“Moral Compass” Pointing South
I took the “Leadership Compass Self-Assessment” and found out that I am overwhelmingly pointing South, Empathy. In all honesty I wasn’t shocked about this in the slightest. My mom always tells me that I would be much at being an elementary teacher, because usually those are the students that we think need more empathy. But I think that is a strength of mine. Taking that ability to think about the student rather than the grade is what higher levels need. My whole teaching belief is about having that love, aka empathy, for my students. To really show them that I am here for them so I can begin to build a community within my classroom. By looking back on everything that I have written involving my beliefs it is no wonder why my Leadership Compass points south.
On the other hand this makes me really nervous. I have a tendency of not being able to say no as well as take all the blame onto myself which can be dangerous when thinking about the fact that my students may burn me out. Meaning that if I constantly give into my Southern ways (Empathy) then I could risk not getting any growth from my students. I could constantly give into their emotions and have no black or white guidelines for them to follow. Which helps is that I am not conscientious of these tendencies now so I can manage how far my compass will point South. I don’t think that I should 180 and flip to another direction but I think being more balanced within the compass will make me not only a better teacher but a better advocate for my students and for education.
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I think that if I would take this test, I would score for empathy as well. It’s very important to acknowledge both the positives and negatives of this characteristic – and you do a great job of that! Do you think that through the course of this badge, you will learn how to best balance your leadership? How will learning to be a good leader help you be a great advocate?
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I appreciate your honesty and sincerity here! I would definitely agree with the outcome of the test. How would you use your gifts to better assist your students? Fellow Teachers?
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