Educational Philosophy:
A teacher is, first, a role model for all students with whom they come into contact. A teacher facilitates learning through curriculum, provides guided experiences and opportunities, is an example of a good citizen, and acts as the bond between family and the community. This fundamental bond generates the fabric of our future citizens.
I believe the purpose of education is to present a wide range of encounters and prospects for growth. To do so, education must make learning relevant to students as individuals. Education needs to function on a new plane of existence, the digital plane, which is owned and operated by our current generation of students. Educators have a lot to learn about emerging technologies and they can learn most of it from kids. This imbalance of knowledge presents a unique opportunity for educators to foster relationships and teach appropriate ways to utilize new innovations.
Teachers will determine the shape of the historical imprint future generations leave behind by empowering students to learn and achieve through technology. In this endeavor the role of a teacher knows no boundaries. Teachers will play a significant role in navigating students through this new digital age by becoming experts in cultivating caring relationships based on trust and mutual respect.
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Leadership Philosophy:
A leader is a role model for all staff members for whom they are responsible. An educational leader supports teachers as they support student learning. An administrator is a visionary, an organizer of thoughts and people, a catalyst for two-way communication, a sharer of information, and an example for students to look up to and emulate.
I believe the purpose of educational leadership is to motivate and empower teachers and students to positively affect their communities. The schoolhouse ought to be the center of the community, because it is the home of the future. A leader should be actively engaged with the families surrounding them, challenging them to volunteer, and providing parents with strategies for supporting their students at home.
In a constantly changing technological landscape, schools need to be adaptable and forward-looking. However, there exists a real paradox in the work of education between the strict and specific requirements of No Child Left Behind in public schools and the constantly growing pool of alternative educational resources via the web. In order to maintain the viability of traditional public schools, leaders must bridge the gap between continuing to provide structure and social values while simultaneously keeping pace with technology and altering the way in which they think about instruction.
This blog is a place for school district officials to peruse my administrative portfolio without breaking their neck over a thick 3-ring binder. I have listed all of the ISLLC standards, letters of recommendation, and my resume below. You will see that I have written abstracts for each of the artifacts instead of providing each artifact and making you comb through it. However, references and full artifacts are available upon request.
