In the course, Administration and Supervision, we learned how to juggle our time as a director. One of the assignments we did was entitled “Ethel’s In Basket”. Ethel is a director who goes on vacation and returns to a laundry list of items. As a student, this was my first online group project. With a group of strangers, my classmates and I had to organize and justify Ethel’s schedule for the week. Doing this assignment taught me to listen and take the advice of others more experienced than myself and to remember that being nice goes a long way.
The first objective from this class that I utilized in creating the Health Fair was:
Knowledge of basic concepts of organizational management theory and practice
Having the three months to meet with my technical consultant from Active Early (meeting August 20, September 17, and October 23, 2013) gave me plenty of time to organize this activity. Being a member of the South Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, I knew when trick or treating was being held. I knew that parents would be picking their children up early that day, so no one would be available to attend the event in the evening, but if I held it at 4:00pm parents would just be picking up and could quickly go around to the different classrooms. This proved to work out very well. Many of the families did stay for the Health Fair instead of rushing off, as per the norm. Also, holding it 4-6pm required that only a few teachers would be staying past their scheduled hours, alleviating overtime for most (ultimately, I was able to remove all overtime for all staff that week).
The next objective was:
Understanding of ways to ease administrative overload and ability to apply that understanding to time management, delegation and role negotiation
This was my first parent engagement activity for Mary Linsmeier Schools- South Milwaukee (MLS-SM) that I planned. I was promoted to this center in April. Understanding my limitations (i.e. familiarity with the community, personalities of the parents, and strengths of my faculty) I knew I would need the help of my staff. I used staff meetings to discuss what we could do during the Health Fair, I asked individual teachers what they would like set up in their classroom, I had teachers color the signs for the Fair, I had a teacher take pictures for a display board, a teacher took pictures that night, and I delegated the shopping to my cook. (Please find ‘Permission to Post Pictures’, ‘Staff Meeting Notes’, ‘Health Fair Invitation’, and ‘Delegation List’ in “Documents” tab) Finally, being new to the area, I did not know any local dentists. Two of my teachers were able to secure donations from community dentists. Many hands made this load light.
The first objective from this class that I utilized in creating the Health Fair was:
Knowledge of basic concepts of organizational management theory and practice
Having the three months to meet with my technical consultant from Active Early (meeting August 20, September 17, and October 23, 2013) gave me plenty of time to organize this activity. Being a member of the South Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, I knew when trick or treating was being held. I knew that parents would be picking their children up early that day, so no one would be available to attend the event in the evening, but if I held it at 4:00pm parents would just be picking up and could quickly go around to the different classrooms. This proved to work out very well. Many of the families did stay for the Health Fair instead of rushing off, as per the norm. Also, holding it 4-6pm required that only a few teachers would be staying past their scheduled hours, alleviating overtime for most (ultimately, I was able to remove all overtime for all staff that week).
The next objective was:
Understanding of ways to ease administrative overload and ability to apply that understanding to time management, delegation and role negotiation
This was my first parent engagement activity for Mary Linsmeier Schools- South Milwaukee (MLS-SM) that I planned. I was promoted to this center in April. Understanding my limitations (i.e. familiarity with the community, personalities of the parents, and strengths of my faculty) I knew I would need the help of my staff. I used staff meetings to discuss what we could do during the Health Fair, I asked individual teachers what they would like set up in their classroom, I had teachers color the signs for the Fair, I had a teacher take pictures for a display board, a teacher took pictures that night, and I delegated the shopping to my cook. (Please find ‘Permission to Post Pictures’, ‘Staff Meeting Notes’, ‘Health Fair Invitation’, and ‘Delegation List’ in “Documents” tab) Finally, being new to the area, I did not know any local dentists. Two of my teachers were able to secure donations from community dentists. Many hands made this load light.