CED0565 week 6

While this course was informative and just like any class you take away information, I wouldn't say this course has altered my definition of a leader or teacher leadership.  I feel a teachers' role is to educate students and with that comes various other responsibilities.  I've always seen teachers as managers, if you will.  Instead of working with profit and loss statements, we work with people.  We have budgets and need to work as efficiently as any other profession.  I've always viewed teachers as leaders, some better at it than others.  Teachers, hopefully, are involved in their school, district, and community.  We are constantly learning and integrating that new knowledge.  Just like any leader we need to listen and communicate, grow, and collaborate.  It is through this that we will improve education from within.  If we work as a team, changes will take place.  Teachers do need to make more of an effort to learn, grow, meet, and collaborate.  Unlike in other professions we aren't always given time during our "work day", so we need to make that time.  It's during that time that real changes happen, even though it can be challenging and difficult at times.  I wouldn't say that my leadership potential has changed.  I'm constantly trying new things, collaborate with my peers, and have joined various teams that I feel play a leadership role in our building.  I'm always look for ways to grow and to use that knowledge in my profession.