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Using Your Heart or Your Hammer – What Do I Do?

Using Your Heart or Your Hammer – What Do I Do?

As you know, I’m starting out in administration, and I’m still learning this new position. One of the lessons I’m learning is how to make decisions on student consequences. How hard do you hammer? What is the appropriate consequence for the crime? If you are too harsh with the consequence, then you are in danger […]

My Pledge as a New Administrator – I Promise I Promise I Promise

My Pledge as a New Administrator – I Promise I Promise I Promise

One of the blogs on my RSS Readers list is Mr. Bernia’s blog The Principal’s Principles (@MrBernia) Mr. Bernia is a middle school principal who recently added a post to his blog about the pledge he made to his staff. As a new administrator, I thought I would sit down and create a pledge to […]

Smile While Drowning – My First Day as Administrator – Bring it On!

Smile While Drowning – My First Day as Administrator – Bring it On!

What a week! My first week as an administrator after 23 years as a classroom teacher was a week I will never forget. I thought I was ready. I thought I had everything under control. I thought I had planned for every contingency. I was wrong. I arrived at my school at 7:45 a.m., which […]

10 Items a School Administrator’s Office Must Have

10 Items a School Administrator’s Office Must Have

Well, today I came into my new office. I was rather excited about this day, because after 23 years of being a classroom teacher, I actually have an office that I can call my own. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m starting my first year as a school administrator. As a teacher at my other school, […]