Week 2 Effective Literacy Leaders
The five key characteristics for an effective literacy are:
- Collaboration - you need to know how to work well with others and share
- Communication Skills - you need to know how to talk effectively with others
- Knowledgeable/Resourceful - you need to have background knowledge in various areas to help others (lots of tools in your toolkit)
- Evaluation Skills - being able to be self reflective but also positively reflective on others practices
- Trustworthy - being able to create a positive support system that encourages and uplifts with others (parents, teachers, students, admin)
I like how you guys included trustworthy idea! If your colleagues view you as trustworthy, then there will be little risk of "tall poppy syndrome," and people won't view you negatively for being a leader.
ReplyDeleteOur top three are the same! We also added selection, but put it under Task/Goal Oriented. I love that your group added trustworthy. That is one that our group didn't think of, but it is so important for a leader to be trusted and encouraging. I feel like that is a characteristic I need to grow in. It is not that I cannot be trusted, but I often do not outwardly show my positivity, even if I feel it. I need to be more uplifting!
ReplyDeleteI like your ideas about having evaluation skills. We mentioned being self reflective but I like how you went on to include being able to evaluate others to use that as support for those teachers.
ReplyDeleteI like how your group included trustworthy and evaluation skills as two of your traits. We were talking in our group about the importance of not only self-reflecting on things we could do better, but also things that we did well.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea with the addition of background knowledge to your knowledgeable/resourceful heading!! I had not thought of that, but it is VIP. I like the trustworthy heading also. We will need to add that to our list.
ReplyDeleteCollaboration is definitely a recurring characteristic that literacy leaders should practice. It is very important for leaders to communicate and share ideas with principals, other teachers--horizontally and vertically, families, community members, and students. Being trustworthy is also an important quality to have, because your colleagues will know you are dependable and can refer to you for questions or advice. Our group also discussed the importance of being a life long learner. Students come to you with different ideas and abilities, therefore it is important to keep up with the new researches and strategies that can positively impact your instruction and student performance.
ReplyDeleteI liked that you pointed out the importance of positive interactions with others. Your comments reminded me of our readings when the author mentioned that you cannot be a literacy leader by yourself, it takes all stakeholders!
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