Since orientation, I was promoted to director of my extended learning department. During that time i’ve definetly have had many challenges (will share more below), but some of my successes have been able to slowly reshape the vision for my team. I’ve had the CEO of my company see the program in action twice while providing valuable feedback. I’ve felt my confidence building throughout this period of time, which I’ve been very proud of.

The adjustment to the director role has been difficult, as I’m finding myself having to address staffing and programmatic issues that I am not inheriting from my manager. This has led me to having to let people go and to resharing expectations of my team. I think the biggest challenge for me has been delegating, as I feel like I do not fully trust my team and can’t delegate workstreams to my direct reports without feeling like I am micromanaging them, which is something that I am trying to avoid.

I would want to focus on how I can be a better coach/manager to my team, where I am able to delegate work streams to them and make this transition a bit smoother as we begin planning for the next school year.