A few days ago, I saw this tweet from @gcouros while reviewing the daily action from my PLN.

This certainly caught my attention, so I read the blog post and decided to participate.

Lets be straight up to begin. Administrators are busy people with many responsibilities to juggle. They can’ t ‘know everything’ – and they don’t need to.  I do believe there a some critical elements that are attached to their role in terms school success and staff development that will make a key difference.

School Administrator To Do List

• walk the walk & talk the talk
• understand digital literacy and digital citizenship
• be familiar with, and understand the power of  web 2.0 and social media tools
• establish a PLN (self directed, job embedded learning) and share the learnings with staff
• promote technology use as an embedded & key part of the learning process
• understand appropriate technology use, highlight/showcase it as a part of good teaching practice
• include technology use in the learning process as part of the teacher feedback and evaluation process
• require that staff learn about best technology integration strategies as part of ongoing PD/learning plans
• ensure that technology uses are well connected to Province/State and Board/District level priorities
• understand the role of technology in establishing and/or improving school and classroom community
• build a culture, not a ‘one of’ island
• embrace change
• be vocal: share, promote and connect with other administrators
• STAY THE COURSE!

~ Mark