The Principalship

Why?

Targets

• What skills make a principal candidate stand out?
• What can the students do during the internship to prepare for the principal role?
• As a Superintendent, what do you believe makes a good principal?

Skills

Skills

• Relationships | Trust
• Judgment
• Lifelong learning
• Work ethic
• Understands learning

Skills

• High Emotional Quotient
• Communicate effectively with diverse populations
• "Thick skin"
• Provides good feedback

Skills

• Organization & Planning
• Delegation
• Inspiration
• Listener

Internship

Internship

• Seek novel situations
• Go beyond the internship - you can have one big internship every day

Application

• Letters of reference
• Reasonable length responses
• Leadership opportunties
• Tailored to the school

A good principal?

Cares

A good principal cares

• For every student
• For families
• For staff
• About learning...for every student

A good principal

• Builds, maintains, and re-builds trusting relationships
• Understands that good management is a pre-requisite to leading
• Marshals a clear direction for the building
• Sound judgment founded in data (multiple inputs)
• Communicates effectively and in multiple modalities

Q & A