The Nevada Administrator Forum focuses on member participation.  We have four tools:

  1. The Discussion Space - uses threaded discussions for asynchronous conversations so that you can take plenty of time to think about what you want to say and say it at your convenience.  In addition, the main Forum is set up with email notification, so that you will receive email copies of everything that is posted. Each email notice includes a link at the bottom of the message that takes you to the thread from which the comment was sent.   
  2. Resource Collection - provides a collection of documents related to generative leadership and 21st century student outcomes.
  3. User Profile - provides contact information and a personal bio (we encourage members to respond to 3 questions in writing the bio: a. What is my highest life purpose? b. What are my gifts? c. What is my intention?
  4. Member Directory - a listing of all members with a link to their user profiles (a key to our networking strategy)

We encourage reflective writing:

1. Set aside a scheduled time (daily or weekly) to reflect in writing on a professional leadership issue with which you are dealing.

2. At least once a month share something you have learned and/or a question that you are exploring through your reflection/writing. The first Monday of each month we will remind you to share on the Forum.

The purpose of this is to:

  • provide an intentional pause in your work
  • be an instrument for the development of being an even more reflective practitioner
  • examine further what the business of school is all about, the elements of successful schools and get in touch with any limiting beliefs and/or practices
  • make thoughts visible and concrete, giving a way to interact with, elaborate on, and expand ideas
  • be empowered for challenging the status quo
  • examine and clarify free responses that facilitate connections between ideas
  • practice ways of knowing and envision new ways of thinking and responding
  • give youself a safe place in which to try out and defend your ideas
  • be in your flow, more fully embrace your genius, and renew your spirit.

Please let us know if you have any questions as you participate on the Forum.

We would love to have you introduce yourself to the group, and as we proceed, share questions, comments and ahas. Sharing your reflections, questions, comments and ahas will provide you with the maximum benefits because you have the opportunity to get facilitative feedback that will open some pathways in your journey. I personally have been journaling and have been facilitated by others over the past year and a half outside of the Forum, and now I truly have experienced transformational personal/leadership change. Therefore I am excited to bring this learning journey to the Forum and continue to learn with everyone else from the field of social technology as we embrace 21st century student outcomes.
 

Leslie James
NVDOE Title II-A "Teacher and Principal Grant" Consultant