1. What insights have I gained about my role as an educational leader from these chapters?
Within chapter six, our book they quote President Ronald Reagan, “We establish no religion in America, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe, or not to believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief” (p. 155). What I like about this quote is something I think we all need reminders on. One does not have to believe in your religion because we are all free in our country to believe what we want. I do believe that students should be exposed to all so that they can …show more content…
Everything they offer for one gender is open to the other. We have girls on our boys wrestling teams, girls on our boys’ football teams. Presidents, clubs, and activities are open to both men and women. Whoever runs for the position has an equal opportunity. Our district states that whoever will do the best job, is the one who will hold the office, play on sports teams, etc. It does not matter what gender. We have many men teachers in our elementary level buildings. Our policy supports “the best person for the job”. That goes for students and staff. So as far as my district, I believe we are ahead of the …show more content…
A feminist is a woman or man who advocates for the personal, social, and economic equality of women. (p. 247) I think it is important to prove you can handle the job from the beginning. Be organized with your thoughts, plug potential holes, but thinking outside the box. I think that something I would do as an administrator is have committees. Allow teachers to have a voice. Often times these issues are believed when the person in charged is not open to ideas and stays shut off from ideas and help. As a teacher, I realized how much I feel valued when I am allowed to give my opinion. Teachers, parents, and students just want to be heard. If you show respect and allow that in certain areas, I believe that would eliminate or at least minimize these potential issues. Communication is key.
7. How should school leaders challenge the heterosexual assumption? This is how I describe my own attitude about sexuality…
I personally don’t like the words challenge the heterosexual assumption. I don’t believe it is ones job to challenge someone’s sexuality. I think within our schools we do a great job of accepting people for who they are. I do believe that within this society answering questions should be allowed. I do believe that heterosexual style should be taught. The majority of society is a heterosexual but I also believe that we should be
Within chapter six, our book they quote President Ronald Reagan, “We establish no religion in America, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe, or not to believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief” (p. 155). What I like about this quote is something I think we all need reminders on. One does not have to believe in your religion because we are all free in our country to believe what we want. I do believe that students should be exposed to all so that they can …show more content…
Everything they offer for one gender is open to the other. We have girls on our boys wrestling teams, girls on our boys’ football teams. Presidents, clubs, and activities are open to both men and women. Whoever runs for the position has an equal opportunity. Our district states that whoever will do the best job, is the one who will hold the office, play on sports teams, etc. It does not matter what gender. We have many men teachers in our elementary level buildings. Our policy supports “the best person for the job”. That goes for students and staff. So as far as my district, I believe we are ahead of the …show more content…
A feminist is a woman or man who advocates for the personal, social, and economic equality of women. (p. 247) I think it is important to prove you can handle the job from the beginning. Be organized with your thoughts, plug potential holes, but thinking outside the box. I think that something I would do as an administrator is have committees. Allow teachers to have a voice. Often times these issues are believed when the person in charged is not open to ideas and stays shut off from ideas and help. As a teacher, I realized how much I feel valued when I am allowed to give my opinion. Teachers, parents, and students just want to be heard. If you show respect and allow that in certain areas, I believe that would eliminate or at least minimize these potential issues. Communication is key.
7. How should school leaders challenge the heterosexual assumption? This is how I describe my own attitude about sexuality…
I personally don’t like the words challenge the heterosexual assumption. I don’t believe it is ones job to challenge someone’s sexuality. I think within our schools we do a great job of accepting people for who they are. I do believe that within this society answering questions should be allowed. I do believe that heterosexual style should be taught. The majority of society is a heterosexual but I also believe that we should be