Montrealer with Rawdon always in my đLover of espresso! Mom to Leila, Luca, and Liam. Number one fan of Danny. Principal @ Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
Happy Festivus (for the rest of us)! Put up your aluminum pole, air your grievances, and prepare your feats of strengths to witness a festivus miracle!
Iâve learned a lot of things as a principal⊠but the big one is this: Teachers are the most important resource in the school. They need to be supported, encouraged, and celebrated. They drive the school.
Parents are weighing a âdo-overâ year for kids after the pandemic disrupted schooling.
But they should be cautious about retention policies, which can disproportionately affect Black and Latino students, impact self-esteem and is costly, says The Education Trust's Allison Socol.
The preference for narcissistic leaders starts early.
In 22/23 classrooms, narcissistic kids got more leadership nominations and claimed to be better leadersâeven though they weren't.
We need to teach kids the same lesson as adults: don't mistake confidence for competence.
Effective leaders get out of the office and seek out informal feedback.  Less effective principals have dozens of reasons for not visiting classrooms daily, or at least weekly. From What Great Principals Do Differently by @ToddWhitaker