Teams are all around us...who is your favorite?
Building a team can come naturally, if you develop and work together. My family is my favorite team, along with many others. Teams don't look the same and shouldn't. I'm not going to trust the Bengals to win a post season game as much as I trust my daughter's ability to treat people fairly.
Teams have different objectives but the one thing they have in common is trust.
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| Fall 2015 |
We have been blessed to raise our family as a team. My husband and I share the workload. We give and take when it comes to our relationship and what's best for our family. We make sacrifices when that's what has to be done for the betterment of our family. We praise each other when life brings us new opportunities and we are thankful when those blessings turn into struggles. We are no different than you and what you provide for your number one team; your family.
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| Summer 2016 |
Different job positions have different levels of trust. My husband works in an environment where his life depends on those he works with. What if the trust breaks with someone who is supposed to have your back? It's a loyalty like no one knows until you live it. Unfortunately, it's one that is so often criticized in media by people who have no clue about the stress and uncertainty these professionals experience at every moment.
Kind of like teaching....
It feels like moments of uncertainty and stress when we take into account the stories of all our students. We have no control over what happens the 17 hours they are not with us, but we do control the 7 precious hours we have while at school. In essence, their life is depending on us. We have to model life skills, social skills, standard proficiency, differentiated instruction, 21st century skills, etc... The list is never ending. Our society demands so much of teachers that it is increasingly difficult to fill teaching positions. That's where building a school team is critical. WE have to be together in this development of our future leaders!
"Just Love What You Do" is the name of this blog for a reason. I have loved the people, families, relationships, and opportunities I have had the privilege to work with along this path. Now I get to build my team. I should rephrase that; We get to build Our team. The L in leadership has to define how I choose to lead. Everything in leadership is a choice. There are many options when leading a team and the choices I make will either build or break the team. So I choose Love.
What does that look like in a school setting? Learning with the team in new opportunities. Listening to the team and taking in their professional opinion. Understanding there are decisions the team is trusting me to make and being ready to make them. Trust is reciprocal and goes well beyond the teacher-leader relationship. Building grade level teams that unite and work together to meet new initiatives. Building level teams that share the workload because we all have a story besides our work demands. Building district level teams that bring experts in from our own community to help us with needs. Sending our teams out to other schools to do the same. All of this with love in our hearts.
JUST LOVE stays with me wherever I go and in whatever I'm doing. No one is prepared for the amount of work a new principal has to take on, but I have one outstanding team of RCS principals! They have taken me in and helped me along the way. Thank you admin team! Without you, I would be drowning. I also have an amazing staff that has been patient and willing to work slowly as we move forward as a team. Thank you Charles Team! As we build our trust in one another I celebrate all of you for your dedication to our students and school. YOU are the difference we need!
"Don't let the enormity of the task rob you of the joy of the journey." AL Long
JUST LOVE,
Kirsten
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What does that look like in a school setting? Learning with the team in new opportunities. Listening to the team and taking in their professional opinion. Understanding there are decisions the team is trusting me to make and being ready to make them. Trust is reciprocal and goes well beyond the teacher-leader relationship. Building grade level teams that unite and work together to meet new initiatives. Building level teams that share the workload because we all have a story besides our work demands. Building district level teams that bring experts in from our own community to help us with needs. Sending our teams out to other schools to do the same. All of this with love in our hearts.
JUST LOVE stays with me wherever I go and in whatever I'm doing. No one is prepared for the amount of work a new principal has to take on, but I have one outstanding team of RCS principals! They have taken me in and helped me along the way. Thank you admin team! Without you, I would be drowning. I also have an amazing staff that has been patient and willing to work slowly as we move forward as a team. Thank you Charles Team! As we build our trust in one another I celebrate all of you for your dedication to our students and school. YOU are the difference we need!
"Don't let the enormity of the task rob you of the joy of the journey." AL Long
JUST LOVE,
Kirsten
