A Tribute to the life and work of Dr. Carter G. Woodson- A transformational leader, thinker and doer
Please review the postings below for the benefit of your overarching development and thoughts. Do not change what you wrote but think about how an instructional leader responds to organizations compared to managers:
Why would Carter G. Woodson be used by Dr. Moffett for this class to understand the Conceptual Framework element of Critical Race Theory?
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Prior to this class did you ever read the MisEducation of the Negro?
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How does chapter 9 of The MisEducation of the Negro impact your thinking?
Can African Americans continue to blame America for the internal strife that contributes to its self-imposed miseducation?
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What is the role of a 21st Century School leader?
How does chapter 9 of The MisEducation of the Negro impact your thinking?
Can African Americans continue to blame America for the internal strife that contributes to its self-imposed miseducation?
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2 comments:
I remember when I had one of my students put together a video on transformational leadership in preparation for LC 4's presentation we had to give on the same subject. I initially included Carter G. Woodson on the slide that consisted of several transformational leaders throughout history as well as a a few current ones. I can't remember if I discussed this with LC 4, the student who created the slide show, or someone else I was talking about the project with, but I do remember telling someone that I should remove Carter G. Woodson from it because he wasn't a transformational leader. And whoever I told that to, they agreed!
Now, I read Mis-Education quite some time ago back in college when I really started to plunge into leisure reading, particulary African American history and culture. I think I've read the book twice as a matter of fact. The point is that although I read his book a couple of times, I never knew anything about the man himself. I knew he was the Father of Black History and that he founded Negro History Week which later became Black History Month. I knew he chose the month of Feb. because it coincided with the birthdays of Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass unbeknownst to most Black people who think this was a ploy by the "white man" to make BHM the shortest month of the year. And I'm quite proud to say that I know a bit about Black history but I'm also shamed that I know very little of Carter G. Woodson the man, the transformational leader.
I wonder what motivated him to pursue every waking hour of his life since his first years of formal schooling at age 20 to the recognition of Black history. What are some of the obstacles he faced that shaped his leadership style and that shaped his mode of thinking? Ironically, before our assignment on Chp. 9 in Mis-education, I began reading his first book, The Education of the Negro since 1861. I've had it in my collection for a couple years now.
Black mis-education nowadays is certainly self-imposed but the old African proverb states, "Each one, teach one." Like Dubois, it takes each of us "talented folk" who know about the Mis-education and it's implications to teach one. For every one we teach, that lends itself to the possibility that that one will teach another and so on. I don't know. Its worth a try.
The role of the 21st leader is to come up with the ideas of how to create a professional learning community (PLC) of education leaders committed to 21st century education. This community of education leaders would be committed to building critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity into their educational systems. One would be able to distinguish successful 21st century leaders by the strong leadership skills and passion exuded. While individual teachers can adopt the practices of a 21st century leader, the real impact happens when the entire school and district embraces and works toward the same vision. The 21st century leader must practice and live by the following steps.
Step 1: Adopt Your Vision
Step 2: Create Community Consensus around the 4Cs
Step 3: Align Your System to the 4Cs
Step 4: Use the 4Cs to Build Professional Capacity
Step 5: Embed the 4Cs in Curriculum and Assessment
Step 6: Use the 4C has to support teachers.
Step 7: Improve and innovate: Create a 4C's organization.
Reading over the ELCC standards and listening to the overall messages of the LC presentations the following core items are needed in all aspects of your thinking as a leader.
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity
Chapter 9 of The Mis-Education of the Negro really affected my thinking and started me to analyze all my interactions with past individuals. In my trip down memory lane, I became very angry when I thought about certain situations and how revel ant chapter 9 is still in 2011. When you think about chapter nine and all the truths uncovered you start to understand better were the blame should be placed.
The blame can no longer be placed on the White Man and what he made us do , or how he held us back … No , the finger has to be pointed at the individual , as we are in control of our destiny and we should never let any “MAN” tell us what we can be or where we are going.
African American’s can no longer blame anyone for his or her misfortune or strife. We as a people have to analyze further why we are subjected to certain things and why do we continue to put ourselves in situations that we know will turn out wrong and not in our favor.
Taking responsibility for self is the first step in becoming responsible. After reading chapter 9 and applying it to my life, it really made me appreciate Standard 5.
Leaders must promote success in ourselves and our communities by acting with integrity, fairness, and ethically and never conforming to what other’s want us to be. We should never sell ourselves for a title or more money because this makes us a traducer and allows other has to feel they have power over us and our communities.
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