The Positive Classroom:What New (Young) Principals Need to Know. The youth of the participants in our annual seminar for aspiring principals caught me by surprise.
Most had been college students when the World Trade Center was attacked in 2001, and few understood schooling outside the aegis of No Child Left Behind. All were first-career teachers with just a few years of classroom experience. Some of the aspiring principals I met in that seminar have found jobs; this September, they will step into the shoes of retiring baby boomer principals. The challenges facing these young educators are unparalleled. Ten Big Ideas of School Leadership. Middle school principal Mike McCarthy shares 30 years of wisdom on how to run a school well.
Principal Mike McCarthy. Credit: Michael Warren During my senior year of college, I taught math to 26 inmates, none of whom had finished high school. What I faced was 26 examples of the failure of American education. Sharing. Learning. Leading. 21st Century Administrator. Jeffco Public Schools Employee Connections. The Educator's Best Friend. Eduleadership - Justin Baeder on principal performance & productivity. Educational Leadership - Articles, Resources for Educators. Education Week American Education News Site of Record.
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