Standard 1 for Administrators:
The school administrator drives the success of each learner through collaborative implementation of a shared vision of teaching and learning that leads to student academic progress and school improvement.
Here’s my February article in NAESP’s Mentor Center: In my first year as principal at our school, I often felt stressed and overwhelmed at the amount of work needed to get our school on the right path. I formed a leadership team, created time for grade-level meetings, established professional learning Read more…
Here’s my December article from NAESP’s Communicator:During my first year as principal, I got into classrooms as much as possible. In my building, there was no previous practice of a principal presence in the classrooms other than the formal teacher observation on a three-year cycle. I made it a priority Read more…
Well, since I haven’t posted many reflective blogs, I’ll post a quick one to share what I’m planning for next week. I’ve been reading What Really Matters in Response to Intervention: Research-Based Designs by Richard Allington to prepare to lead staff in a book study over the summer (this is Read more…