Being Savvy

Being Savvy Blog Post # 1

I have seen over the past few weeks the need to get out of your office. You need to visit your teacher’s classrooms and observe student behavior. It is so important to be in the know of what is going on in your school. I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple parent meetings where we discussed their student’s behaviors etc. My site supervisor and I had spent the past week observing a particular student and asking the teacher a lot of questions. It was nice being able to go into the parent meeting with information that I could carry out a conversation where I did know what was going on the classroom and school day. I had the opposite experience when I was asked to sit in on a meeting where the whole time I was trying to ask questions and get caught up on what the meeting was about as well as what we were proposing to do. I didn’t like feeling out of the loop and unprepared. It really taught me that I need to be savvy and in the know of what is going on in each of my teacher’s classrooms.

   

When I left the meeting that I had felt unprepared for I started thinking about all the daily tasks and projects I needed to be working on. Instead of going into my office I walked around the school and peeked my head into each of our teacher’s classrooms to observe them, their students, and classroom environment. I know that this needs to be a daily practice as an administrator so that I will be familiar with all the students and teacher’s needs.

As administration you really need to be able to share with your parents what is clearly going on in your school on a daily basis. I really learned that this past week with the parent meetings I attended. Parents are looking to as an expert and expect that you know what is happening in their child’s classroom.  In order to do so you really need to take the time to visit your teachers and see for yourself what is going on during the school day. This not only helps you in being savvy with parents, but seeing the needs of your teachers as well. 

-Alisha