Week 1 Post 3

Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on my “how we define leadership defines how people will participate in it,” quote I have more to add. Let’s just say that a personal situation has arrived and it involves people in a leadership position being unethical. The short story is that this is a case of people abusing their power and leadership position to get something that they want personally. Obviously, this is not the right thing to do but I feel as if sometimes people in these positions fail to see the impact that this has on their staff. It creates an aura of mistrust and even if you are willing to help someone in that manner, it still shows that you are capable of unethical actions. You can see it resonate throughout an entire building.
I used to think that it was teachers that ran a school and gave it direction. I now realize that there are so many things that happen that teachers aren’t even aware of. There is no question that a schools direction, achievement, and atmosphere are a direct result of it’s administration. The sad part of this in the State of Wisconsin is that there are so many districts that are having superintendent troubles. Either they can’t find them or they have problems keeping them. I was recently in Kenosha and was able to witness a district that was basically refusing to let it’s superintendent retire. Racine had also had issues with their job search. So many of these districts are in flux and it’s hard to send a consistent positive message when you have continual turnover at the most important position in the district.