Evaluation Of Instructional Leadership Styles - 1112 Words

Throughout this semester we have read and discussed instructional leadership styles on what to do and what not to do. We have also applied these styles during in-class scenario sessions. During the last few weeks we have focused on the evaluation process of instructional leadership. Whether you are a teacher, nurse, military personnel, or janitor, you will have formal evaluations throughout your career, but few of us truly understand and become proficient at the process. Thus, DiPaola and Hoy (2014) discuss in chapter eight why, how, and what we evaluate personnel on, while chapter nine discusses the actual process of conducting evaluations. Upon graduating nursing school in 2006, I joined the United States Navy. I was not a prior†¦show more content†¦This duty entailed assigning patients to staff according to their skill level, managing doctors’ orders, new admits and discharges, and keeping my senior leadership abreast of all matters. This first leadership position, as charge nurse, greatly aided in my future position as the division officer of the multi-service ward (MSW) at Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. As a division officer I was directly in charge of eight nurses and ten corpsman. Some of my responsibilities were staffing, patient safety and satisfaction, career development for all staff members, and yearly evaluations. Had I had DiPaola and Hoy’s (2014) text back then, my job as a division officer would have been significantly easier. DiPaola and Hoy (2014) state on page 187, â€Å"†¦the overall purposes of personnel evaluation are accountability and professional growth leading to student learning.† While as a division officer, I was not concerned about student learning, I was concerned with accountability of staff skills, professional growth, and staff and patient learning. Had I been equipped with the knowledge of how to set up evaluations, according to the evaluation cycle discussed by DiPaola and Hoy (2014) on page 186, I believe the evaluation part of my job would have been less burdensome. Within the Navy, we are required to submit yearly evaluations and are highly encouraged to conduct a mid-cycle counseling meeting to ensure staff members are where they need and want to be