Expectations for Leadership
1. Working in Leadership -- That we always are on task in class and asking to assist other classmates/commissions when we can. Remembering every minute spent doing homework is a minute that we could have served the student body. Understanding that leadership is a team effort, and that we must come to compromises to function effectively. Completing leadership logs on time and with our 100% brutal honesty.
2. Knowing When/Where to Dissent - Knowing that it is alright to disagree with decisions made by your team, other commissions, or our class as a whole, and you have ways of showing your dissent --through blog posts and in class discussions. But this means also understanding that once we leave room 506, we are 200% in support of all Leadership decisions.
3. Working Through Issues - Remembering that when you are:
- Not having the time of your life in Leadership
- Unhappy with the way Leadership is being led
- Sad and need someone to talk to
you have a wealth of people around you -- be it Juliamit, ASBOs, seniors, Mrs. Badger or anyone -- who can help you work through issues. We all are here for one another.
4. Respecting and Understanding One Another - Respecting each other's opinions and backgrounds, be it different student groups or different lives entirely. Communicating with one another about what each commission is doing and being aware of class projects. Communicating with the school as a whole and always trying to understanding the viewpoints of the student body.
5. Pushing Forth our Vision -
Vision Statement
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1. Strive to reduce academic and personal stress in student body
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2. Strive to increase involvement of all student groups in events and activities
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3. Strive to instill a sense of pride in Lynbrook
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4. Strive to develop relationships with the community
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Always striving, as our vision statement clearly says, to work to improve our school community and its culture.
Questions for Us
As we set these norms and later talk about our values as a Leadership class, it's important we all first agree that this is what we'll do! Instead of having this post as just feedback, I'd love to see us respond to one another directly, comment to our heart's delight (I know some of us need it, cough A- cough), and really reflect upon what it means to be a part of Lynbrook's Leadership.
1. Are these expectations achievable? Do you think we should add some or take some out?
2. What specifically do some of these expectations look like? I'd LOVE to hear some situations this year where you think these expectations came/could have come in handy.
3. What do we do when these expectations are broken? How do we hold ourselves accountable?
Please respond by next Tuesday by the end of class. We can continue our discussion during block.
THANK YOU!
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I think the social today will be the start of some really cool trust building activities.I know I said this in class but ice-breakers where we can be ourselves may help us achieve this.
ReplyDeleteI think Lynbrook Leadership is all about challenging the norm while echoing the student body's needs.
While this does sound like a mixture of cheese and sprinkles, i think if we did what social did and really put our events out there, we would be doing our part in letting our peers know what goes down in our class. For now the stigma is the "Class that is there for apps or for the A'' and this upsets me because it means we have not connected with some of the school enough so that they understand the hard work that goes through pulling an event of this magnitude.So pre and post event forms should become a ASB standard.
I also loved how you the ASBO's told us their agenda and look forward to learning more about what they do.
What I'm finding is a depressing paralleled between school and students is that at lynbrook sometimes we get so caught up in work, that we forget to actually spend time with family, i feel thus far, we have so been worked up in Leadership that we too have forgotten the most important part of a fully functioning group, the family aspect. And this aspect is the key, to not only a better understanding between ourselves but will (i believe) soon grow into an even stronger relationship with our student body.
Some ways to ensure
ice breakers
mandated pre and post event blogs
school wide forms
an exp of what each commissions week is like.
challenge day like stuff.
just socials
I do believe that these expectations are attainable! Just to start commenting in order;
ReplyDeleteI do believe that working in leadership is hands down what always has to be done. A big part of this is accountability. When we were first interviewed for these positions on a commission, we had self-accountability, and strived to make sure that we were the best we can be. As the year goes on, I've noticed the self-accountability starts to decrease, and if there is a way to nicely remind people about why they joined ASB and interviewed for their spot half a year ago
I full agree that dissent is good, but it has to happen inside the classroom. I also think that when dissent happens in the classroom, it should be voiced. Dissent with others, dissent with actions. I've noticed people don't agree with things because they don't know the whole complete story.
