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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The job is extremely challenging. I don’t think it gets easier; I just think you get better at it the more you teach. (I’m in my 20th year.)

I don’t consider administration a promotion since it’s no longer teaching. In order to move up, you have to move out of the classroom.

As admin, your experiences in the classroom stop, whereas teachers continue to progress and get better. Then you end up with what we have now: administrators with less experience evaluating teachers with far more.

It really is a messed up system.[/quote]

In my experience, a really good admin learns quite a bit from observation of a range of teachers, students, looking at data etc. and can offer helpful feedback.  They also often deeply respect the perspectives of experienced teachers.  A really bad admin just imposes whatever they did back when they were teaching as the gold standard and gets increasingly defensive about their own teaching skills.[/quote]

I’ve worked for MANY really bad admin. I’m fortunate to work for one very good one right now, who clearly sees her role as supporting teachers. Wish more were like her.[/quote]

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