Assignment 1b submitted - not the greatest of jobs but with my husband having some surgery and not able to deal much with the kids and then getting violently ill took about a week out of my time, then my son getting ill, getting better and going in for dental surgery, this took another 4 days out and then having to look after him when he was out. So all in all I think I had around 4 days before the due date to work on the assignment. As long as I pass I think I will be happy for this assignment. Now to focus on the next one - but first I really want to spend some time on the readings that are in the unit. I feel like I have missed some points about the main thrust of the articles and the unit and want to relook and write something about them. A little time consuming but it has to be done. I do have Saturday to do some work, my wonderful husband is taking the kids to his mother's for the night (although there is an ulterior motive there - he is going to a concert!) so even though I won't wake up with my son on his birthday on Sunday I will have some time to work on my studies for a day. Then Sunday morning I will get everything ready for his party!
I found the self assessment interesting to look at and to try and focus it on myself, I wonder if it would have been worth it to do a group assessment too? Not sure, it is easy to be critical of others in the group but hard for you to look at yourself and critique your participation and work load. The annotated bibliography was fine but the word limit was a concern to try and convey an appropriate evaluation of the work. Oh well on to looking at the articles now.
Showing posts with label Reflection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reflection. Show all posts
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Leadership assignment
What did I learn today?
I am learning more about the role of leadership and what I as a TL should be looking at. I have considered myself a leader but I think I restricted myself to library issues and haven't looked to far beyond being a leader in that area. Some of this was time restrictions but now I am starting to see where else I can be a leader.
Whom did I nurture?
Today it was myself, my own understanding of my role and where I could go with it
What challenge did I confront?
My view of what I can do in the school, my own issues with approaching others in my school and being the leader I should and can be. I have placed barriers in my way and I am starting to look at what I am putting up and saying that it isn't good enough to do this.
How did I make a positive difference?
I am experiencing acceptance of what a powerful and unique position I have and where I can take it.
Cheng, Y. (2002). Leadership and strategy.
This was an interesting article and one of the first that I could start to see where the TL can push forward as a leader in other areas on the library's radar. I like the 5 dimensional model and the break up of different components that make a leader. That we are transformational leaders and can utilise this in our position in a number of ways. The key word was proactive here and this tied in with Donham's article and that we can shape beliefs, attitudes and values to development opportunities for the future. This can be done from a single staff member, to a group to the whole staff. I really enjoyed looking through this article as it really compounded what a TL can do and that is adapt, adapt our behaviour to the situation but that we can transform the situation too and armed with our knowledge this is something I can see occurring.
I am learning more about the role of leadership and what I as a TL should be looking at. I have considered myself a leader but I think I restricted myself to library issues and haven't looked to far beyond being a leader in that area. Some of this was time restrictions but now I am starting to see where else I can be a leader.
Whom did I nurture?
Today it was myself, my own understanding of my role and where I could go with it
What challenge did I confront?
My view of what I can do in the school, my own issues with approaching others in my school and being the leader I should and can be. I have placed barriers in my way and I am starting to look at what I am putting up and saying that it isn't good enough to do this.
How did I make a positive difference?
I am experiencing acceptance of what a powerful and unique position I have and where I can take it.
Cheng, Y. (2002). Leadership and strategy.
This was an interesting article and one of the first that I could start to see where the TL can push forward as a leader in other areas on the library's radar. I like the 5 dimensional model and the break up of different components that make a leader. That we are transformational leaders and can utilise this in our position in a number of ways. The key word was proactive here and this tied in with Donham's article and that we can shape beliefs, attitudes and values to development opportunities for the future. This can be done from a single staff member, to a group to the whole staff. I really enjoyed looking through this article as it really compounded what a TL can do and that is adapt, adapt our behaviour to the situation but that we can transform the situation too and armed with our knowledge this is something I can see occurring.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Reflection
What did I learn today?
Nothing is as scary as you make it in your mind so go ahead and do it.
Whom did I nurture?
LA learning a new procedure to do with Scis and inloading/extracting images
What challenge did I confront?
Minimising the difficulties in my mind through preconceived notions
How did i make a positive difference?
Students are excited about the new feature and about their library lessons, they are enjoying learning.
Nothing is as scary as you make it in your mind so go ahead and do it.
Whom did I nurture?
LA learning a new procedure to do with Scis and inloading/extracting images
What challenge did I confront?
Minimising the difficulties in my mind through preconceived notions
How did i make a positive difference?
Students are excited about the new feature and about their library lessons, they are enjoying learning.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Covey reading
One thing that caught my attention is the ability to say No. It is such a little word but can be so difficult to use, especially in being a TL with a multifaceted job description. I think that the ability to say a 'pleasant no' is vital in a service domain like ours especially without being apologetic.
Also the view that we don't have the priorities in our heart is a vital aspect that leads to a lack of discipline in staying true to our priorities. I find that I do the check list or 'to do' list and do have a priority coloumn next to it to organise them, I do have the view of 'bigger' things that need to be done but not in the larger scheme of our service. This is something I will have to internalise for myself. In fact sometimes I use the idea of planning as an excuse not to fulfil the tasks I need to do. If I need to do a number of tasks, the first thing is to plan when they can be done, what priority do they have, what deadlines? So therefore, I plan thinking I am being organised but what if it is my lack of discipline revolving around my priorities for overall job that is behind my need to plan? Something I will need to reflect on.
Also the view that we don't have the priorities in our heart is a vital aspect that leads to a lack of discipline in staying true to our priorities. I find that I do the check list or 'to do' list and do have a priority coloumn next to it to organise them, I do have the view of 'bigger' things that need to be done but not in the larger scheme of our service. This is something I will have to internalise for myself. In fact sometimes I use the idea of planning as an excuse not to fulfil the tasks I need to do. If I need to do a number of tasks, the first thing is to plan when they can be done, what priority do they have, what deadlines? So therefore, I plan thinking I am being organised but what if it is my lack of discipline revolving around my priorities for overall job that is behind my need to plan? Something I will need to reflect on.
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