12+Presenting+Information

= **Presenting Information** =


 * Text Support & Personal Experience:**
 * Page 50 of the texts cites several skills, understandings, and dispositions that "enable principals to help develop leadership capacity in their schools." Number 2 and 11 state, "Extend these understandings to the school and staff. Knowledge of the history and strengths and needs of the school, as well as of the leadership qualities of its staff" and "Convene and sustain the conversations about teaching, learning, and leading. These conversations are well designed, facilitated, sequenced, and articulated " (2003, p.50). Principals discuss and receive critical information from district meetings and from other areas above. It is important that they relay important information to all staff in a way that is clear and well articulated. When an individual works alongside several staff members, it is important that they seek out each staff member to make sure they are aware of any pertinent situations and not just assume that information will spread on its own. - Monica


 * I think that it is important for systems to be set up in schools on who presents what information. If a principal comes from a district meeting, it is important that they present any information necessary to the teachers and other staff at the school, whether it's through an e-mail, a meeting, or individually. Also, if there is an action-research team, how and who on that team is important. I think that this skill also ties into being creative. Just like teachers who should present learning material to students in a way that engages them to learn it, I think that it is just as important during staff meetings too. -Kelly

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 * Presenting information at a meeting is very crucial to have a very clear goal. From my own personal experience, sometimes after the information is presented. The discussion can be distracted by a very different direction. By the end of the meeting, the projected goal is not reached. The information should be very well and clearly stated. Otherwise people at the meeting will spend lots of time to clarify the information. -Jingfang
 * How and who presents information is vital to the message. For example, I have often received information via email, or on paper, that is not brought up in a person to person meeting. And other times, time is spent going over information in a meeting felt could have easily been sent via email or a paper note. In addition, how the message is presented can also give power to the presenter. It is easier to listen to, follow and agree with a presenter who is a strong speaker, and is focused and organized. ~Laura