![]() ![]() We also forget that many of the ideas that seem to be coming from the principal are actually mandates from the district or state. This is like our students assuming that every test we give them was our idea, and every rule we enforce was something we dreamed up ourselves. ![]() We don’t realize how the tiny change in policy we’re suggesting, which seems like it would benefit everyone, would actually have a domino effect in a lot of other areas and create new problems. We forget that the principal knows stuff we don’t know and is looking out for a greater good. ![]() The same way that students say to us “That’s not fair” or “Why can’t we just do it this way”because they’re so sure they have the same information we do and we’re clearly making the wrong decision about how things should be done? That’s how we are sometimes as teachers. She or he has insider knowledge of things you simply don’t know. No matter how oblivious or out of touch your principal seems, she or he has insight into the big picture of running the school that you cannot possibly have. Acknowledge that your principal “gets” things that you don’t Want to listen to this post instead of read? Download the audio! 1. This post (and podcast episode) is for the teachers who aren’t fortunate to work with those wonderful principals who are visionaries, those who “get it” and make them feel supported and valued. But the teachers who have great admins don’t need my help. So let me be clear: there are many amazing admins out there and I don’t mean to discredit them in any way. Now it’s not my intention for this to be a principal-bashing post, and I’m certain that anyone with a principal’s blog could write an article about how to deal with teachers who just don’t “get it.” We all know there’s plenty of incompetence in every profession. One teacher put it this way: “ I want to be a part of helping admin see that they should treat their teachers as though they are valued.” Others simply don’t feel supported by their admins they feel like workhorses who continually have more demands stacked on their plates without any acknowledgment or appreciation of what they do. There’s no freedom for the teachers to be creative or exercise their professional judgment, and there’s no freedom for kids to be kids. Some of these teachers feel like their principals place too much emphasis on testing and try to standardize teaching. I get a lot emails and messages from teachers about problems with administrators. ![]()
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