Teachers— do any of you love your principal?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many places where parents love a principal does not mean the teachers do. It is a different set of skills and personality to authentically be loved and respected by those you manage professionally and who depend on you for their bonus.

Signed,
Mom and former DC teacher

This.

This is my current situation. I cannot for the life of me figure out the love for the principal. And it’s not like we are a high performing school on track to be high performing. Teachers are miserable.

Happy teachers might make for happy students but you need to look critically at which teachers love or hate their principal. For too many years, under-performing DC schools have had principals who prioritize “happy teachers” over having high expectations for them and holding them accountable for actually doing their job well. Strong teachers are happy when their principals expect high-quality instruction from all teachers and demand excellence for all students.

Good point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many places where parents love a principal does not mean the teachers do. It is a different set of skills and personality to authentically be loved and respected by those you manage professionally and who depend on you for their bonus.

Signed,
Mom and former DC teacher

This.

This is my current situation. I cannot for the life of me figure out the love for the principal. And it’s not like we are a high performing school on track to be high performing. Teachers are miserable.

Happy teachers might make for happy students but you need to look critically at which teachers love or hate their principal. For too many years, under-performing DC schools have had principals who prioritize “happy teachers” over having high expectations for them and holding them accountable for actually doing their job well. Strong teachers are happy when their principals expect high-quality instruction from all teachers and demand excellence for all students.

Good point.

Delusional. Clearly you’ve never been an educator in one of the most dysfunctional school systems in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many places where parents love a principal does not mean the teachers do. It is a different set of skills and personality to authentically be loved and respected by those you manage professionally and who depend on you for their bonus.

Signed,
Mom and former DC teacher

This.

This is my current situation. I cannot for the life of me figure out the love for the principal. And it’s not like we are a high performing school on track to be high performing. Teachers are miserable.

Happy teachers might make for happy students but you need to look critically at which teachers love or hate their principal. For too many years, under-performing DC schools have had principals who prioritize “happy teachers” over having high expectations for them and holding them accountable for actually doing their job well. Strong teachers are happy when their principals expect high-quality instruction from all teachers and demand excellence for all students.

Good point.

Delusional. Clearly you’ve never been an educator in one of the most dysfunctional school systems in the US.

Yeah unhappy teachers are great for the students and stick around. You want a business model, you got it, miserable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, it'd be okay with you that a student was shoving kids down on the playground, daily? That the student was threatening to kill staff while holding scissors and running after them? That the student was climbing on furniture, jumping off and body slamming other kids? And that's just the start. Nope, not "pushing out" the "hard" kids. We have plenty of those. She got an unsafe child OUT. We've had other absolutely violent kids like this over the years and had to suffer through it because our former principals just let our sped team do whatever it is they do (and it isn't working with kids, that's for sure). This principal is an actual leader. Again. Bad ass.

And where did this kid go, was it their neighborhood school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Many places where parents love a principal does not mean the teachers do. It is a different set of skills and personality to authentically be loved and respected by those you manage professionally and who depend on you for their bonus.

Signed,
Mom and former DC teacher

This.

This is my current situation. I cannot for the life of me figure out the love for the principal. And it’s not like we are a high performing school on track to be high performing. Teachers are miserable.

Happy teachers might make for happy students but you need to look critically at which teachers love or hate their principal. For too many years, under-performing DC schools have had principals who prioritize “happy teachers” over having high expectations for them and holding them accountable for actually doing their job well. Strong teachers are happy when their principals expect high-quality instruction from all teachers and demand excellence for all students.

Good point.

Delusional. Clearly you’ve never been an educator in one of the most dysfunctional school systems in the US.

Yeah unhappy teachers are great for the students and stick around. You want a business model, you got it, miserable

You are a star. Now fix the school system with your stunning brilliance.

[Anonymous]

Principals work hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Principals work hard.

Do they?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Principals work hard.

Do they?

Is this a joke? I can’t speak for your principal but ours is one of the hardest working people I have ever encountered. He is the first one in the building and last one to leave. Not only has student achievement improved under his leadership but I’ve personally seen him do everything down to cleaning the floors. He knows and greets every student and family by name and it is clear that his commitment to the school has spread to his incredible staff.

I would say most principals work incredibly hard. Their work is not always visible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear the Marie Reid one is great while the one at Ross is a nightmare.

Ross principal is a control freak. Some teachers put up with it. Plenty leave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear the Marie Reid one is great while the one at Ross is a nightmare.

Ross principal is a control freak. Some teachers put up with it. Plenty leave.

I think it’s more the pressure cooker environment than leadership ability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principals work hard.

Do they?

Is this a joke? I can’t speak for your principal but ours is one of the hardest working people I have ever encountered. He is the first one in the building and last one to leave. Not only has student achievement improved under his leadership but I’ve personally seen him do everything down to cleaning the floors. He knows and greets every student and family by name and it is clear that his commitment to the school has spread to his incredible staff.

I would say most principals work incredibly hard. Their work is not always visible.

My principal hardly breaks a sweat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principals work hard.

Do they?

Is this a joke? I can’t speak for your principal but ours is one of the hardest working people I have ever encountered. He is the first one in the building and last one to leave. Not only has student achievement improved under his leadership but I’ve personally seen him do everything down to cleaning the floors. He knows and greets every student and family by name and it is clear that his commitment to the school has spread to his incredible staff.

I would say most principals work incredibly hard. Their work is not always visible.

My principal hardly breaks a sweat.

I would say the same about mine, but in a good way. (I guess I am assuming your comment to mean yours isn't working hard - sorry if I am incorrect).

I feel like mine works incredibly hard but is able to keep her cool under extremely stressful situations in the school and under intense pressure from the very entitled community.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t loving your boss a tad inappropriate in the #MeToo era?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, it'd be okay with you that a student was shoving kids down on the playground, daily? That the student was threatening to kill staff while holding scissors and running after them? That the student was climbing on furniture, jumping off and body slamming other kids? And that's just the start. Nope, not "pushing out" the "hard" kids. We have plenty of those. She got an unsafe child OUT. We've had other absolutely violent kids like this over the years and had to suffer through it because our former principals just let our sped team do whatever it is they do (and it isn't working with kids, that's for sure). This principal is an actual leader. Again. Bad ass.

And where did this kid go, was it their neighborhood school?

He went to a school for children with extreme emotional and behavioral needs. A special education alternative school. Where he can get help and be safe. And the rest of our kids can be safe and learn.

[Anonymous]

I don't love him, but I am in love with him.