Crucial Conversations
As a future school executive, I have discovered crucial conversations to be a very effective tool. With my growing involvement in school activities and leadership roles, I have incorporated these tools into my daily interactions with others. One role that has allowed me to benefit from my new knowledge in crucial conversations is my role as mentor to a first-year teacher. I enjoyed my role as mentor over the past couple of years, because it has allowed me to meet and watch these young educators grow. I can say that I helped these teachers find their way in the world of education, and by knowing them I have also grown as a teacher and a leader.
One recurring theme that I have witnessed over the past few years is beginning teachers using their classroom and social media to express their opinions on current issues facing our nation. They do not understand the ramifications posting opinions on social …show more content…
Once she finished, I began asking probing questions. Some of the questions included: “What standard does this writing align to in 7th grade Science?”, “What was the criteria for a paper being good enough to be sent to the local newspaper?”. As she answered these questions, you could see the light bulb coming on and her realizing how some accepts of this assignments and expectations were not appropriate for a 7th grade Science classroom.
Towards the end of the conversation, we discussed that as educators we often must remove our personal feelings from discussions. We must stay objective because you don’t know who is sitting in your classroom, and what they may go home and tell their parents. Middle school students are very impressionable and they constantly want to know how their teacher views a subject, but we can’t do that. The last thing that we need to do is upset a student or a parent, especially if we want to keep our
As a future school executive, I have discovered crucial conversations to be a very effective tool. With my growing involvement in school activities and leadership roles, I have incorporated these tools into my daily interactions with others. One role that has allowed me to benefit from my new knowledge in crucial conversations is my role as mentor to a first-year teacher. I enjoyed my role as mentor over the past couple of years, because it has allowed me to meet and watch these young educators grow. I can say that I helped these teachers find their way in the world of education, and by knowing them I have also grown as a teacher and a leader.
One recurring theme that I have witnessed over the past few years is beginning teachers using their classroom and social media to express their opinions on current issues facing our nation. They do not understand the ramifications posting opinions on social …show more content…
Once she finished, I began asking probing questions. Some of the questions included: “What standard does this writing align to in 7th grade Science?”, “What was the criteria for a paper being good enough to be sent to the local newspaper?”. As she answered these questions, you could see the light bulb coming on and her realizing how some accepts of this assignments and expectations were not appropriate for a 7th grade Science classroom.
Towards the end of the conversation, we discussed that as educators we often must remove our personal feelings from discussions. We must stay objective because you don’t know who is sitting in your classroom, and what they may go home and tell their parents. Middle school students are very impressionable and they constantly want to know how their teacher views a subject, but we can’t do that. The last thing that we need to do is upset a student or a parent, especially if we want to keep our