Week 5 Final Reflection

This journey even though it had some mistakes (on my part) and some pitfalls, has been a wonderful one. As an Athletic Director, these courses have opened up my eyes to the world outside of Athletics and the many hats that a Superintendent must wear. While I have had a narrow focus, I am working on becoming a larger part of Goose Creek CISD. This was the main focus that we discussed with my site Supervisor Randy O'Brien. I met with Mr. O'brien on Monday September 23, 2013. Coming to a new district, he was excellent in helping me transition to my new role. On Monday, we talked about the last few months of my internship and I felt is was like yesterday that we started. We talked about what what I did at an exceptional level. Mr. O'Brien felt that I was tremendous at working with people. My people skills were on target for what a Superintendent needs to be like. He gave some examples of the way I have reached out to parents and how I have gotten "buy-in" from groups of people who were dissapointed with Athletics in the past. Throughout all of the competencies he felt that I was on target to be successful. This meeting was not all perfect. We had the tough conversation about Curriculum and Instruction. In what I do, I am not exposed to Curriculum and Instruction. I have to seek out opportunities. Mr. O'Brien complemented on seeking these opportunities out. He advised me that if I truly want to be a Superintendent someday that I need a stronger background in this as School Boards will demand this of their Instructional Leader. I agreed and said that Scool Boards are looking for people who can get them out of "testing jail." I do feel that by continuing to work with Mr. O'Brien I will continue to build our relationship> I suspect that he would like to see me go on and become a Superintendent someday. I know he will be a huge supporter. I know that after this conversation, he will continue to push and challenge me to be better and expand my role as a district leader. This is truly all that I can ask for and I thank him for being an exceptional supervisor!