Daily Reflection

 Reflection 1:

We, as leaders, need to share our experiences with our colleagues. We need new experiences to be added to us. Each of us needs continuous development.

When we share a problem and discuss it, we will get to know it more because we look at it from many angles and from different points of view, and this will make us frame the problem and will make it easier for us to solve it.

We have to focus on several things, including:

1-Good communication with others.

2-Understand different points of view.

3-Collaborative problem solving.

4-Participation in decisions.

Through today's lecture, I learned that there are 6 areas of training

I think the most important of these areas is (building relationships).

Whenever my relations are good in any community environment, this will make it easier for me to achieve my goals that I seek. I have to develop myself and those around me, accept change for the better, and convince those around me that this is the year of life, which is: (continuous development).

Reflection 2:

The new procedure that I can incorporate in my future practices is (the circle method) I liked it very much, and I will want to incorporate this method in my practices as a teacher because it is an effective method that gives an opportunity for each person to make decisions, participate and benefit from different points of view, and understand the topic at hand in a deeper way , and brings diverse creativity from the various minds involved

As mentioned in the video that was shown (the circle method is the idea of ​​doing something different, with a different conversation) to give different and better results at all!

This is what we need as leaders and educators, we want to get better results, using the best methods.

Reflection 3:

Today I learned how the vision of the school can influence the decisions I make, because my decisions within the school must be in line with this vision, not in conflict with it.

I also saw that it was necessary to make a priority list of the tasks required of me.

There are urgent and important tasks

There are urgent tasks, but they are not important and do not require high skills from me

There are also important tasks, but they are not urgent, and it is not important to accomplish them immediately.. Rather, they are important in the long term and relate to my future goals.

And there are tasks that are not important or urgent that I can postpone or cancel completely, depending on the circumstances.

Reflection4: 

Today we had several readings. I liked the way my colleagues and I exchanged information. We learned some methods that help us make the right decisions through something similar to the Jigsaw strategy.

We read about various strategies, then went to groups where we gathered those who had been read the same strategy, and then returned to our main group to communicate the information in a better way to the colleagues in the group.

We have benefited greatly from the discussion, and now I am thinking of using the Fromm-Lytton decision model in the case study.

The professor also directed us to look for a problem that occurred today so that we can think deeply and find out the roots of its causes, then he asked us to identify performance gaps in our school, to find out the source of the defect.

The professor also directed us to look for a problem that occurred today so that we can think deeply and find out the roots of its causes. Then he asked us to identify performance gaps in our school, to find out the source of the defect, so that it would be easier for us to think of solutions to the problem.

Finally, we touched on (classifying performance gaps) to look at the school’s performance from several aspects, such as:

 Decrease in the leader's ability to bring about any change.

2- Neglecting teachers’ professional development.

3- Low expectations for students.

4- The incompatibility of the curriculum with the desired objectives.

5- Lack of appropriate technology.

6- The lack of a common vision in the school.

And other gaps that negatively affect the performance of the school as a whole.

Reflection 5:

Today I learned how to make an ethical decision, and the process of making an ethical decision contains 9 steps,

The professor asked us to identify an ethical problem that we encountered or witnessed in school, and asked us to identify representatives of this problem. He asked us to collect facts about it and think about the problem from several directions. I've learned that a decision is only as good as the options available.

Good people make difficult decisions because they think about the decision from many angles and not just according to their purely personal interests.

We have discussed with our colleagues about some professional problems that happen before our eyes, or even happen to us.

I learned that we must be compatible on the school campus in order to reduce problems as much as possible. If we adopt one culture, this will make the work more flexible.

If we are compatible in capabilities and in the other aspects that the compatibility model explains, then this is all in the interest of the work.

Reflection 6:

Today we learned new information related to the Carver model and the crisis decision-making matrix. This matrix serves as a plan that shows us how to manage crises that occur within the school. We learned that this plan must be updated from time to time, with attention paid to updating communication data between the school and parents.

This matrix helps us evaluate the available options and prioritize them.

The professor also spoke today about the levels of crisis risks and that they vary, and each level has its own procedures. All of this is explained by the decision-making matrix.

We also learned that we must be careful in dealing with crises, and not create chaos on the school campus immediately after a problem occurs, but rather we must reduce the severity of the problem wisely, and we must not give details about the problem that occurs, and deal with all problems in the strictest confidence.