What Makes a Great Communicator?

Hi all!  I hope you’re enjoying your break!  I’d like to do some work when we get back on modeling great communicators… (We’ve already talked about not great communicators and what they don’t do well)  So-  Please respond with a comment about who you think is a great communicator (local, national, international, dead, alive, etc.), and more importantly, what they DO that makes them good.  Please be thoughtful about your written response and articulate with strong words and without wordiness

Update on Tardiness

So we have a goal for the next five weeks to have no more than 15 tardies collectively.  We’ve already had 7 so far, in just two days, so making our goal of no more than 8 more in 7 class periods might be challenging.  We’ve agreed that I’ll have a surprise prize for them if they make the goal, and that they get to roll over to the next five weeks any “unused” tardies.  I hope that the motivation will be more not letting each other down than the prize or the roll-overs.  When another teacher heard about the “policy” she scoffed.  Thinking it was ridiculous not only that 15 tardies were acceptable, but that the class as a whole chose the policy rather than… me?  Our class, out of all those in the high school, is designed for the students to take leadership roles.  How will they learn what motivates them, and what motivates groups with diverse interests if they don’t try to do these things themselves?  If this tardy policy doesn’t work, hopefully it will be a learning experience and they will choose something different for the next 5 weeks.  We’re learning by doing for crying out loud!   Hey guys- What do you think about the process for deciding on a tardy policy?  Did you feel like everyone had a chance to share ideas? Do you think people will be more motivated to be on time now, less motivated, or the same? 

Tardiness

We need to have a tardiness policy for our class for next semester because my pleas have not made much of a difference. Kaiya recommended $ for snacks, but I don’t think that’s “painful” enough for the offender. What are some other ideas?

Vision Question 1

What was the reaction of other students when you shared your vision statement?  How did it make you feel about your vision?

If you didn’t yet share your vision, what were your challenges?

Vision Question 2

Do you agree with Maxwell’s assertion that “vision is everything to a leader?”  Why or why not?

Vision Question 3

Now that you have a vision, how will it change your leadership?