This is what I wrote at our first meeting about the pink video:
How do leaders get unmotivated teachers or staff to produce? That’s the underlying concept I took away from the Daniel Pink Drive video. Money and rewards cannot be used to promote cognitive thinking development because the threat to a person’s safety and security interferes with their creativity. Instead teachers and staff need to be given autonomy and freedom to freely develop their thoughts to produce the never before thought of concepts. Always having an administrator looking over your shoulder and checking off a task list hinders the creativity wheel. Having the freedom to go into whatever direction you prefer is enjoyable and non-threatening allowing for off the wall (outside the box thinking) subjects or topics to develop. By having more pride in what you are producing there is a stronger sense of purpose and buy-in for the user or participant
After a couple of 263 meetings I want to add that walk-throughs are neccessary but the ideal walk-through is a true coaching style one where the teacher comes away with an action plan to improve some form of their teaching instruction.
I also want to say on a personal level I enjoyed meeting Irene and Marci. I am looking forward to our blog posts and online interaction.
Pat, I totally agree with you that the best walk throughs are when we are able to "learn" or "grow" with a new action plan or new teaching strategies.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree Pat. Educators have to believe in themselves and have pride to want to do a better job! I know that I always push myself to do the right thing. Sometimes it's tough when your peers do not have the same expectations!
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