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Teachers share the first change they'd make if they were principal, including less PD, more support, and a better environment.

Busy School Principals - plan 1 year of teacher and staff morale boosters using this method. Easy with tools to save time for school leaders.

Teachers need their leaders to have strong leadership skills. What specific skills do they actually need from a principal to be successful? I did a

The school principal leads communication with the community, parents, students, staff, educators and teachers, secretaries. Use this social media calendar, tips and ideas for managing time, staying organized, touching on all the important jobs - instructional leadership, recognition, celebrations, holidays, school culture, sports and community. One year of prompts, topics for engaging audience on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and school website. #toolsforprincipals #schoolprincipal…

Teachers are a special group of people. They give of themsleves again and again. Here's 19 Things Teachers Want Their Principals to Know.

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Principals! Take control of communication with the community, parents, students, staff, educators and teachers, secretaries. Use this social media calendar, tips and ideas for managing time, staying organized, feature your school - instructional leadership, recognition, celebrations, holidays, school culture, sports and community. 1 year of prompts, topics for engaging audience on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and website. Elementary Middle high #toolsforprincipals #schoolprincipal…

Are you a new Principal or Vice Principal? Are you an Instructional Coach? Here are the top four keys I took away after my first year in School Administration. Click to read the whole post.

This month my goal is to share some practical ideas with you. The first blog post of this series is focused on Systems Principals use to Communicate

Becoming a principal for the first time, or moving to a new school, is an exciting venture for any educator. Principals must do everything in their power to set themselves up for success. According to the 2012-13 principal staffing survey from the US Department of Education, over 20 percent of principals left their schools and over 70…

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Heated Parent Phone Calls - Five Free and Easy Strategies for Keeping Cool and Reaching Solutions with angry parents.

The monthly checklists have been updated! Checklists are so important. Even veteran principals need to-do lists! Planning is so

How To Host a Fabulous School Open House Event for Back to School Season. 12 quick, easy ideas for principals and schools and welcome back.

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On January 15 I began my first job as a principal, as the Elementary Principal of T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School (TBD) in the Old Tappan School District. About a month prior, as I was wrapping up my job as a curriculum supervisor, I started to prepare for my new job, mostly by (1) picking the brains of my educator friends and (2) reading The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins. The best of these thoughts and ideas made their way into an entry plan, which I started to execute soon after I…

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