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Communication is key; not just communication, but honest, pro-active communication. Something that stood out to me and I need to work on is avoiding sarcasm and defensiveness. You can't take things KIDS say personal.

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1. Help others accept vulnerability and accept their failures.
2. Learn how to recover from failure and pass it on to others. We all fail at some point.
3. When you have an idea act on it.
4. If people don't understand your instructions look back on if it needs clarification.
5. Focus on hope without it there is no plan for the future.
6. Create experiences for others it is still the best teacher.
7. Focus on the long term not the short term.

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Leaders who value communication are pro-active (predict situations before they arise so when they do you are ready), intentional with their actions, and prioritize their time effectively.

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We all became teachers for a reason. If you don't enjoy your job, students will notice. You will lose them.. We chose a very rewarding profession. Don't lose site of that!

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Leaders are not responsible for their subordinates morale, but I believe that they are responsible for ensuring there is a positive work environment that enables subordinates to have a high morale at the workplace. Communication, trust, ownership, team building, and following up with concerns are keys to a having a high workplace morale and subordinate's success. Subordinates are to express themselves when the workplace environment is not conducive to their success.

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I believe this is true, that leaders aren't afraid to say "No" They take the lead in any situation. They are there to help admin when help is needed. Sometimes leaders take on too much. But at the same time admin should see how these leaders are not afraid to help when needed. So it's a two way street. 

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I believe this is true, that leaders aren't afraid to say "No" They take the lead in any situation. They are there to help admin when help is needed. Sometimes leaders take on too much. But at the same time admin should see how these leaders are not afraid to help when needed. So it's a two way street. 

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Communication at every level is key; that being said, it is imperative that a leader does an effective job to communicate with all its stake holders because that contributes to a positive work environment/culture. 

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Communication at every level is key; that being said, it is imperative that a leader does an effective job to communicate with all its stake holders because that contributes to a positive work environment/culture. 

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A culture of "Gotcha" builds a negativity in several aspects of an organization. It can cause students and staff to feel insecure in their skills and embarrassed.  That will lower the chance at being excellent.  It can cause people to feel like the school system is set up for them to fail.  That can cause people to shy away from growth.  It can also cause playing the blame game vs. giving credit where credit is due.  Gotcha takes away the chance for excellence by creating an environment of fear, failure and mistrust between students, teachers and their leaders.

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A culture of "Gotcha" builds a negativity in several aspects of an organization. It can cause students and staff to feel insecure in their skills and embarrassed.  That will lower the chance at being excellent.  It can cause people to feel like the school system is set up for them to fail.  That can cause people to shy away from growth.  It can also cause playing the blame game vs. giving credit where credit is due.  Gotcha takes away the chance for excellence by creating an environment of fear, failure and mistrust between students, teachers and their leaders.

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In this section the term "gotcha" is meant that people get what they deserve or is a negative term that means we like to see them fail or do wrong. Instead what we must do is turn that from a negative connotation into a positive one. We must recognize students for the good they do and not always focus on the bad behavior or bad grade they receive. This can make the student lose trust or faith in the class or teacher. Instead we should pick out the positives from that individual and work to build on it.

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This is an important component of expecting excellence on a campus. Having "Gotcha!" moments will create a sense of distrust from the students to the staff, which will ultimately create an environment of unhappiness. Having these moments are not what is best for the students, a campus should be spreading positive energy in order to maximize students learning and teachers abilities!

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"A positive work environment is the most critical element of ensuring that students feel safe, connected, valued and primed for success." (page 86).
Leaders: communicate effectively
Trust: Maintain teams' confidence, show vulnerability
Placing blame: take responsibility for our own results
Team Builder: Build teams
Follow through

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When we think or hear of the word "gotcha" we think that something negative has occurred. Using this term can create a toxic work environment. You might feel that you are being targeted. That admin is just looking for the mistakes that you are making. Instead of having this attitude, "gotcha" should be used to see the positive that is happening around the school. Give credit where credit is due. Recognize the students and staff for their contributions.

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When we think or hear of the word "gotcha" we think that something negative has occurred. Using this term can create a toxic work environment. You might feel that you are being targeted. That admin is just looking for the mistakes that you are making. Instead of having this attitude, "gotcha" should be used to see the positive that is happening around the school. Give credit where credit is due. Recognize the students and staff for their contributions.

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"Gotcha!" does not help to provide a safe learning environment.  Part of learning is to make mistakes but when the "Gotcha!" is in the air, our classroom's environment is going to be one to instill our students to hold back from participating.  It's the perfect recipe for academic failure.

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Communication is essential for all parties involved. We want to make sure we're on the same page and have a mutual understanding of our goals. Feedback and insight is necessary so we can improve and meet our objectives.

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You are the difference between today and tomorrow!

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You are the difference between today and tomorrow!

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Without hope we are to be pitied! Hope is more than wishful thinking. Hope is more than a positive attitude. Hope is an assurance of greater things. Hope is what gets us out of bed, moving us onward and upward. Hope is about believing that each tomorrow can be better than the day before. This motivates us to grow and help others grow, and to be the one who makes each day brighter for others.

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Reading through this section, I thought about what a work environment means and the differences from my previous work environment in the non-profit sector and the work environment that I'm in now as a teacher. Especially since the most important aspect of our work environment is the students. This section talks about morale amongst teachers and admin and its interesting how in a school environment, students impact even those relationships. I feel our bottom line is serving the students, families and community so it's interesting how leadership works in a school environment where so much is at stake and each teacher's responsibilities to their students can surely impact the overall structure of leadership in a setting like a school. It makes me wonder how these conversations work in so far as a leaderships impact not only on those that work within an institution, but also who the institution serves. On Social Media, it's interesting to see how leaders think, especially since so many have been sharing a lot more perspectives on what it means to teach during a pandemic and how everyone has been effected. The challenges are new to this century and it feels like we're getting to watch leadership work as they go, day by day at every point. From the leaders of schools, leaders of districts, leaders of city governments, leaders of nations. We're in a very peculiar time when what has happened is effecting every level of leadership in all of our work spaces. So, it's interesting to see the position this puts our leaders in, especially when issues are so unique from campus to campus.

Mr. Lee

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It is absolute, that each and every time one says 'yes' to something, one is subsequently saying 'no' to something else (be it quality or quantity). Time is the one thing that none of us have the ability to create. Each time one adds a responsibility or a demand, he/she is in agreement to receiving and/or producing a diminished quality of the work or quantity of the demands to be completed.
As a parent, (when approached by my children) I have made it a practice to ask:  What are you willing to give up? (or) What are you willing to adjust in order to take on -------? The same can be applied to the workplace.

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This is a word we hear throughout campuses, especially after a walk through.  Many times our administrators tend to give feedback that instead of encouraging the Teacher and providing strategies to engage our students the words used brings the moral down and such words used imply that they "Gotcha!"
I like that the way "Gotcha!' is being used in the reading is in a positive way. To say "Gotcha!" for all the good things the Teacher is doing and displaying.