Am I missing something?

While I'm finding the readings interesting - I'm also feeling that I must be missing a fundamental element to this course. The forum posts from fellow students, discuss in-depth their views on what a TL's role is perceived as, and how we need Principal support. There are also alot of posts bemoaning the amount of different roles a TL is expected to have and how this is too hard. As a classroom teacher for the last 15 years I know that EVERY teacher in a school environment is busy and is expected to juggle many balls at once. Our role as TLs is no different. If we want our role to be seen as vital to a school's learning plan, with support from execs and fellow staff members we must make sure we are providing engaging, student centred lessons which have deep knowledge and understanding inbuilt. If we follow the Quality Framework - as all teachers should -  we cannot do anything BUT suceed in our roles - thereby gaining respect of peers and execs for the vital role we play at our school. If this respect and support is missing - perhaps we need to examine our own teaching practice before blaming others!