Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

• Selecting, storing, ordering, issuing, inventory, and maintaining classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Establishing and enforcing rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
• Instructing and monitoring students in the using and caring of equipment and materials for preventing injuries and damage.
• Instructing students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Maintaining accurate and thorough student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Preparing materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Establishing understandable objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicating those objectives to students.
• Planning and conducting activities for balanced programs of instruction, demonstration, and working time that provides students with opportunities for observing, questioning, and investigating.
• Adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.