Strength-based leadership can
support a community of practice by allowing each individual to do what they are
best at. Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory expresses this
thought. If each individual is working in an area that they are
knowledgeable in, it helps the presentation of the overall team. This
also allows those who are weaker in a particular area to watch the scaffolding
of their teammate or partner. Strength-based leadership is extremely
important because if every person in that learning community has a different
strength, everyone gets to shine when it is time to work in their specialty
area.
In this type of learning community, everyone is teaching and learning at the same time. A multitude of scaffolding is taking place as well as training. It is vital to leadership because as educators, we should always be willing to create templates for our weaker colleagues to help strengthen themselves.
In this type of learning community, everyone is teaching and learning at the same time. A multitude of scaffolding is taking place as well as training. It is vital to leadership because as educators, we should always be willing to create templates for our weaker colleagues to help strengthen themselves.
I like how you make the point that everyone gets to shine when it's their time. So many people don't get the chance to really shine at work because no one is taking an interest in them. I think this is probably more prevelant in a bigger school or workplace. I don't think the principal has ever taken an interest in me doing more then just teaching because he's never taken the time to find out what my strengths really are.
ReplyDeleteI think in the future that will be a point that I want to make. I want to be able to shine as well!