Courage and Leadership in Education

Are your school district leaders making wise decisions with your tax dollars?  Are your children receiving the best education possible?  Read this short article.  I'd love to hear your opinion!

In these difficult economic times, children in school districts are more threatened than ever before.  Reduced financial aid, increased operating costs, widespread unemployment, increased health care costs, tax caps, increased state and federal mandates have forced districts into perilous financial straits.  Local district response has resulted in teacher/staff layoffs, elimination or reduction of special services, privatizing transportation, postponement of raises, reduced health coverage, and increased class size.  Clearly, American education is in crisis.  Courage and good leadership on class, building, district, and board of education levels, are more important than ever before.  There is little room for poor decision making.

In such a complicated environment, what should guide good decision making?    Good decisions are those that build the people and clients of an organization, inspiring them to perform their very best. Good decisions also encourage creativity, teamwork, employee engagement and bottom up problem solving.  Good leaders inspire commitment to the advancement of the organization by demonstration.  Since leadership is influence, good decisions also increase the influence of the leader. Leaders of influence have many followers who have been inspired and who, in turn, inspire others in the organization.  They also encourage others to be leaders, at every level of the organization.  

Hi CTA coaches:

Happy New Year to all!  Would anyone be interested in starting a leadership group?

Chuck Pettinato