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Leadership Habits

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

2/5/2015

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When I think about this habit, it makes me think about how we need to consider what we want our students to e successful in before the year starts and even before teaching each lesson. We write the purpose statement on the board (in some cases, we write three purposes).  Who do we want our students to be? We may not realize it, but we do ask ourselves this. We ask ourselves what type of writers do we want them to be by the end of the year? What unit do we want them to be on in math?, and so on. It is important to know what you want to see in the end before you create the steps or consider the tools. I know I wouldn’t go to Home Depot to by materials for my kitchen remodel if I had no idea what I wanted the kitchen to look like. When remodeling my garage into a gym, we had to decide what equipment was most important to us and then draw out the blue prints. I will point out the obvious. All of these areas in which I have began with the end in mind are areas that I feel comfortable and confident in. I do wonder though, and would love some feedback, about how we could possibly look at this habit in terms of our 680 course. I think that since that course is a bit more confusing to me, it might be good for me to take these habits and make those connections. 

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Bill
2/7/2015 02:52:58 am

Amy,
The end product in our class is really your final draft Leadership Platform. We call it final draft because it is final in the sense of a grade and our class but we hope you will continue to refine your Leadership Platform as the months and years go by. I would ask Dennis and Greg to help you understand what the "end" is in 680. I am sure they can help you.

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Jessica link
2/15/2015 04:04:20 am

Amy,
You make a great point that its easy to being with the end in mind in situations we feel confident about.You knew what you wanted from your home gym, so fleshing out the specific details was easier than in a situation like our 680 class. I feel you on that one, it's still wildly over my head.

Your question actually made me revisit the syllabus and from the objectives I was reminded that this is very much an overview course and we are not expected to understand every component of EA inside and out, but more what the purpose is, the value, and how it can benefit education organizations. It made me feel a little better, hope that helps! We're in this together!

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