John Merrow, The Influence Of Employees

“Empowerment is the process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think, behave, take action, and control work and decision making in autonomous ways. It is the state of feeling self-empowered to take control of one 's own destiny” (Heathfield, 2015). An organization can empower its employees by removing barriers, listening and respecting to an employee’s contributions and concerns, and giving them a say in certain decisions. An employer can create an environment that encourages employees to become empowered but ultimately it’s up to the employee to take control of their own destiny. An employee who is empowered will desire to use their strengths to benefit the organization and be more inclined to offer creative, innovative ideas on how

He believes that teachers want the chance to collaborate with their colleagues and participate in curriculum development. Teachers want to watch others teach and learn from their colleagues. Essentially, they want more control and input into how they teach, they want to have more decision making authority in how they run their classrooms, and how they teach the curriculum. Many teachers tell me they would continue teaching if they could just shut their door and teach how they want to. They are tired of continually rewriting curriculum based on the latest educational fad (common core) that experts who don’t spend time with children believe is the best approach. As with any profession, there are some teaching who shouldn’t be; they lack the passion and drive it takes to reach children and get them excited about learning. Illinois’ new teacher performance evaluations finally gives districts some latitude in reassigning or not renewing the contracts of those ineffective teachers. However, for the majority of those in education, they have chosen the profession because they truly enjoy children and have a passion for teaching. These teachers will thrive if given the opportunity to be innovative and creative in their classrooms. Encourage them to collaborate with their colleagues in designing curriculum that they can take ownership of. Empowered teachers will empower

They are: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and job feedback (McShane & Von Glinow, 2015). In the profession of a public elementary school teacher, under the right conditions, it could be a job with high satisfaction because it is very rewarding to make a positive impact on the lives of young children. It takes a great variety of skills to be a public school teacher; in a typical classroom, a teacher utilizes their creative skills and knowledge about learning styles to help their students learn. Elementary school teachers usually have their students for most of the day and can see the progress being made throughout the year. They teach all of the core subjects like reading, math, science and grammar; they can design curriculum that combines multiple subjects into one activity and make it engaging and interactive. With the increasing micromanagement in how teachers teach, they have less control over their curriculum and what resources they will use. They are losing the autonomy that used to be so attractive to those who wanted to enter the teaching profession. In addition, job feedback is typically related directly to how well their students perform on standardized tests. While I do see a relationship between instructional methods and how well the students perform on a test, there are