Assistant Principal, NYC DOE. Great leaders are not the best in everything. They find people who are best at different things and get them all on the same team.
The pandemic’s academic and social-emotional toll has been especially hard on students with disabilities at both ends of the age spectrum.
An Education Week report looks at how schools and districts are finding ways to meet those needs. #SpecEd
True leader turn each misstep into an opportunity to learn from the mistake instead of pointing fingers. They find a lesson while others only see a problem. They privately address their subordinates' mistakes with them but take the blame publicly without dissent
Nobody ever said that being a leader is easy. It's very simple to bark out orders and dismiss someone if they are not performing, but it takes work to coach, mentor, inspire, and motivate your team to perform at their optimum best.
You have to think twice before measuring yourself against people and their gifts. Often, comparing yourself to someone else's abilities might mean overlooking what it is you are naturally more suited towards doing. #leadership#mentorship