Two Seemingly Conflicting Principles for Educational Leadership

2021-09-27T13:10:56+00:00October 31, 2018|Leadership at the Center|Comments Off on 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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