Being a principal is less about having all the answers and more about creating the conditions for your team to do great work. But with teachers to support, families to respond to, student needs to manage, meetings to attend, data to analyze, and plans for the future, it is easy for school...
Author - Natalie Long
Natalie was an Educator Evaluation and Leadership Administrative Specialist at ESC Region 13.
Summer creates space to look beyond the day-to-day demands of running a campus and focus on the work that shapes the year ahead. While your to-do list may still be long...
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Antoine St. Exupéry It’s the end of the school year! Congratulations on another successful year...
End-of-Year Closeout: Creating Systems for Continuity and Growth
The school year is winding down, and like many principals, you are already thinking about summer, staffing, and the many tasks that come with an end-of-year closeout...
Teacher Appreciation Week is right around the corner, the first week of May. And if you are anything like most school leaders, you are already buried. Testing season is...
A Conversation with Mrs. Jofee’ Tremain, Principal at East Fort Worth Montessori Academy One of the most common questions Texas principals ask about T-TESS is this: How...
During a recent interview, Anna Warren, a veteran school leader and principal coach in Central Texas, explained that principals have always managed complex information...
As any leader who has been on a campus for any period of time knows, school leadership is full of moments that you didn’t plan for on your calendar. For instance...
As the school year kicks into gear, school leaders are beginning their classroom walk-throughs to check in on progress for student learning and campus initiatives. As...
Navigating the Forming and Storming Stages of Tuckman’s Model Ask any school leader how things are going right now, and they’ll likely answer with a mix of...
