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Push It or Post It
Push what families must act on. Post the rest where they already look. Part three of three.
Three Lanes for Every School Email
Everyone at your school writes to the same inbox. Nobody sets the limits. Part two of three.
Two Emails Should Never Have Your Name on Them
Six kinds of email leave your office. Two are costing you the other four. Part one of three.
You Already Have a Routine. You Just Did Not Choose It.
By October your open and close are set either way. Decide them now.
Every Volunteer Leaves With a Story
Fifteen minutes, one recipe card, and a parent who signs up again.
What Saying No Actually Requires
Three things holding up a no, and two of them are yours to build
Everyone Is Managed. Far Fewer Are Carried
Span of care: why you can manage twenty-two people and carry eight
Some Decisions Deserve Ten Seconds
Decision Gears: how new principals match speed to consequence
The Bets You Place Before School Starts
How input goals turn fall planning into measurable progress
Why Good Boards Grill Good Principals
How to answer the question before the board asks it.
When the Invitations Stop
What happens to your friendships when you take the job, and what to do about it
The Re-Entry Vacation
When you say you need a break, this is probably what you actually need
Volume Is Not a Vote
Most of your school already agrees with you. You just can't hear them over the 20 percent who don't.
The Hidden Cost of a Healthy Board
Term limits keep your board healthy, but they keep it from ever growing up.
The Work That Eats Every Principal's Summer
Most principals spend the one season built for real change just getting caught up.
The Weight a Principal Carries Right Now Is Unique
The emotional and practical weight of this season is real. Here's how to carry it well.