Through School Leader Eyes

I recently watched a wonderful movie titled One Night in Miami, a fictional story of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke. As I thought about Malcolm X's message to African-American people I thought it must’ve been so difficult in those times to believe in yourself and to believe in the possibility of yourself and of people of color. In a world where you are not accepted how can you accept and believe that you are capable. This year racial justice movements are all around us and it gives me hope that the efforts of the past were not in vain, that they were capable of pushing us forward now. As a school leader it is easy to compare my school and the efforsts of my school to others. Right now, I am reminded that this is not a time to compare ourselves to others. We are in a pandemic, we must accept who we are and the accomplishments we have made in our given situations. We must not compare ourselves to other networks and or other organizations, instead we must set o...

The purpose of this blog is to support school leader development. My role as a principal is mostly about coaching school leaders and teachers; unpacking a problem and working with my school leaders to find the best solutions so that our teachers and studnets continue to thrive. There are always learnings along the way so I'd like to share them here in hopes that they help someone else in the way that it helped me. Comment below if any posts have been helpful to you.

I recently interview this women who most likely would not have gotten the job if she were interviewed by anyone else. She was a black woman, she wore her sasss on her sleeve and her intelligence on her headband. She was bold, I could tell and I liked it. She knew what she wanted, this role. She had done her research. Her godson attended one of our schools and her friend worked as a dean at my school. She even knew me. It wasn’t until the end of the interview that I knew I would hire her. “Do you have any questions for me?” I asked as I did with all of my interviews. With her I was not surprised, but I was impressed. She told me she knew of my story, she knew of my journey through leadership and asked if I had any advice for her. It was a that moment I knew that whether she got the job or not she was going places; she knew what she wanted and that’s half the battle as a candidate and as an interviewer. School Leaders,noticing the soft skills that a person brings to their work is i...