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When principals are better equipped to lead, support, and maintain high levels of teaching and learning, outcomes for students are improved.
School & District Management
Opinion
Principals: Supporting Your Teachers Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work
Principals can show teachers they care by something as simple as a visit to their classrooms or a pat on the back.
Recruitment & Retention
Principals May Be Dissatisfied. That Doesn't Mean They're Leaving
Teacher and substitute shortages are harbingers of whether principals plan to quit.
School & District Management
Opinion
7 Ways Principals Can Support Teachers
Listening more than talking is one vital piece of advice for school leaders to help teachers.
Recruitment & Retention
How One Principal Has Dodged the Staffing Shortage
A high school principal in Polk County, Fla., has developed his own talent pipeline that helps avoid staffing issues.
School & District Management
Opinion
You Can't Change Schools Without Changing Yourself First
Education leaders have been under too much stress keeping up with day-to-day crises to make the sweeping changes schools really need.
School & District Management
Opinion
Principals Are Running Scared. Here's How to Steady Them
Mentorship is an old idea with new currency, write the authors of a recent book on helping school leaders thrive.
School & District Management
What the Research Says
How Principals Can Boost Effectiveness of Instructional Coaches
Instructional coaches are not substitute teachers or administrative clerks, a study says, and they shouldn't be deployed that way.
School & District Management
What Principals Can Learn From a Cross-Country Tour of Schools
The president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals visited schools from Hawaii to Maine looking for innovation.
School & District Management
What Principals Asked the Education Secretary Face-to-Face
Middle and high school principals meeting in Washington raised pressing issues in a sit-down with top federal education officials.
School & District Management
Opinion
How My School Is Fighting the Surge in Chronic Absenteeism
The pandemic has left more and more students disengaged from school. Culturally responsive school leadership can help.
School & District Management
How Principals Can Help Assistant Principals Get Ready for the Top Job
Assistant principals don't always get all the experiences they need to be successful school leaders. Their principals can change that.
School & District Management
How School Leaders Can Respond to Pushback Over Social-Emotional Learning
See 7 tips for how to talk to parents and community members about social-emotional learning.
School & District Management
Oregon Educator Named Assistant Principal of the Year
Katherine Holden, the assistant principal of Ashland Middle School, shares her thoughts on the pandemic and how the role has changed.