While October has passed and National Principal Month has come and gone, I am always here to support and offer insight to principals. I am someone who served as a principal. By no means do I believe I am a principal expert; however, I am passionate about principalship and love supporting principals. I want to…
Thankful for the opportunity to serve my students and families Hoping that we have more teachers join the profession than those that leave Always remember to take care of yourself and then you can take care of your students No more giving homework over the weekend and over breaks Keep those random drawings your students…
Join us for this three-perspective series. Indy K12 writers David McGuire, Andrew Pillow, and Educator Barnes provide their perspectives and thoughts about the recently approved IPS Rebuilding Stronger plan. The word unanimous means to be in full agreement or a vote or opinion held by everyone involved. In the 2015-2016 NBA season Steph Curry became…
You heard of No Shave November. Here is my No list for November.
October is known as National Principals Month. I want to celebrate and elevate the principal seat. Principals, Need Love Too. If you haven’t read part I, start there first. Quick message to my fellow principals: You are strong, smart, and valuable. Be you, and who you are is enough! Here are tips 5-8 that I…
October is known as National Principals Month, and this principal is on sabbatical. Many of my fellow principals just finished fall break and hopefully had the opportunity to rest and get rejuvenated to return to the most difficult, demanding, and rewarding job in the K 12 system. I figured I would use this month to…
While the title may seem depressing, this is not a piece about how terrible it is to be a principal; this piece is a reminder about how hard and, at times, lonely the principal seat can be. I was given some advice early in my tenure as a principal, “it is lonely at the top.”…
When I was growing up, the principals I had spent a lot of their time in their office. I rarely remember seeing my principal except when I got in trouble. From what I can remember from elementary school, when we went in the hallway, I didn’t see the principal. My principal was not outside during…
On October 5, 2022, WFYI and Chalkbeat held an IPS School Board Candidate Forum. The highlight for me from the IPS board candidate conversation was when they were asked whether they would vote for Rebuilding Stronger, the IPS restructuring plan, and they all said “No.” I was not shocked they voted no because many outside…
I do not think you can tell the story of education in America without mentioning education in Indianapolis. I do not believe you can tell the story of education in Indianapolis without mentioning the charter school movement. If you ask people about education in Indianapolis, they would most likely share some commentary about charter schools….