Two Seemingly Conflicting Principles for Educational Leadership
Last week a long-time colleague dropped this gem on me: “Most superintendents and principals who lose their jobs do so not because of their instructional leadership (or lack thereof).” Let’s refer to this as Rule 1. His point, I inferred, was that my intensity around helping educators become stronger instructional leaders was a bit misplaced. This was not the first time I’ve heard this quip regarding why leaders lose their jobs. Other colleagues have expressed similar ideas. What these folks
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