that I will always do and I would encourage others to do it as well.

Competency 009 - The principal knows how to apply principles of leadership and management to the campus physical plant and support systems to ensure a safe and effective learning environment.

While I only had a combined 8 hours from both logs, I feel that I reached a mastery level of exemplary. This is because I am able to encourage and support others in a positive way, including staff and students. My leadership and management style creates a safe and effective learning environment.

There were a variety of activities that I completed for this competency. After looking at them all, I find that there isn’t really one that sticks out as more important or that I learned more from. Instead, when I evaluate all the activities completed, I come to this conclusion: there are a variety of support jobs, besides teaching, that keep our schools running smoothly; and without those support jobs, teachers and administrators wouldn’t be able to do their jobs. The activities varied from technology, to food service, to bus drivers, and to maintenance. When I review all of these activities, I learned that our schools would not be there or operate the way that they do without these important jobs. One should not be viewed higher than the other. Instead it is a delicate alignment that constructs a web of support. All of these areas, including administration and teachers, are there for one reason – the students. Every person I interviewed had a servant’s heart to make our schools better for our students. I also feel that often times, these workers get overlooked. I think as a leader, we should make sure that the people that work in these specialized areas know how important they are and that they are needed. Although there was not one activity that stuck out as one that I learned the most from, when I look at them altogether I see a bigger picture of how important our support staff is to our school district and how they help to mold our learning environment into one that is safe and effective.