...My Supervisory Philosophy Schools, Teaching, and Supervision EDA 551 Jack West March 21, 2012 Before I am able to decide on a supervisory platform, I must first look at my personal educational platform. Glickman states, “After all, supervision is in many ways analogous to teaching. Teachers wish to improve students’ behavior, achievement and attitudes. Supervisors similarly wish to improve teachers’ behavior, achievement and attitudes.”(Glickman p. 95) Simply put, as a supervisor, I will be doing the same as I did as an educator. I will be helping others learn. As a teacher, my philosophy has always centered on the idea that all students have their own unique needs that must be unleashed in order for them to achieve success. I feel the same can be said for teachers. Each teacher has their own style of absorbing new strategies, and teaching their students. As a supervisor, it is my responsibility to understand these diversities, and work within their unique needs to see that each teacher succeeds. I must help each teacher use their strengths to reach their students in a way that in turn helps the students succeed. That is my definition of instructional supervision. Helping teachers use their personal strengths, which then in turn help their students succeed. As stated by Wright, Horn, and Sanders (1997) more can be done to improve education by improving the effectiveness of teachers than by any other single factor (p. 63). Who Should Supervise? Who Should Be...
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...leader motivates. Being a leader does not make you one; after you get to be a leader of a group, you will have to earn the acceptance from the group members and have influence on their behavior as Kenny demonstrated with the “Hell’s Angels” crew in Chapter 8 of the Supervisory Management textbook. As I pondered on the memories, I realized that I wanted to be like her because of her leadership attributes. Kirsten was a manager of a sales office for a couple of years until the company promoted her to a regional position. I learned more from Kirsten than I did from any of my other managers. I liked Kirsten because she made me feel like I was an important part of the team. She saw the potential that I could bring to the company. She empowered me through her mentoring, coaching, and encouragement. She was very passionate and cared about others in our team. All of the employees solicited her advice because of her positive attitude and her ability to encourage others to aspire a higher-level position. With Kirsten’s empathy and encouragement, I returned to college three years ago to pursue my degree in business management. Kirsten’s leadership reminded me of Robert Greenleaf’s leadership that the Supervisory Management textbook described in Chapter 8. Greenleaf focused on meeting the needs of others and responded to problems first by listening. He also believed that “leaders, who empathized with others, provided a climate in which followers had the ability to grow...
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...1. My definition of leadership is, leader must have credibility; know what you are talking about, and be able to demonstrate that ability. A good leader will get out and work in the trenches with his/her people, and lastly a leader is fair and constant when dealing with supervisors, subordinates, and their peers. Below are two leadership experiences I had in my career that have helped me shape my leadership philosophy a. I worked for an MKC early in my career as a non-rate, the expectation and demeanor he displayed are what set me to form how I would evidently formulate what I thought a good leader was. He would often explain to us junior member the reasoning behind the jobs or the tasking we had been given if we made mistakes he would not reprimand us in the shop he would discuss privately in the chiefs mess what was done incorrectly and how to fix deficiency. b....
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...Pixar Animation Studios is an American company and animation studio, founded in 1986. It has been award-winning for its computer animation technology. Pixar has mainly produced animated films for the Walt Disney Company. In January 2006, Pixar was bought by Disney and is today operating as a division of Walt Disney Pictures. They made their big breakhrough in 1995, with Toy Story, and ever since then they have produced critically acclaimed movies, such as The Incredibles, Cars, Monsters Inc, Wall-E and Finding Nemo. Pixar is a very interesting company to study when it comes to innovation, and many other companies can take lesson from them on how to be creative. After reading the book you can draw the conclusion that the major key factors to Pixar's success of creating a innovative environment are the leadership style and teamwork spirit. For people to be able to involve in processes that leads to innovation the following criteria are essential: problem understanding, seeing opportunities and the desire to do something. Connected to the desire to do something is the performance. There is much talk about skills and knowledge in society. But skilled employees is not the same as high-performing employees. To have high-performing employees the culture is of big importance, which Pixar has understood. The book discusses how the Pixar culture has been formed and how the employees, called the pixarians, work in the organization. As the title indicates, ”the world's most creative...
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...them from the work-related stressors which lead to burnout. Factors that cause individual burnout include such things as personality, unrealistic career goals and or expectations. Aspects of the culture in general, along with a declining feeling of community, hindered expectations for the self-actualizing potential of work, and persistent competition, produces an atmosphere contributing to burnout. Organizational norms factors that contribute to burnout include a lack of variable management philosophies and approaches, lack of feedback, pervasive competition, and large amounts of controversy. Factors that lead to burnout in organizational roles include individuals who experience disagreements in expectations, unclear expectations, or work overload; a job with a lack of motivating potential, or has low self-determination. The failure to include key employees such as supervisors or managers in administrative plans or procedures also significantly contributes to burnout among supervisory staff. According to Lewis, Packard, Lewis (2007), these causes of burnout have been put into categories of work overload, a lack of community support, a lack of appraisal and rewards, conflicting values, lack of direction, and a lack of respect, trust and openness. Burnout in employees is known to destroy the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization. Although burnout is inevitable,...
