On the final weekend of class we finished our class presentations. The class as a whole did a nice job with their presentations. The material was general knowledge that I did not feel was earth shattering but it was applicable information that will be able to use one day.
I really enjoyed the activity we finished the day with on Saturday which was the busing and transportation activity. That was fun and I always enjoy working with others in the cohort to find what their point of view is for the different problems. This gives me an insight that I may not have considered and allows us to create something bigger and better than what we may have been able to do on our own.
On Sunday we were presented with the challenge of working through a school crisis and similar to the activity from Saturday this always gives a perspective of the other cohort members that I would have not seen otherwise. I appreciate Dr. Buckmiller's willingness to provide us with these learning opportunities. It puts people outside of their comfort zone and it does make us think about issues and problems that we would normally not think about. From my view I enjoy this type of position because when the time comes for me to be in that leadership role I understand there are going to be situation that I will need to handle with care and have the ability to react quickly with others in the best interest.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this class and will be able to directly apply much of the content to my first administrative position.
I enjoyed the ways in which the class responded to the crisis we were presented with too. I appreciated the different perspectives each of us brought to class and the ways in which we would respond to a crisis situation and the dialogue from everyone and each person's reasoning/support of their views. These are the things I enjoyed the most about this class because I felt that it offered me a deeper perspective and more ways with which to address a situation like these if I ever needed to as an aspiring educational leader. It helped me through the thought process and although not earth shattering at the time, (thank God!) it did provide me a way to process and think about what I might do in the situation and what might be a good crisis intervention plan ahead of time.
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