I am working on this new post this summer. As a Superintendent of Schools, I re-examined how I spent my time and energy and whether it was having any impact on those that I have the greatest opportunity to influence, my principals/vice-principals. The greatest learning....I had to very clear of what I needed to learn based on the evidence I was observing from my class, my students, my principals/vice-principals. I had to be transparent with my inquiry, my theories of action (what actions I was going to take), my success criteria for my learning, my evidence of my success criteria, my analysis of my evidence, my reflections of my learning, and my next actions. I had to be very intentional of what I was going to do, and what I was not going to do. How I would spend my time, and how I would no longer spend my time. The support of Steven Katz as our senior team's critical friend, was a key support to push my own thinking about who I believe I am as a leader, how I was spending my time as a leader and whether they aligned. S. Katz "Intentional Interruption" book was a catalyst to my deeper reflection of my own learning this school year.
Manny Figueiredo
