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The Wallace Foundation highlights a principal's people, instructional, and organizational skills because they determine leadership behaviors that ultimately affect school & student outcomes. These are the skills to bolster as a principal! #GSUedlead

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@MitchBre @stoneysclass This is a great connection to the data in the report. I think GA DOE got a lot of things right in their evaluation standards. #GSUedlead

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@MrCamTeach @HelenWangYying This is a huge responsibility. Principals are also responsible what a different culture is created. It takes tremendous humility to right your ship's course. #GSUEdlead

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The improvement in principal effectiveness affects individual students almost as much as the same improvement in a teacher. However, the effect from the principal is felt by EVERY student, and not only those of a particular teacher!
@GSUEdLead

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@CatieSimpson47 @3rdwithUnger #GSUEdLead

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@CatieSimpson47 @3rdwithUnger This is very true.
I've found that setting clear expectations with clear consequences is the way to go.
Then you can adjust on a case by case basis.

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@w_jankovic This makes so much sense.
While the principal doesn't directly "control" student learning and success, they affect the entire system which trickles down to every student. #GSUEdLead

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@JkarschnikFCS @FeldwoodCST I hear what your saying. This is challenging, takes forethought, and is time consuming. It would be great if there was an impartial third party to record the goings on as problems are being solved to create a repeatable process for those in the trenches.
#GSUEdLead

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@techatgalloway Fantastic question.
I imagine the districts need to focus on creating a pipeline of principals from within the districts and preventing principal burnout. #GSUEdLead

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It is interesting that female principals are more likely to hold advanced degrees of education specialist or doctorate. Not only are more women becoming principals, they seem to also be preparing more for the role.
#GSUEdLead

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Hello,
My name is David, and I'm a principal at a small private school seeking a degree in educational leadership. "Super Staff Supervision" by Michael Brandwein had a profound impact on my approach to leadership and supervision.
#GSUEdLead

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@w_jankovic Hello Whitney,
The Internal Coherence Framework leadership book sounds interesting. Does one have to use the entire system for it to be useful, or can one implement nuggets of the system?

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@techatgalloway Hello,
Good luck!
I've heard of both of these titles. If I could only read one, which should it be?

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Research shows that humans working alongside robots work out perform the robots. A little competition goes a long way!
And in this case it doesn't harm another's bottom line.
#GSUEdLead

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@AndreaSmithWar2 @MissRogersTeach You're so right!
I think it's challenging to find the area that most works on the team's greatest weakness and not the glaring weaknesses of one or two individuals.

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@LilLiteracyLady This is great information!
I should take this into account when planning meeting and when I ask others to be thinking critically.

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We often will spin our wheels and spend hours on monotonous tasks. Research shows that the longer we do this the harder it is to break away from the task for even more desirable tasks.
However, interruption helps. I imagine using the pomodor method can help with this.

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@LatashaLampkin It is so sad when we hear about a great leader in an industry that falls short in ethics.
It is clear that as individuals advance in careers they must keep stride with the ethics as well. @GSUEdLead

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@MitchBre @mrsuremovich This is a great parable!
If we could all understand that we are blind and be willing to work together, think of what could be accomplished! #GSUEdLead

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@kEDhurt @GSUEdLead Fascinating!
I wonder if this can be practically done in a group meeting by doing think-pair-share. @GSUEdLead