Transcript Educational Systems Planning and Management

University of Central Florida
Theme for Module 8
Ethics is the DNA of School Leadership
The Savvy School Leader Knows How To
Balance Career and Family Life
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Goals for this Module
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To become familiar with the applications of
technology for administrative and instructional
use that are currently available to teachers and
students in our schools.
To review several terms that are common in
conversation regarding planning for technology
integration.
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Goals for this Module
To become aware of how
the savvy school leader
balances career and their
personal life.
To experience data
analysis for school and
classroom decisionmaking
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Leadership Quotation
"Many people like to think that they'll find
balance AFTER they find success. But in
reality, achieving balance IS success."
Brian Koslow
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Reflection Activity
Take a minute to review the quotation by
Brian Koslow on the previous slide.
Write down what you believe Brian Koslow
is communicating to each of you as school
leaders.
Use a maximum of 5 sentences for your
reflection.
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Learning the
Language of Technology
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Language of Technology
Activity
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Define the vocabulary
words listed in the
adjacent panel.
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After each definition,
create a few lines as if in a
conversation with a
teacher, parent, tech
director, or student at
your school regarding a
technology issue.
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PDA
Bognets
Trojan horse
Quicktime
PDF
Server
Child Online
Protection
Act.com
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It is possible to make ethical decisions based
on good reasons that others can accept even if
such decisions go against their preferences”. –
Kenneth Strike, The Ethics of School
Administration
The ethical school leader behaves and makes
decisions based on his/her moral compass.
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The ethical school leader as moral decision
makers, has a responsibility to respect the
rights of others.
The ethical school leader serves as a as a role
models for ethical behavior.
The ethical school leader does not leave their
moral compass at the school.
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The ethical school leader as moral decision
maker, has a responsibility to respect the rights
of others.
The ethical school leader serves as a as a role
models for ethical behavior.
The ethical school leader does not leave their
moral compass at school.
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Moral reasoning has a moral point
We can make better more justified decisions if there is a
moral point.
A savvy school leader needs to articulate what he or
she believes fair is to others.
Savvy school leaders try to do the right thing, not the
most expedient or least trouble making, but the fair or
just thing.
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Good and fair decisions typically flow from
good character
Character concerns what we do habitually.
Character grows from the respect we have for
ourselves.
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Since in making ethical choices we are shaping
our own character.
Do we wish to become the kind of person we
may become, if we make this kind of choice
often.
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Balancing
Professional Work
& Family
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Balancing Professional
Work & Family
Our final discussion for this
semester will be on
balancing career
(professional life) and
family.
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Let’s use the analogy
that each spoke on a
bicycle tire represents a
part of your life.
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Balancing
Professional Work &
Family
What would happen if
one or more of the
spokes of the bicycle
tire weren’t long
enough to support the
tire?
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Balancing
Professional Work &
Family
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Even when we eat
breakfast with our
family, although we
are physically still
at home, we have
already started our
workday.
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Balancing Professional
Work & Family
Most people don’t want to
follow a leader who loses
his/her health or family
because they work all the
time.
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Balancing
Professional Work &
Family
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Most people want
to follow a leader
who is balanced in
all areas, not just
work.
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Balancing Professional
Work & Family
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Most of our day does
not happen between 85 (our workday).
But we spend a great
deal of time, energy
and anxiety worrying
about what happened
between 8-5 each day.
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Balancing Professional Work & Family
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To create a balance between career and
family, we much learn the practice of the
right to forget.
We must, at least, temporarily set aside
specific issues and problems that seem to
interfere with this balance.
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Balancing Professional Work & Family
Dr. Doherty’s 10 suggestions on how to
Balance Career and family
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Set limits on the time and energy you
plan to devote to various tasks.
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Set priorities, and do not try to complete
the priorities all a once.
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Balancing Professional Work & Family
3.
Acknowledge that you can’t control
4.
Find to find humor, even in some of the most
difficult issues.
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Forgive yourself for making mistakes.
everything.
Plan well, to avoid conflicts with important
family events and your career obligations.
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Balancing Professional
Work & Family
7. Try to avoid unhappy
and manipulative
people.
8. Eat meals with your
family.
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Balancing Professional Work & Family
9.
Block out work when you are talking with
family members and trying to sleep.
10.
Don’t let the good things in life prevent
you from experiencing the best things in
life.
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End of Module Reflection Question
Opportunity for Professional SelfReflection: Something to Think About
Do you see a need to balance your
professional and family life?
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At the completion of this module it is expected
that the Module 8 PLC members will:
- Post an abstract of their technology model
- Comment on the abstracts of all your class
members
- E-mail the technology paper to the instructor
for review and grading
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