From the Principal's Desk

Professional development is crucial to the longterm success of your school, and the growth of the teachers. How do you pay for it? How do you decide what to do? What counts as professional development? This week Mike and I discuss all that and more.

You can contact Mike at [email protected]

You can contact Rob at [email protected]

This week we discuss budgeting for your school, and we get into the nuts and bolts of creating a functioning school budget.

It isn't glamorous, but it is necessary.

This week we talk to Nathaniel Provencio about his work helping schools be the best they can be. Nathaniel has worked in the public education field since 2001 as a classroom teacher, building administrator and associate superintendent . He has been honored as the 2017 Prince William County principal of the year, the 2017 Washington Post Principal of the Year and the 2019 Virginia National Distinguished Principal of the Year. He is the author of Community Connections and Your PLC at Work, which focuses on how schools can utilize the professional learning community framework to enhance family and community engagement. 

It was wonderful having Nathaniel on the show with us today. He is a great leader, and his heart and passion for this important work is contagious. He is an author, works as a consultant, and is a keynote speaker. To find out more please visit his website and follow him on Twitter (or X).

https://www.provenprincipalllc.com/

https://twitter.com/ProvenPrincipal

This week we discuss leading a school when there are disagreements, practical tips to handle disunity, and some stumbles we have had as leaders along the way.

This week we talk to three SLED participants about their experiences in the School Leadership Development program (SLED).

Thank you to all three of them for speaking with us!

This week we discuss the principal's role as instructional leader.

This week we discuss what we do as principals over the summer break.

We share what we do to stay productive in the face of all the tasks that go along with being a principal.