New Leadership

We have a new leader in at our school. It was very sudden. Tuesday we had a principal and by the next Monday he was gone. The school board transferred him away. The staff are upset because he hired many of them. He surrounded himself with people who truly care about the education of students. In the 3 months I've worked for him, I've thrived.

I'm a little more sad than I expected to be. I'm not a very sentimental type of person. I liked working with him though. He was the type of person you could easily take advantage of. He would often cry when talking about the students. Nobody every took advantage of him because you would be a terrible person if you did. Instead of making you do something; he would make you WANT to do something to please him.

I didn't always have that type of leadership. I worked for five years for a woman who was mean and unpleasant. She ruled by fear. I was lucky enough that she liked me but I resented her for the way she treated me and my peers.

I've learned that you can be an effective administrator and be kind. I had my doubts about "servant leadership". Through him I can see that it is the most effective way to lead people. When I'm a principal of my own school. I intend to look back and remember my experiences with this principal. I want to include his practices in my own leadership.

That being said, he's being replaced by a peer of ours. She graduated last year from this administration program. I can't wait to work with her because we share a lot of leadership viewpoints. We have a lot of positive things happening in our school for her to build on. The future is bright!