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...Personal Philosophy of Supervision Keith Hinton Grand Canyon University EDA 551 February 4, 2015 Personal Philosophy of Supervision My beliefs as a leader about the educational process would be to acquire knowledge of how an effective school is run. Also I would need to factor the effective teaching that goes with the school’s goal of instructional improvement. “Educational philosophies relate to an individual’s belief system and to a corresponding method of supervision”(Goldhammer, R., 1969). I believe that leadership should push teachers for professional growth. When a teacher is achieving professional growth, leaders will be able to determine whether to guide, model, and/ or inform based on their rate of achievement. Leaders and teachers are at the epicenter of learning. Students expect us as educators to guide them through the learning process “feeding’ them the best amount of education in order to perform and compete with the rest of the world. When we receive excellence from students, it will be known that achievement has been met. This essay demonstrates my personal philosophy of supervision. One of the most tangible assets within all leaders / supervisors is their ability to use effective interpersonal skills to mold and shape their school community. Interpersonal skills are the abilities that will allow a person to interact positively and work effectively with others. When developing these skills, a important goal for success is acquiring...
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...Generational differences in work values: A study of hospitality management. Evgeny Strokov Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland Success Strategies for the Hospitality and Service Industries (MGMT - M900 - 201360 - 1) Wednesday, 12 June 2013 Word Count: 1519 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Statement of Authorship ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I certify that this assignment is my own work and contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute, college or university. Moreover, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the work. I also understand that under no circumstances should any part of this assignment be published, including on the internet, or publicly displayed without receiving written permission from the University. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Signed ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Student number E00032823 Name: Evgeny Strokov ------------------------------------------------- * Generational differences in work values This essay is based on the extensive...
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...the strategic advantage to expand. Responsibility will be placed on our supervisory team to successfully integrate employees into our new system. Intensive structural changes, training and evaluations ensure that our organizational structure is aligned with this vision. In response to the anticipated changes and potential challenges, it is my responsibility to explain the considerable impact you, as first-level managers, have on the way employees behave. Exhibiting proper behavior is important and impacts productivity, profit increases, and employee attitude regarding the quality of work life. Supervisory cooperation is necessary to promote high-performance work practices, maintain diversity, equal employment opportunities and fair treatment for employees. Management Behavior Managers must utilize available resources to enhance productivity, quality of work life, and profit by enabling employees to utilize their talents and maximize their usefulness. Managers have considerable impact on employee behavior by influencing their actions and attitudes. Research states that critical factors for business success are (1) recruiting and retaining skilled employees, (2) increasing customer satisfaction, and (3) employing and developing leaders (Clark, 2004). High-performance work practices rely on how effectively managers utilize sources to enhance organizational performance. Our company’s philosophy is demonstrated in the following statement: “People work harder because of...
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...Associate degree level versus the baccalaureate degree level of nursing According to the Bureau of labor statistics ,the occupation of Registered Nurses is the largest in the healthcare sector, and the job opportunities are expected to increase faster through 2018. A Bachelors of Science in Nursing [BSN] and Associate degree in Nursing [ADN] both make candidates eligible for becoming RNs. Associate degree in nursing programs of study are two to three year programs of study offered by technical, community and junior colleges . BSN programs on the other hand are four year courses offered by colleges and universities . In some Universities students are given the option of taking their State Board exam to receive their ADN while continuing their BSN, this allows them to work while they complete their education. For both programs students are trained in class and outside in clinical settings for hands on experience. While the ADN program focuses on giving students the entry-level skills they need to take care of patients, the BSN is much broader incorporating education ,management and leadership skills. The BSN program also gives students the communication skills they need and empowers them in decision making. Nursing is becoming more comprehensive, with the improved technology and availability of information to the general population , nurses have to continually educate themselves to keep abreast. BSN programs prepare candidates for much broader aspect of healthcare; these...
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...Title Case analysis question: What are the strategies used by U.S. companies today to keep them union-free and why is it critical to the success of an organization in meeting its goals and mission? Introduction: This week case analysis, Treadway Tire Company’s presents a great topic of discussion for everyone and a possible open channel to further study unions and the cause and effect within the work force. As we review in-depth the case of Treadway Tire Company, it provides an opportunity for the reader to ask several key important questions like what are the strategies used by U.S. companies today to keep them union-free and why is it critical to the success of any organization in meeting its goals and mission? Clearly this paper focuses on those issues and show how the Treadway Tire Company’s efforts to curtail the rising cost of doing business in the tire manufacturing industry suffered, while having to deal with multiple growing union and employee issues, that cripple and destroy the organization ultimately failing its goals. Look pass Treadway Tire: In order to better understand the problem we need to step back and take a better in-depth look at the overall picture. First and foremost, why were unions created, previously I prepared a paper about the labor movement in the United States and how it gained its humble beginnings in 1768. How it fought and struck a good blow for the worker by protesting wage reduction. Since then, the fight for fair wages and decent...
