Running my first Teacher Only Day!
I had a bit of a crisis about this....It's my first school and I am desperately excited about implementing all I have learnt on my leadership journey...the good stuff...not the bits that make you think " what the hell!!"
Then I stopped and thought...I remember along my journey when a principal came in and on the first staff day derailed everything that we had spent 3 years creating. On top of the stress we had been through over the past few years this was a step too far and with hindsight I think this was the nail in the coffin that saw that principal resign two terms in! Because they hadn't gauged the situation, didn't stop and think " how do my new staff feel? what have they been through? what do they want/ need at this point?
So despite my burning urge to run ahead and start to implement everything I know is needed in my utopian dream school.....I didn't!
I entered it around my staff...what did they need? What did they need from me? and what could I do to ensure they actually got a break and relaxed after all the turmoil they have had this year?
The answer it turns out was easy...3 hours of dialogue followed by dragging a chicken coop up a hill!
Relational trust is more important than people think and I really hope we are on the ladder for this to happen!
I had a bit of a crisis about this....It's my first school and I am desperately excited about implementing all I have learnt on my leadership journey...the good stuff...not the bits that make you think " what the hell!!"
Then I stopped and thought...I remember along my journey when a principal came in and on the first staff day derailed everything that we had spent 3 years creating. On top of the stress we had been through over the past few years this was a step too far and with hindsight I think this was the nail in the coffin that saw that principal resign two terms in! Because they hadn't gauged the situation, didn't stop and think " how do my new staff feel? what have they been through? what do they want/ need at this point?
So despite my burning urge to run ahead and start to implement everything I know is needed in my utopian dream school.....I didn't!
I entered it around my staff...what did they need? What did they need from me? and what could I do to ensure they actually got a break and relaxed after all the turmoil they have had this year?
The answer it turns out was easy...3 hours of dialogue followed by dragging a chicken coop up a hill!
Relational trust is more important than people think and I really hope we are on the ladder for this to happen!
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