PRINCESS FRANCOIS

Because I am in the classroom full-time, this is an area that I feel I need more work with to be an effective leader. I feel this is an area that many people lack expertise until they are fully immersed in the job. Although I have not had many opportunities of involvement, I have had some key experiences that have aided in my understanding of the importance of allocating resources and managing operations for the goal of improving student learning. 

 

I have learned that things are not always as they seem. From the outside, as a teacher we often judge administrators for the decisions they make. We may assume the worst. However, I realize that it is impossible to make everyone happy and it is impossible to accomplish everything you wish to acoomplish, especially with limited resources. As a result, it becomes crucial to have a vision and an action plan for how to accomplish this vision. It becomes important to establish priorities based on data. One must take an initaitive to seek out as many outside resources as possible to make the vision a reality.

 

From my personal experience with resources and operations, laying out a plan has been the key to success. There must be systems in place whether that is a Google Calendar laying out common planning or a committee planning a summer bridge program in order to ensure tasks are completed. It is important to be very knowledgeable about the fiscal budget and how you can manipulate the budget to your advantage. More so, human capital becomes key to accomplishing things. It is impossible to do things alone so purposefully delegating tasks to people with specific strengths helps projects to completion, even with a minimal budget. I have managed to accomplish several key projects without needing a lot of money. I think systems and structures go along way to improve student learning so there is both efficiency and effectiveness.