Other
than the Leadership Curriculum for the Elementary Classroom, I have worked on
other projects that showcase evidence of learning from the MA ORGL program.
Bolivar Lip Dub
What: A Lip Dub- a music
video that is filmed all in one take. A
camera follows different lip synchers along a pre-determined path that is lined
with other people in the community.
Who: The entire Colegio Bolivar community including students,
teachers, parents, alumni, administration, members of the board, transportation
workers, maintenance workers, operations workers. There were about 1500 people involved.
Where: The Colegio Bolivar campus
When: June 2010- May 2011.
Film date May 11, 2011.
Why: In ORGL 504, Organizational Communication, I realized
how the sections and members of my school were very segregated, even though we
are all on the same campus. Members of
different sections (El Nido, Pre-primary, Primary, Middle School, and High
School) hardly had the chance to integrate and communicate with each
other. Students and staff had no idea
what was going on in different sections.
Furthermore, other members of the school community such as the
maintenance, transportation, and operations workers were not only segregated,
but excluded at times. I examined this
more closely in ORGL 506, Leadership and Diversity, by looking at my
school through the lens of community and class.
ORGL 505, Organizational Theory, helped me understand how
different members of Colegio Bolivar perceived the idea of community and how
the school portrays it.
How: Fueled by my research and a vision to unite the entire school
community, I proposed the Lip Dub project to the administration in June
2010. It was approved and I spent the
next year working hard on bringing it all together. I created a strong primary team and tried to
guide my actions with ORGL 518, Transformational Leadership, in
mind. I knew that I had a tendency to
want to do everything myself, but I worked hard to delegate and trust in my
team. I gave them the tools and support
they needed to be their own leaders of their sections.
Staff Teambuilding Sessions
What: Staff teambuilding sessions
Who: August 2013- All teaching staff (120 people); October 2013- All school staff (330 people)
Where: Colegio Bolivar
When: Orientation August 9, 2013; Professional Development Day
October 31, 2013
Why: For the same reasons as
the Lip Dub, I wanted to bring the staff together in a different way. In ORGL 504, Organizational
Communication, I realized how the sections and members of my school were very
segregated, even though we are all on the same campus. Members of different sections (El Nido,
Pre-primary, Primary, Middle School, and High School) hardly had the chance to
integrate and communicate with each other.
Staff had no idea what was going on in different sections. Furthermore, other members of the school
community such as the maintenance, transportation, and operations workers were
not only segregated, but excluded at times.
I examined this more closely in ORGL 506, Leadership and
Diversity, by looking at my school through the lens of community and
class. ORGL 505, Organizational
Theory, helped me understand how different members of Colegio Bolivar perceived
the idea of community and how the school portrays it. The Lip Dub was a fun project, but I noticed
that most people parted ways after and it did not have the effect on the
community that I would have liked. I
wanted to target the staff next to encourage more integration and
communication.
How: Using ideas from ORGL 550, Teambuilding I, as well as
my experience working with a teambuilding company and leadership camps, I
organized two teambuilding sessions for the staff. The first one was only teaching staff, and
the second included all school staff.
With ORGL 518, Transformational Leadership, in mind, I selected
other teachers to create a solid facilitating team. With their help, we came up with different
activities. I provided them with the guidance,
support, and materials they needed, but I let them run their own activity and
trusted them to do a good job. The ones
who facilitated the activities in August were eager and excited to do it again
in October.
