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A Day in the Life of a Principal

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A Day in the Life of a Principal

  • Communicating with numerous types of stakeholders,
  • managing financial resources,
  • connecting daily with students,
  • major professional development, and
  • being a collaborative team player.

I involve teachers in stakeholder meetings to gain a better understanding of our college and the educational program. I must be visible, accessible, in order to track our school culture, and communicating with students on an ongoing basis.

2:15 — 3:25 pm Work with our school resource officer to update emergency evacuation maps. Conduct an evacuation drill.
3:50 — 6:00 pm Supervise volleyball game when connecting with parents.

12:20 — 1:00 pm Meet with teaching team to discuss hosting a Veterans Day lunch for veterans in our area.
1:00 — 1:45 pm Supervise the lunchroom area while speaking with students, simultaneously assessing and responding to emails.
1:45 — 1:55 pm Email examples of “unit overviews”, a school wide goal for all classes to allow students to see written summaries of units and assessment criteria.
1:55 — 2:15 pm Communicate with principal peers in the school district to prepare our “Principal Professional Learning Community.”
The principal’s day is a manifestation of several complex interactions such as:

9:15 — 9:30 am Conduct a targeted walkthrough classroom observation around how to engage ELL students in obtaining core content.
9:30 — 9:50 am Begin to plan our next teacher professional development day. Review best practices around the benefits of family engagement. Finalize plans for “learning walks” with community members who want to tour our classrooms.
9:50 — 10:10 am Work with the athletic director to go over academic eligibility policy and actions handbook.
10:10 — 10:30 am Discussion call with a consultant group which is going to be visiting our school in order to get our opinions on the state funding formula.
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Ensuring the safety of faculty and students is my primary responsibility and equally important as continuing to develop and improve student learning opportunities through the research. This is at the heart of being a adaptive and reflective learner that is lead.
My cooperation with the college counseling departmentdirector, and educational leadership team fosters. As the educational leader of the school, designing modeling and professional development practices is necessary.
The day of this principal can be both chaotic and predictable. My role requires the capability in order to satisfy the needs of pupils, parents, faculty, and other stakeholders to situationally pivot on the fly. I must be sensitive to various long and immediate term demands, while simultaneously balancing the interests and beliefs of the school community. Regardless of the sophistication, keeping student achievement at the work’s core can act to help in decision making and doing what’s best for students. Thank you for joining me in a day of my life.

Published at Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:34:40 +0000

10:30 — 11:00 am Develop a team of educators who will meet with a college financing consultant group to provide their view of our college, curriculum, vision, master program, and students.
11:30 — 12:00 pm Respond and review 28 emails that have come in as 8:00 am.
12:00 — 12:20 pm Walk through classrooms and halls, connect with students in library, and discuss what classes students are having the most success in and why.

So as to be effective, timely answers are crucial to meet the needs of our stakeholder community if requests to speak to pupils arrive in. Attempting to match the guest speaker’s goals with the needs of our students while aligning to district and school goals can be difficult, but is necessary to supporting our community.

7:30 — 8:00 am Read, review, and respond to approximately 33 emails sent between 6:00pm yesterday and 7:30 am today.
8:00 — 8:30 am Assist school district information coordinator in creating communication for all parents and pupils in our school about a guest speaker who will be visiting.
8:30 — 8:50 am Walk the halls and visit teachers before the first class.
8:50 — 9:15 am Work with the college counselor around a student who needs extra support.

You may be wondering how one person could accomplish all of this in one day, so I welcome you into one of my days at Jackson Hole High School.
Inviting and hosting community events provides our students and their families to engage. Speaking of engagement, working with other college administrators is critical in self-development and strengthening the profession.

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