Working through issues is something I think is good, however I fully believe the best person to talk to is a guidance counselor or Mrs. Stevens, the school psychologist. Speaking from experience, it is tough having a lot of other people's issues played onto you. You do it as a friend, absolutely, but sometimes instead of helping them up they pull you down. Just a thought there.
Lastly, respecting and communicating is key.
I 1000% back up what happened today in class.
ANNOUNCING WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE WEEK HELPS ESTABLISH TRANSPARENCY and I personally think that should be put into effect every week.
That's all!
I think these goals are more than achievable because working in class is basically a given, and one thing i brought up in my speech was that knowing how disagree very respectfully.
ReplyDeleteWorking through issues is another big one, because we have had our fair share of issues and I believe that the "neon light at the end of the tunnel" (blake shelton country song) is brighter than ever. And through whatever we have been through as a class, we are looking up together as a class together.
I think respecting hasn't been an issue at all this year, we all respect each other and the ideas get thrown out. The real problem only arises when people have problems with the decisions of others in the class.
OUR VISIONS are clear and defined and we should just shoot straight ahead at that!!!
I agree with everyone who has commented so far.
ReplyDeleteI think the expectations themselves are reasonable and achievable. However, I find it odd that you put "working through issues" as an expectation. It seems a bit contradictory, for it sounds like a command rather than an emotionally enriching goal. I think a way this could play out is by first addressing this "expectation" as a goal instead. Lame game of the week is a great way to start, and I am glad that we started doing that this week. With more activities like that, I believe that "expectation" will be achieved in due time.
ReplyDeleteWhen expectations are broken, I think the best way to handle it is to have a personal meeting with the offenders themselves. The best way to get somebody on task is by personally meeting or conversing the issue with them. Instead of making blanketed statements to the class about students doing homework for example, I think a better system would be conversing with those who did not meet the expectation.
I like that a lot: having Mrs. Badger and myself (or instead maybe the ASBO heading the commission) meet personally with the person continually not meeting an expectation, and talking out what's going wrong. I definitely agree that is more effective than the blanketed statements -- too often, I feel like what I say in class (in terms of bringing people back to our expectation of working in class) just doesn't really matter to most people!
DeleteI agree with all the comments above!!
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that these expectations are attainable. I believe that setting such expectations are necessary since all of our decisions will affect the student body.
ReplyDeleteI think it really is important for everyone to be working on something related to leadership during class. The outcome of every single event we put on is a result of the amount of effort that goes into the planning and preparation. I understand that sometimes there are days when some people have nothing to do but rather than just doing nothing, I think asking other commissions and helping is the right thing to do. In fact, I think the class factories a week ago were an excellent example of this expectation. There were commissions that had work but they were able to discuss it while helping out another commission and that was a win-win situation.
I think this expectation of knowing when/where to dissent is important. It's easy for the student body to say things about ASB because they do not always know our reasons or intentions. But, as Leadership, I think it is necessary for each of us to stand together and support each other.
Again, I think respecting and understanding one another is the most important thing. If we want to stand as a Leadership class, then we need to be able to understand why a decision was made the way it was. And I think this is an expectation that ties into a bigger problem: the lack of knowledge. Often times, we as commissioners do not know what is happening and that makes us unable to defend a decision that was made. Therefore, I think the biggest issue that needs to be worked on is transparency. Each and every student of the Leadership class should know what is happening and why. So I would add one goal for us to achieve by the end of the year: Increase communication. We have already taken a step towards this goal and hopefully we will find more ways to increase transparency.
So... regarding my older comment, can we have more socials?? :3 just a thought..you know winter break and all. I'd wanna get to know you guys more, now i do not mean challenge day but like just getting to know know you guys.
ReplyDeleteYes. I agree with all of them. I think one thing we can do is communicate with other schools that are able to achieve these goals more easily.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, we can communicate through IDC?
Going off about Shruthi's comment earlier, I think that we should have more socials. A smaller social with our book group is fine too. It is just being able to look at our class and be proud of our work as a whole and not as individuals.