Monday, January 30, 2012
Discussion February 1-15, 2012: Navigating Politics (school and central office realities) Hosted By: Bill Bertrand
Bill Bertrand will be hosting a discussion on navigating politics at the District and School levels. Bill is the State Supervisor for Technology and Engineering Education in the State of Pennsylvania. Please join Bill from February 1-15, 2012.
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Politics are the process by which people or groups of people make collective decisions that affect an entire community, state, or nation. Politics is a force of human nature by which the hierarchical human social construct of power is manipulated, transferred, and/or put into use for the benefit of the collective entity.
ReplyDeleteI have found that one of the keys to navigating politics is to make the system work for you. I had a principal that temporarily banned the media from the school, because reporters were covering only the negative happenings of the school. The press seems to love the drama of a negative story on education. To counter the negative stories, I have decided to promote as many engaging positive technology and engineering education stories as I can muster. Follow/paste this link for an example: http://www.bcps.org/news/articles/article2788.html. When we talk politics, we think about the three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The press has often been referred to as the fourth branch of government. Use the press to the benefit of your technology and engineering programs and make politics work for you.
DeleteOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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