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Alecca
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 Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: What makes a good supervisor? |
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After reading these posts for about 6 months and seeing some distaste towards the higher ups, I was curious to see what TEFL teachers see as good supervision/leadership versus bad.
Is a hands-off approach better? Does micro-managing happen often?
All responses appreciated! |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: Re: What makes a good supervisor? |
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| Alecca wrote: |
After reading these posts for about 6 months and seeing some distaste towards the higher ups, I was curious to see what TEFL teachers see as good supervision/leadership versus bad.
Is a hands-off approach better? Does micro-managing happen often?
All responses appreciated! |
Good leadership recognizes strengths and encourages people to build on them. This is not the let's-work-on-your-problems model.
Good management is the effective allocation of resources.
Good supervision is both. |
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Alecca
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you feel that there is any difference in supervision styles in the UAE than elsewhere? |
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Bindair Dundat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Alecca wrote: |
| Do you feel that there is any difference in supervision styles in the UAE than elsewhere? |
Administrators generally get away with near-murder in the Middle East. There are people in supervisory roles here who would never survive in such roles at home, regardless of whether "home" is the USA, Canada, the UK, Oz, NZ, or Europe. All they have to do here is find the right person or persons to kiss up to, and they're safe... until the political winds change. Then they're out on the street. Seen it happen before, will see it happen again.
Back home, administrators who have the right stuff get on a career track and generally keep going unless they develop a serious flaw.
The basic administrative style in EFL in the ME is something like: "My friends can do whatever they want, my enemies are dead meat, and whoever is left is expected to do the work. Now DON'T BOTHER ME." |
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Alecca
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Seen it happen before, will see it happen again.
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Are you saying you've "been there, done that"? Pardon the pun!  Thanks for your answer! |
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like2answer
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The basic administrative style in EFL in the ME is something like: "My friends can do whatever they want, my enemies are dead meat, and whoever is left is expected to do the work. Now DON'T BOTHER ME."
Pefectly said. Thanx |
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eha
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"The basic administrative style in EFL in the ME is something like: "My friends can do whatever they want, my enemies are dead meat, and whoever is left is expected to do the work. Now DON'T BOTHER ME."
Have you copyrighted this? Can I have it? I'd like to translate it into Old Gaelic and use it as my signature. |
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