The Power Dynamic at School
Well I would like to say at my school were all thriving to work as a team. Its all been a work in progress really. There have been a lot of changes when it comes to people coming and going in the school including the head director of the school. Through all the problems that are going on in my school I have learned that when it comes to having multiple people in charge that there needs to be an understanding and agreement on the way things need to go.
Unfortunately my school has two people in charge that really don’t flow together or agree with each other. When there is miscommunication and problems between the two roles of power that causes affects in the whole building and with the whole staff in a negative way.
There needs to be balance and agreement, to work as a team. When reading the strengths finder book I found in very interesting when it was talking about the affects of the way the boss is on how you as individuals work.
Hi Ashley,
ReplyDeleteWhat a situation. My school is dysfunctional at the administrative level but at least they all agree to be dysfunctional with a common goal. Whatever the board dictates so we know what to expect.
The situation you describe you describe indicates that your staff never knows what to expect. There seems to be no common thread. What happens depends on which administrator you are dealing with at the time. While being rewarded by one you might be admonished by another.
In my opinion, even if the vision and practices are, shall we say, not optimal, at least need to be consistent throughout administration. That begins at the top. I would suggest that your primary director either get his/her assistant on board or find someone else.
Yes, we do need diversity of opinion and open communication but it would be extremely detrimental to the moral of the staff if, once a decision has been made, that all administrators are not on board.
Yes, I really like the way you tend to word things. It seems like you really understand how my work environment is. Things tend to be pretty hard at times. When it comes to having miltiple people in charge there definitly needs to be a common goal and an understanding between one another.
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