Leadership Guide for State Coordinators by State Coordinators
Leadership Guide for State Coordinators by State Coordinators 2019 EHCY State Coordinators Meeting National Center for Homeless Education
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Provide TA to liaisons annually at a state homeless conference; partner with liaisons to solve problems; stop the stigma our students carry.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Promote optimism and team work.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be able to celebrate the accomplishments of those we work with.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Remember that we are all in this together and will work as a team.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Not just give the answers; the leader provides guidance, technical assistance, and tools to support the answer, and therefore promotes and improves capacity.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Always encourage others to maintain high expectations.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Have the child’s best interest in the forefront.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Promote the need to be flexible in working with a large number of constituents or various capacities.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Never be afraid to ask questions and ask for help because the law has some gray areas.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Consider the human factor when considering our teams, students, and families.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Realize that we are all in it together.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be excited about the people you work with, and they should be inspired by you.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Cross the finish line; navigate your own journey to completeness.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Just keep chewing!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Welcome the talents of everyone; accepting differences and valuing diversity makes for a richer outcome.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be comfortable at managing being pulled into different directions at one time.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Stay standing up; keep breathing.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Just keep swimmin’.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Identify priorities and juggle a variety of tasks effectively while meeting the needs of the field.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Have grit and keep moving forward.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Develop discipline and the ability to manage multiple tasks; it’s a balancing act!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Sometimes lead from the front to set the course; and sometimes you just need to be the support in the middle.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Have a wholistic and creative approach to help “drive” the work and accomplish set goals.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Stay afloat by having a positive attitude and a balanced life that includes fun and relationship building.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Put on your running shoes.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Balance priorities and competing interests.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be capable of carrying out a lot of responsibility and ”making it look pretty. ”
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be fearless when taking on big challenges.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Focus on the goal and not the leader.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Have fun, have a good time.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be a top dog; establish dominance at the beginning.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be willing to admit when you’re wrong.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Practice self care.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Even when you’re under water, catch a breath, and DANCE!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Work with a system comprised of an impressive network of homeless services – legal, housing, physical, and behavioral health providers.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be able to turn a potentially negative situation into an opportunity to learn.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be able to bend; be a good listener.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be brave, very brave!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Believe that anything is possible.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Care about kids!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be disciplined, manage multiple tasks, and be flexible.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be willing to admit when you are wrong.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be willing to put yourself out there and dive head first into the work.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Put yourself in the shoes of our homeless kiddos.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Walk on stilts.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Just be yourself and have fun with it.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Know how to balance job duties and personalities, but also focus on a vision for where the program is now and where it’s going in the future.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Prepare for the unexpected.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Recognize when to lead the dance and when to follow and listen.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be willing to take the lead and move forward, even if you are going alone.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Swing along!
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Have faith that the seeds will disperse and take root to improve the future.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Empower others to rise to the top! A good leader lifts others up.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Be fearless to tame the big challenges; be comfortable with living with danger.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Give local liaisons space to do things and be creative.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Realize that you may not always know exactly where you will end up, but may have to take a leap of faith, and eventually others will follow.
To be a good leader, an EHCY State Coordinator should … Recognize that you may be on your own; deal with it (in a positive way), and move forward.
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