A new year, a new beginnning...but most of my beliefs are the same ...such as my belief in leadership....as stated below and in my work review form.
"...A leader must be exemplary in attitudes and mannerism. He/ She must be able to do the job that he/she demands of the others and show moral and physical support if that is not his/her area of expertise. He/ She must be an enabler and be able to help and develop the people he /she is working with. A leader must lead up, across and down..."
It compliments my own personal mission statement which is ...
"...To live life as a good Muslim, rational, caring and responsible, and be the best that I can be in any situations and affect others positively where ever I am. "
As I have read in a lot of other people's emails or blogs, etc, I agree with Einstein when he says...
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results..."
Therefore this year I have a new mantra to add to my personal mission...."Excellence and Adventure".
To achieve excellence I must have a clear vision of what I would like the Mathematics Department to achieve this year...that is to achieve a value-addedness of +0.5 to most, if not all of the tests and exams...As in AfL, we must know where we are heading towards, where we are currently at and what we should do to fill the gaps....I will work together with Hwee Hwee to ensure that we meet the targets for this year :)
The adventure comes in the way we carry out our programmes. Since the targets were only half met in 2010, new programmes and new methods should be concocted. Yes, new things will create uneasiness and unhappiness but it should also evoke excitement if we know what to focus on and we know where we are heading towards... the feeling of satisfaction and pride when we see our students' beaming because of good results at the end of each year...(yes!!!!!!)
So there's no turning back now....2011 ...here I come!!!
Thanks for the inspiration and high spirits. This is a great start to the new beginning. Your leadership philosophy is aligned to your personal mission. And your eagerness to try new strategies to get new results will be infectious.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that you are still able keep your focus on the AfL questions, even when trying new strategies. We are often distracted to do things differently, hoping to get the improvement without clarity of the indicators. We tend to only focus on question3 and forget the other 2 questions.
Great to have you still clear on AfL and how to use it to lead your unit.