Ross Purdy Dean of Students at The Fay School in Houston.

• How can I best grab their hearts first?
• Want what’s best and care for them.
• 3rd year at Fay
• Being present
• asking questions, listening.
• Come in with a clean slate.
• I’m a goer and a a doer.
• Outdoor education program.
• With some students you have to earn the right to have their world opened up to you.
• 3.5 acres of forest that sits on the buffalo bayou.
• Start outdoor ed classes with team building.
• the power of the circle - inclusive
• Responsive classroom
• Everyone is seen.
• how to be a transformative principal? so easy to go down your checklist for the day and focus on your own stuff. Go out of your way to connect with kids.
• Take a time out from your personal agenda and be present

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

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