Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Power Dynamics Made Easy
At my school there is really only one individual who holds the power: that is the principal at my high school. Luckily, he is a very competent and fair administrator but currently he is stretched too thin because he alone has the power to affect change. If you have his ear, change will occur in the direction you want. If you are outside of his decision making process or circle, you will not have a voice. Consequently, a direct relationship must be built with the principal (preferably on both a personal and professional level) if one wishes to influence change.
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I'm sorry to hear that your administrator leads in this fashion. I'm more disappointed to say that this is common among many administrators. I believe that teachers need to be an essential part of the decision making process. If administrators would value the opinions of their teachers, I believe that the decision making process would be smoother, achieve better results and would create an engaged and committed staff. These changes would only allow the school to achieve success and hopefully, excellence. By not including teachers the administrators are creating a divisive atmosphere, where those that are needed to implement their changes are already feeling left out and as though they are not needed, when in reality they are essential to the success of the school.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that you only get heard if you have a personal relationship with your principal is not the way for things to work. It may seem to work for the principal but not for the others around them. Everyone should have a say weither they are close with the principal or not. Things are not being changed in the best possible way when there is only a small circle of people giving their input.
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