Daily Reflection

 Day 1

    I enjoyed the first sessions of this course, and I learned how discussion and sharing help us frame the problem and thus help us solve it. Sharing also helps us broaden the point of view and helps us see the problem in a more comprehensive manner. For me, I can arrange the six points related to areas for leadership in descending order as follows  (from strongest to least powerful):

1- Setting strategic direction. 

2- Building relationships. 

3- Leading for learning. 

4- Ensuring accountabilities. 

5- Developing People.

6- leading the organization.  


Day 2

    As we learned today: There are hidden traps that unconsciously influence our decision making regarding the problems we face.

Sometimes relying on it is correct, according to the merits of the problem, and sometimes it is a major obstacle to making the right decision without our knowing...

These traps are:

  1. The Anchoring Trap. 
  2. The Status-Quo Trap.
  3. The Sunk-Cost Trap. 
  4. The Framing Trap.
  5. The Estimating and Forecasting Traps.
    As the writer said in the book Making Better Decisions: " The best protection against all psychological traps-in isolation or in combination is awareness".

Day 3
    Today you learned the importance of fair decisions in a case study and how they affect the objectivity of the study. I also learned that when I want to consult those around me with a decision, it is better not to present my ideas and share them so as not to be affected by them and prove them more, so my percentage of benefiting from the ideas and advice of others decreases. I benefited a lot from the Eisenhaus Matrix as it taught me the subtle difference between important and urgent and guided me on how to better arrange my daily, weekly and monthly tasks. 

Day4

It was useful for me to read and learn about the congruence model, in order to understand the importance of departments and people being in sync with each other. This will help them more understand the goals of the school, and move towards them together. To get the best results, it is necessary to use this model to look at the main drivers of the study and work to improve Performance to all work in unison. I had a lot of fun while applying the five (why) to a problem I faced in my day. This helped me to find the real root of the problem without getting distracted by secondary problems that distract from finding the real and appropriate solution. I also benefited from reading about models of decision-making:

- It is a model that provides an approach to navigating complex options.

- The model emphasizes on considering: ethics - realism (the facts of the situation) - pragmatism - empathy (understanding the perspectives of those affected), to guide decision-makers.

Through this, we can conduct systematic analysis and make decisions with balanced results.

Day5
    Today, the doctor presented to us the congruence model, which shows that we in the school community must be identical so that problems do not occur. There must be compatibility and harmony in the culture, in the structures and systems, in the capabilities, in the interdependence, and in the critical tasks.
Then we moved on to discuss some of the problems that teachers face in the school community or some of the problems that occur during work in general.
Finally, we discussed the ethical problems that occur in the school community, and how to make an ethical decision regarding them without deviating from the law, violating the principles, or changing the facts.
This includes going through specific steps in decision-making, thinking about the details of the situations that occur, and thinking from different points of view and the different dimensions of the problem, and this is very important.
Day 6
    Today's class talked about crises and how we can deal with them as teachers. We must go back to the administration before speaking about anything. It is wrong for me to speak about a matter or respond to something related to a matter. Rather, I must return the matter to the administration. As for the administration, it must send a message that includes: Tell the public that the administration is concerned about the parties to the matter, but will work to investigate the matter and take the necessary measures, and then ask that everyone remain calm while leaving space for the administration to deal with the matter in complete privacy. I also liked linking Carver's model to the decision-making matrix, as both involve setting priorities and working to solve problems within specific criteria by presenting the problem against the criterion and presenting the parties to the problem and the action that each of them must take. It is necessary to have a crisis management plan, and attention must be paid to updating it and updating its information, such as phone numbers.

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