Week 1 Post 2

I found something that I disagree with and something that I do agree with in Lambert's assumptions of leadership (Lambert pg. 4).

First, I believe that the statement everyone has the right, responsibility, and capability to be a leader is a half-truth. Sure, I believe that in some way at some small level we are all "leaders," but I don't think that everyone in education has the "capability" of leadership. I think that we are made of our experiences and some people just don't have it in them to lead in education. That doesn't diminish their worth, because a room full of leaders can be problematic. I also don't think that it is everyone responsibility to be a leader either. Sometimes people need to step back from leadership and allow someone else to grow into that role. That can be students or colleagues. I just believe that some teachers were meant to teach students, while some teachers reach a point in their careers where they are better served by leaving the classroom and becoming a district leader and helping the teachers better serve their students.

I do believe in the assumption that how we define leadership defines how people will participate in it. This is my current leadership situation in my school. We as teachers follow the leadership that is set before us. Right now my Principal does very little delegating of authority and we as a staff follow that lead. The strength of a district really is in it's leadership. If a school board and superintendent are weak, the district will follow. If that district has fantastic leadership, the district will follow it in that direction.

 

JH