Leading Change...

The last classroom portion of my doctoral program focuses on leading change. I am also composing my research proposal. I know that active leaders of organizations are expected to actively seek areas where their organizations will best benefit, and institute change. This change will inevitably incur opposition, and that is where good leaders differ from great leaders. In order for great administrators to navigate and manage change, he/she must know his/her personal strengths and the strengths of his/her management team.

Knowing others' strengths allows an effective leader to design a plan in which the strengths of the individual team members interplay and create synergy to drive the change. This effective management of change makes leaders appear as though they are masterful at making desired changes and makes them appear as if they are actually "the best."

I am blessed to have made it this far, and I know that without the hand of God guiding my endeavors, that I would be a man on an island. I am blessed, and thankful for that blessing. My desire is that I can utilize the gifts and blessings that I've been given to make a dramatic difference in many lives.

Look for more postings as my educational philosophy continues to change. Change is inevitable, and we must be open to it!

A New School Year

As I enter my ninth year as a high school teacher, I am also entering the last semester of my doctoral coursework. I am excited, and realize that by the time I finish this school year, several things will have transpired. First, my wonderful son will have turned two, and my beautiful daughter will have turned four. What a true blessing they are to me. My wife and I will have been married for seven years. My how time flies!

Most of all, I will have most, if not all, of my dissertation written. I remember my days at David Crockett high school as a student, and some who claimed that I would never make it in college.

Nonetheless, I am thankful for the opportunities for enlightenment, and am grateful for every blessing that has been bestowed upon me. As a traveling man, I'm certainly fortunate for the vast amount of knowledge that I have obtained. I sincerely hope that I will prove to be wiser, better, and therefore more useful.

I was fortunate enough to receive a grant last school year, and have fully implemented it. For the first time, I can truly say that I am ready for the school year to start.

I don't expect many to follow my postings, but that's not the point. If any follow them at all, I hope that they will obtain some of the knowledge it takes to travel through the leadership process. It is my hope that my students will use my knowledge as a springboard to thrust themselves into leadership roles and positions.

I have been fortunate enough to have passed the educational administrative endorsement exam, and look forward to having the credential added to my teaching certificate. I trust that this qualification will net me an assistant principal position in the future.

Nulli secundus. Nosce te ipsum. Acta non verba. Ad luceum et Ad praestantius faciebar!