Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫

Parent of 3 | Teacher of English, Business & IT | Assistant Principal | Interested in all things SEND, PD & Mental Health

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@MorbidKnowledge https://t.co/HBuDCvMaDj

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

I spent ten years as an assistant principal—some of the hardest and most rewarding years of my career.

And if there’s ever a month that highlights just how critical that role is… it’s April.

Testing season.
Packed activity calendars.
Rising energy levels across the building.

It’s a lot.

And right in the middle of it all are assistant principals—steady, present, and essential.

Teachers experience the daily wins of the classroom—the moments that remind them why they teach.

Principals often stand in the spotlight, representing the school and celebrating its success.

But assistant principals?

They work behind the scenes.

They take on the work others can’t—or won’t:

Discipline and difficult conversations
Parent meetings
Scheduling issues and last-minute coverage
The countless logistics that keep a school running

They are problem-solvers in constant motion.

They are the ones who:

Support a teacher dealing with challenging behavior
Step in when a student is being bullied
Cover a class when no substitute shows up
Listen to frustrated teachers with patience and empathy
Make sure a child without lunch still gets to eat
Stay late for the student who missed the bus
Stand beside teachers in tough parent conferences
Walk the halls, creating calm through their presence

The work isn’t glamorous.
It often goes unnoticed.
And too often, it’s taken for granted.

But it matters.

Assistant principals are the reason schools hold together when things get hard. They do whatever it takes so teachers can teach and students can learn.

I see it.
I appreciate it.
And I hope they know the difference they make.

Because they don’t just support the work…

They make the work possible.

Assistant principals are the backbone of our schools—true unsung heroes.

#APWeek
#AssistantPrincipalWeek

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@BrexitBassist This reminds me of my paper round wages ☺️

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@MummyisT This made me sad, sending hugs ❤️

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@LoveGrowingVeg Talking therapies are so needed and so difficult to get on the NHS. I am sorry for your loss 😔

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@KayStoneArt What a lovely painting 🥰

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

This resource seems to be gaining traction again. Reposting in case it’s of use to anyone! @Team_English1

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@ms_browwn I hate phone calls so phone is always on silent but set with over ride for my adult children so they can always call me day or night. Never know when they might need me ❤️

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@NAJ562 I hope you find your beautiful cat soon 🙏🏽

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@Daniel_Sugarman I sympathise and had a similar experience in November. Glad you have a diagnosis and hopefully a treatment plan 😊

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@Keir_Starmer Web forms are not the answer this is not helpful when the potential call back can be anytime 😞 why not just open online booking for actual appointments like pre Covid!

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@joel120193 @LauraLolder Use AI to print a summary of the work (from PPT) and pop it into books and add some Q&A to complete . Also have full PPT uploaded to Teams.

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

Being terrorised by a weirdo at the back of my house. Trying to start a fire and @HantsPolice won’t come out, he started trying to get in my garden at 5am this morning. He is on camera, there right now and yet no one will come out. Looks like I won’t be sleeping tonight!!

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@virginmedia I do not have or use other social media. I would assume you can at least pass this to a team and use the number plate.

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@virginmedia please can you advise your drivers not to park on double yellows right near a roundabout causing an obstruction outside my house on a bed making it dangerous for pedestrians.

[Matt Lynch @Mathew_Lynch44]

A couple more specimen paper 1s and accompanying PPT slide decks just added to the Dropbox:

✅ The Landlady
✅ The Pearl

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@MissCatnach I also had to do this 😞 it’s tough! Be kind to yourself and leave early as much as you can so you can get home and be with your family 🫶🏽

[Jennifer Cole 👩🏽‍🏫 @JenniferCole73]

@MrTeece_ @cps All is well here just enjoying the holidays which will be over far to quickly 😂

[Ms English @TiredTeacher0]

Sharing a SoL I’ve written for Yr 7 for Private Peaceful. I’ve not taught this book for years and I’ve loved revisiting it. With massive credit to @af_english123 whose amazing SoL have influenced our own. All similarities are fully intentional! https://t.co/8hXK3mceLI