Reflection: Visionary Administrators

As an MCPS teacher, I have a full understanding that the demands for education continue to grow each year. It is my responsibility to meet the needs of my students and to be aware of the constant changes being made to the VSC. I have strive to reach the goals of the Technology Standards however; I always seem to fall short of meeting them. My failure is usually due to the lack of technological resources available in my school building. The article, The New Visionary Leader, made me realize that the administrators at my school are responsible for developing a vision for meeting the technology standards for our students. As a teacher, I have not seen or felt any move toward enhancing the integration of technology within the daily curriculum of instruction at my school. We have a minimum amount of technological equipment to use for instruction and we have not received any trainings on how to use the equipment that we do have.
This article taught me that a visionary leader is one who understands the constant development of technology and includes those technological practices in their schools. A visionary leader prioritizes the integration of technology within the daily curriculum of instruction. She strives to provide her school with any digital equipment necessary to enhance the education of her students. Basically, reading this article helped me understand that the administrators of today need to embrace technology and implement it wherever possible within the daily curriculum.