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...their employees. In this paper I will define burnout and describe some of the factors of burnout. I will examine my own personality and share my reactions and responses to personal and work related stress. I will also discuss my response to an employee burnout as a human service manager. Burnout According to Johnson and Stone (1987), burnout refers to a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion resulting from involvement with people in emotionally demanding situations (p. 67). There are three major factors of burnout: emotional exhaustion, feeling of low personal accomplishment with clients, and a sense of depersonalization or possessing an uncaring attitude towards clients. When an employee shows physical burnout signs, this includes the appearance of fatigue, frequent absentees from work, having physical complaints, and weight loss. Behavioral signs of burnout include isolation, withdrawal from work responsibilities, procrastination, the use of alcohol, drugs, over eating of food, frequent outbursts of anger toward other workers, and increase absentee from work. Emotional signs include feeling helpless, personal failure, detachment from work and others, decrease of satisfaction, and an increase of cynicism Factors of Burnout The causes of burnout may be the combination of cultural, lack of social support, individual, organizational, or supervisory. One study found that “high emotional demands, high demands for hiding emotions, high quantitative demands, high...
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...Unit 2: Case Study Richard R. Henderson Kaplan University CJ345: Supervisory Practices in Criminal Justice Professor Robert Ponzetti November 1, 2015 Officer Louis Maynard is 27-years-old, married and lives in a house inherited from his mother. He was a Sgt. in the military for five years before becoming a police officer. He has also completed a regional police academy at a local community college. Maynard finished fourth in his class. He was working the 4/10 swing shift, which is the busiest shift in the police department. With a family of three, this can get very hectic with personal time. Maynard was well-liked and got along with his peers. He has been asked to supervise a part of the city that has three beats on the swing shift. The beat officers have an average of three years’ experience and Maynard has...
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...the effects of burnout. Burnout is defined as a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that comes from prolonged emotional stressors, interpersonal stressors, and workplace stressors. Burnout can happen when being involved with people in high stress jobs, and emotionally demanding situations (Lewis, 2007). Three factors to consider when identifying burnout are emotional exhaustion, a sense of depersonalization, and a feeling of low personal accomplishment with clients. The feeling of being overwhelmed can become present when trying to meet the constant demands as a human service professional. The causes of burnout can vary individually, culturally, organizationally, supervisory, and through social supports. Individuals with Type A personalities, uncompromising management philosophies, the lack of motivation from employees, the absence of participative decision making, and policies created by the organization that go against employees’ cultural beliefs create a climate contributing to burnout (Lewis, 2007). Burnout can have an adverse impact on employees. Burnout can reduce productivity, reduce interest or motivation, and can increase the feeling of being hopeless, helpless, and cynical, affecting the entire organizations effectiveness (helpguide, 2014). When an organization witness’s employee burnout due to repetitive services he or she provides,...
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...Difference between associates degree level and baccalaureates degree level nurses Natalie D. Robinson Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O101 11/23/2015 As I have started doing my research on the difference of nurses with an associates degree versus nurses with a baccalaureates degree I have discovered many differences. There are three routes of becoming a Registered Nurse in the United States. First choice is to attend a 3 year diploma program which are typically administered at hospitals. There is also the path of choosing the 3 year associates degree program offered at community colleges or picking the 4 year baccalaureates degree program offered at senior colleges or universities. However, the goal of graduates of neither one of these programs is to sit for the NCLEX- RN licensing examination. Although, all nurses carry the same title RN but with different educational background. But the question is, what is the difference between the associates degree level and the baccalaureates degree associated to hands on nursing care and approaches to decision-making. Nursing Education National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The Forum of State Nursing Workforce Center has performed a study which presented 61 percentage of RNs working in the United States have obtained a BSN degree. Such high number displays a move towards an extremely high educated nursing workforce. 1988 a study was published in Research in Nursing and Health displayed that RNs with baccalaureates...
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...R50/63875/2010 Supervisor: Dr. Gerrishon Ikiara A Research Proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Masters of Arts in International Studies (MA IS) DECLARATION I declare that this research proposal is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other university. NAME: LILLIAN WACHIRA REG. NO: R50/63875/2010 Sign: ………………………………… Date: ……………………… This research proposal has been submitted for examination with my approval as university supervisor SUPERVISOR: Sign: ……………………………… Date: …………………………. DEDICATION I dedicate my project to my lovely mother Beatrice, my brothers Edwin and Eric whose prayers words of encouragement and push for tenacity ring in my ears. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Gerrsihon Ikiara for the continuous support and guidance while carrying out my project, for his patience, motivation and immense knowledge. I would also like to thank the participants in my survey, who have willingly shared their precious time during the process of interviewing. I thank my loved ones, who have supported me throughout entire process by keeping me in their prayers. I will forever be grateful for your love. TABLE OF CONTENTS. DECLARATION ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. v LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES...
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