Alyssa Reed

I am an abstract random dominant personality according the toe GSD. I think that there is some nice language I may be able to use in communicating expectations to my team, administratio & colleagues at large.

I like that positive AR leadership results in a shared vision within a caring, cooperative and dynmaic community. I agree that I can be most effective by commiting to help the vision manifest, by discerning the unique purposes, natures, functions and limitatins of my p.o.v., and of my extraordinary sensitivity toward abstract vibrations, by understanding and honoring the non-linear logic system I use to contact, relate to and deal with individual and group spirit, by trusting my "gut feelings" of right and wrong to guard against inappropriate and harmful forces, and when I cooperate as an equal partner with other leaders.

I appreciate the list of warnings, or things to watch out for, including becoming confused by competing ideas, cross-currents of emotions and deceptive activities in teh environment, withholding my contributions because I have been demeaned or discounted, failing to evaluate or deliberate when appropriate, or ignoring breaches in the social fabric of the school, or accomodating others for fear of social rejection.

I am afraid of the reasons dominant AR leaders are fired for. I think this means I should know them the better than the others. I could be fired if I were to accept, protect or cover up incompetence, to disregard or overlook dangerous or undeserving forces. I could be reassigned if I were to indulge in flight, unfocused or indiscriminate thinking, if I were to violate boundaries, rules & regulations, or commitments to privacy. It would be dangerous if I were to allow myself to be inattentive to group morale problems or to not accept personal responsibility for problems that occur in my classroom, on the playground or with substitutes.

From the Instructional Leadership Beliefs Inventory, I find that I take a nondirective approach 46.0% of the time, a collaborative approach 33.5% of the time and a directive approach 20.1% of the time. I think this means that I prefer to work with teahers who are highly committed and highly abstract, which describes hte sort of teachers who tend to remain at my school, on our staff. (Teacher dropouts tend to leave or be reassigned.)

As for the animals, I came out as a beaver, hard working, over-explanatory. I found this a bit disappointing, but helpful. Last time I took an animal test, I was a bat, and my husband a groundhog. This other test I took was inspired by a friend who came out as a red tailed hawk. As an AR, of course I know about how there has been a recent trend in homoeopathy that encourages people to take tests like this where hundreds of animals can be involved. I had trouble using just four, knowing that, but it was still a simple and thought provoking exercise. Here is a test with more animals (but less directly geared toward leadership!) http://www.animalinyou.com/test.php