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Gateway High School Reflection

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Since I started working in Gateway High School two years ago, my view of changes has been limited. As a teacher, I was, most of my time, enclosed within my classroom. However, since I started the internship for the National Louis University Ed.S. in Educational Leadership, I have seen how the school is being slowly but steadily transformed from a violent school, with lots of discrimination towards a safe and inclusive environment. If I have to measure the success of the changes, I have to say that the process is taking time, but the changes are palpable. The school is one of the safest schools in the district. The data show how the fights, and all other disciplinary issues are being steadily going down in occurrence throughout …show more content…

However, the faculty and staff has been steadily transformed with professional development and by the hiring process of new and diverse personnel. I understand that the school leader must set the pace and lead the way one step at a time. Changes take time and a world-view of the bigger picture. Gateway High School is a diverse school with a multicultural faculty in which we still need some educators to turn around and embrace changes. Therefore, we still have changes to come when we referred to discrimination, but for the most part, it is a safe and all-inclusive school. The administrators have done a colossal job in changing the culture from the roots up by leading with specific strategies, personal and professional example, and by demonstrating support to the students, faculty, and staff. Before I got to participate in this assignment, I thought that the process of change was non-existence or slow around me. This task was helpful by taking me step by step into the process of chunking, understanding, evaluating, and analyzing different changes that I had endure in my personal and professional life. I can have a better understanding of myself and how ready and flexible I am to adapt into the different environments. Based on the data analysis I can state that I am ready for

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