Nine Areas of Major Wonderings

To be human, means to be driven by passion. Passion leads us to do things. Sometimes those things are good, and sometimes not so good. Either way, passion is an emotion that inspires us to move.

When teaching is your passion, you desire to be your best at it. You constantly seek out and implement instructional strategies that will make you a most effective educator. In the book, Leading with Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher, author Dana suggests that educational leaders both inquire and investigate based on their areas of passion. When discussing school leaders, she lists the following nine areas of major wonderings:

1. Staff development
2. Curriculum development
3. Individual teacher(s)
4. Individual student(s)
5. School culture/community
6. Leadership
7. Management
8. School performance
9. Social justice

Dana, N. F. (2009). Leading with passion and knowledge: the principal as an action researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.