Communication/Collaboration Week 1

When I thought of the question for this weeks blog, our school administrator immediately came to mind.  I teach kindergarten at a small private Christian school, that contains one of each classroom from a three year old preschool program all the way through twelfth grade. Last week we spent two full days at Teacher Development prior to the start of our school year.  During these two days, our administrator presented lots of information from a wide variety of topics.

To start with on the first morning, he presented a vision for our school and for the year.  It was evident as he was speaking that he was passionate about what he was presenting.  His presentation was filled with visuals, handouts so we could follow along, audience participation, and statistics backed by research.  I walk away from the first session with an excitement about the upcoming school year.  His vision and passion were so clearly presented with such excitement that you could not listen to him and walk away without being excited too.

He also took several opportunities to present more information, from drop-off and pick-up information to curriculum schedules.  Although the information on its own was very mundane, he was able to articulate and present it in a fashion that was not boring.  All the information he presented was well-prepared, organized, and it was evident that he has taken the time to put everything together so that it would present well.  I would say his behaviors on presenting information to his staff was very effective as we all walked away excited about the new year and also well informed.  I would model his behaviors when presenting to a crowd as his words had an impact on all of us sitting in that gym!