ETEC 623: Session 2

Leader vs. Manger

When I listened to this podcast I thought about the administration at my site. I never really realized all the tasks that need to be completed at once. The everyday functions that need to be completed in order for the school to be ran properly. An effective manger needs to meet the needs of their staff, the students, the parents, and other board members of the district. They need to find ways to satisfy each group, sometimes it requires different solutions. Then I started thinking about the budget portion of a school. The administrator needs to allocate certain funds for technology, supplies, and equipment, that certainly can be hard job crunching all those numbers. Being at a multi-track school I quote that I heard in a meeting came to mind....."Come April administration has one foot in the current year and the other foot in the coming year to balance the budget and make projections". This thought says with me each day when I walk through the office during chaotic days, like track changes days, and see administration still in control of the situation.

Then I thought about the leadership part of the administration. Being a title I school we have extra monies that benefit us. Our administration buys the best products that they think will meet the needs of our students. We are very lucky to have a lot of technologies available at our site. We have a curriculum specialist that will train the staff with certain programs so they can be implemented in the classroom. If a staff member expresses interest in a certain technology area we can bring it to the attention of the administrator, so they can look in to the product.

Activity Log:

This week I listened to the podcast then I thought about what I wanted to do for my projects and will create my proposals to submit to Dr. Newberry.