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¶ … Green's work entitled "Your First Year As A Principal: Everything You Need To Know that They Don't Teach You In School." This reflection will provide some of the ideas that resonated most loudly with my approach and philosophy. This essay will also give examples where I tend to disagree with the author and would suggest other alternatives.
It's Up to You
The most interesting concepts surrounding this work, is that there are so many things that a new principal will be exposed to during their first year. The only thing to truly expect is the unexpected. The author stressed that as a principal, it is up to that individual to lead the school in the desired direction. Do not sit back and wait for others to take charge as this job is explicitly laid out for a leader to take charge. She emphasized this when she wrote " in assessing your situation, you have now realized your first resource for success is you. Yes, you. You are the leader of the institution. You are the one invaluable resource your teachers need to help produce successful students. Without you their job is impossible."
While the sheer responsibility...
I certainly appreciate the candor and effort dedicated to isolating the principal as the chief operator of the organization, where all things must pass through.
The Book As A Pedagogical Tool
I appreciate this author's efforts in this writing because she laid out this first year of duty in a logical and step-by-step fashion. In essence, this book could be used as a blueprint for anyone who has not been educated on how to administer a school or similar institution. By emphasizing the first step of carefully assessing the situation in the beginning of the book, much of the hard work appears to be simply to observe and notice the environment.
As the book progresses along the time line of the first year, a principal could use this text as a guide to help cover areas that are lacking. The book is…
References
Green T. (2009). Your First Year As A Principal: Everything You Need To Know that They Don't Teach You In School. Atlantic Publishing Group, Florida 2009.
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