Leadership Balance
Where did the day go? Rededicating our time as leaders to find balance between our roles as early childhood program leaders and administrative managers.
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The rich flow of creativity, innovation, and almost musical complexity we are looking for in a fulfilled work life cannot be reached through trying or working harder … With a little more care, a little more courage, and, above all, a little more soul, our lives can be so easily discovered and celebrated in work, and not, as now, squandered and lost in its shadow.
-David Whyte, The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate AmericaLeaders versus Managers
How many of you wish you could tip the balance to spending more time on pedagogical work/developing teachers, supporting your community of practice but yet feel under the daily grind that there isn’t time?
This presentation proposes two key shifts that can help tip the balance:
- Mindset shift - conceptually, thinking about big picture contributions over the long term, using this vision as a daily guide
- Daily practices - tools you can use every day for yourself and while leading others to maximize the impact and contributions of your work
Why did we want to make changes at the Early Learning Center?
Several years ago, we wanted to rededicate our leadership efforts to focus on developing our teacher community of practice, increase our time on coaching teachers, and strengthen our practices in two areas: documentation of children's work and nature-based practices.
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Mindset Shift: about "busyness"
Can we come to terms with how we manufacture busyness and use it to feed our identity,
justify our inaction, and feed our insecurities?
Busy is a Decision
Video illustration of the post: https://youtu.be/Ixy48pEGynU
Tim Ferris podcast with Debbie Millman
What is your Highest Point of Contribution?
- Considering your particular talents, the needs of your program, and what you feel particularly passionate about influencing, what can you imagine could be your highest point of contribution?
- Based on the work of Greg McKeown, we ask this both of our selves as individuals and we ask it of our program as we are setting our path towards new goals.
