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Colleagues, MVP: Beware of the false choice of either/or Leader… follower… Obey… refuse… Teach… learn… We don’t need to do one or the other. We can do both. Or neither. Today on The Assistant Principal Podcast, I talk with Dr. Chad Dumas about his new book, The Teacher Team Leader Handbook. We discuss dichotomies and lots of other fun stuff. Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode.  Cheers!
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Colleagues,
MVP: Watching where you step needs to be complimented with pausing to look around and reflect *During spring break, I solo hiked the Art Loeb Trail here in Western North Carolina. Being on the trail often helps me to reflect and clear my head, and often I see parallels between hiking and leadership. I’ll be sharing four of them this week. Should I look up or look down? Or around? The Narrows is a several-miles long section of the trail running along a thin spine of mountain. It is constant up and down, but also technically challenging. I had to stay very focused on the trail or risk putting my foot somewhere that would lead to a fall. This made it difficult to appreciate the incredible views. The solution? Pause. Leaders cannot appreciate where they have been, or are going, without pausing to look around, which we can also call “reflection.” Cheers! Frederick Colleagues,
MVP: Prioritize your values now, not later. I struggled writing this week’s messages. They are dark. But, sometimes living and leading better means dealing with the ugly stuff. Maybe we won’t be forced to choose, but we had better be prepared. Prioritize your values now. Trying to do it in the heat of the moment is a recipe for disaster. I’ll be more inspiring next week. Please consider replying to this message and give me feedback. Cheers! Frederick Colleagues,
MVP: Anticipate value conflicts and prioritize your values in advance. When you are forced to choose between competing values, the risk of scarring increases. A chaotic, and increasingly mean, political atmosphere often creates a conflict between leaders’ responsibilities as employees with their responsibilities as humans. If you are told by higher ups to provide a list of students who are undocumented, and you know it could result in those children being taken (to camps) by the government, what do you do? We are parts of a system, and we are culpable for what that system does. We are also human beings, and we are culpable for how we treat our fellows. A critical way to prevent scarring is to anticipate value conflicts and prioritize your values in advance. Cheers! Frederick Colleagues,
MVP: Made a mistake? Apologize, analyze, address. When you have already made a mistake, how do you lessen the likelihood of moral scarring?
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