You're a Principal...Now What? - Finding Common Ground. Education needs fewer accountability enforcers and more administrators who can create positive school cultures. Principals sometimes get a bad rap. They don't have a room filled with students and are seen as someone "who left the classroom," wear formal clothing (the suits!) , and have to play the mediator between students, staff, parents, and even worse...the central office. Some days they're disliked, other days there revered, and most days they are trying to find their place in the school system. What kind of principal are you? Principals are educators too. Look to Principal Tony Sinanis for some guidance on what he would do if he were the NY State Commissioner. Some staff believe when the principal left the classroom to "go to the dark side" they forgot what students need. We're Moving On Up! Do you talk about these things in public...or just behind closed doors?
"The blind spot concerns that part of our seeing that we usually don't see. You know who they are. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals. Leadership | In Print 7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals By Jennifer Demski06/07/12 Patrick Larkin, principal of Burlington High School in Burlington, MA, started a 1-to-1 iPad initiative in the fall of 2012. The conventional wisdom in education is that any school reform--be it curriculum, instruction, assessment, or teacher professionalism--is most likely to take hold in schools that have strong leadership. The same holds true for technology. Any educator will tell you the most successful implementation of technology programs takes place in schools where the principal sees him or herself as a technology leader. "The role of the principal is one of facilitation and modeling behavior," remarks Robert Farrace, senior director of communications and development with the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
T.H.E. 1. The Expert's Perspective: Robert Farrace: "Guiding the culture of the school is one of the most important things that a principal has to do. 184 – Day 151: Travis M., Assistant Principal (Muir Lake) | 184 Days of Learning. May 12, 2012 · 2 Comments · Parkland Staff cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by LCSTRAVELBUGGIN Today I participated in the Chick-fil-A Leadercast that featured a wide array of visionary leaders.
The event featured many great speakers and inspirational leaders, some of my favourites of the day being @AndyStanley, @AngelaAhrendts, @johncmaxwell, and @TimTebow. It was a great event full of amazing wisdom that left me inspired and motivated to continue to grow in my leadership capacity. After listening and tweeting #cfaleadercast leadership wisdom all day, I thought I would take a few moments to reflect upon and share some of my biggest take-away leadership principles of the day that spoke to me the most. Great leaders are vulnerable. Travis is the Assistant Principal of Muir Lake School where he loves working with the community. Tags:Alberta Education·leadercast·Leadership·Muir Lake School·Parkland School Division·PSD70.
6 Ways Principals Can Connect With Students. This killed me today… My 8 year old girl when asked what a Principal does, “It’s that person that talks to you when you’ve done something bad.” #cpchat—Alec Couros (@courosa) August 25, 2012 As most of you know, that was from my brother and he is referring to my amazing little niece.
I do not want her or any other kid seeing their principal in that manner. This is in no way meant to criticize the current principal or Raine’s school, but it did spark me to think about my time as a school principal and some of the things that were extremely important to me. ”Fostering Effective Relationships”, in my opinion, is the most important quality outlined in the Alberta Principal Quality Standard, and those relationships are the basis of a strong and innovative school. As schools have either started or will be starting in the next little while, I just wanted to share some ideas about practices that I thought were important as a principal.
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How we behave (proactively and reactively) defines how others view and engage with us but also define the culturally acceptable behaviours those around us have for each other. Reactive modelling as mocked in the video is about being self-aware, we all have “moments” it just part of being human. It’s how we treat those around us during the moments and our daily routines that define our team culture. Examples of proactive modelling you should put in your weekly calendar: Examples of reactive negative modelling to specifically avoid: How you behave is what others expect from you, behave like a clown and expect to be treated like a clown.