I am a father of four. My youngest son is 16 and my youngest stepson is 15. My wife Jennie is also a teacher of English. Believe it or not, we often discuss education and how to improve our instruction in our spare time. When we aren't talking shop, we are traveling or planning to travel. Due to receiving the Lilly Teacher Creativity Scholarship, we visited Ireland and fell in love with international travel. When our boys are finished with high school, we plan to resume traveling abroad. Until then, we will take our boys and travel America on our personal whims!
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Mission StatementI will be a servant leader. My Personal Mission Statement is to protect the vulnerable, help the less fortunate, and uplift the weak. I will lead my students and staff, guide them, and nurture them with research-proven method and practice. My Professional Mission Statement is to be the catalyst for success. Through serving all stakeholders I will lead my students and staff to a greater level of integrity and success. Following, I will highlight important traits that a servant leader must have.
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PhilosophyThe administrative leadership qualities of K-12 education requires more of the individual than many professionally licensed professional leaders. A public school building administrator must be compassionate, business savvy, sociable, empathetic, a diligent protector, moral, protective, and humble. It seems counter intuitive to think that all these qualities are needed while strong leadership is expected. However, in today’s k-12 schools the traditional leadership style of simply producing productivity results is not enough.
All stakeholders must be respected, loved, and led. The leader that treats the least of his as well as the most will be the leader that truly gets results. The leader that is humble enough to serve all his stakeholders will be the leader who improves the lives of students and improve the quality of the school building and school environment. |