How-to Apply for a School-Specific Principal Position
Postings and Eligibility: Principal and Executive Principal vacancies are generally posted at the beginning and middle of each month and remain open for at least 15 calendar days. Posting dates may be adjusted for holidays or weekends. Selection for school appointments will be done in accordance with Chancellor’s Regulation C-30: – In order to apply […]
4 Ways to Increase Teacher Retention
These days it’s getting harder for administrators to retain staff, but there are ways to boost teacher morale and turn things around. Why have so many teachers either failed to return to work, resigned, or chosen not to enter the field since the pandemic? What’s made the profession become less attractive, and what can we […]
NYC’s public school application website crashes day before deadline
New York City parents were left fuming Wednesday after the website accepting their children’s public school applications buckled under high traffic — one day before the deadline. Thousands of incoming middle and high school students have until the end of Thursday to submit their applications for the next academic year — however numerous parents told […]
The crisis of student mental health is much vaster than we realize
The change was gradual. At first, Riana Alexander was always tired. Then she began missing classes. She had been an honors student at her Arizona high school, just outside Phoenix. But last winter, after the isolation of remote learning, then the overload of a full-on return to school, her grades were slipping. She wasn’t eating […]
12 HOT TIPS FOR PRINCIPALS
Starting as a new Principal or Head of School is both exciting and challenging whether it is your first principalship, or a new Principal’s role in a different school. I hope you are ready to enjoy an exhilarating, stimulating and challenging learning curve. Here are my 12 HOT TIPS to help you lead like a […]
Why I decided to teach and why I decided to stay in education
This is part one in a series on “Why Teach? Why Stay?” by Dr. Donald James For months I’ve been writing, and seeing posts, about the teacher and education leadership shortages. Much of what is written about is “why” there is a shortage. The constructs presented are all in the deficit, low salary, emotional fatigue, […]
A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT: ADMIN GRADS
Congratulations to our grad Erica Giglio on your new position as the AP of Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts! ____________________________________________________ Congratulations to our Admin Grad, Raisa Turner on your new position as an Assistant Principal in Mount Vernon! ____________________________________________________ Congratulations to our ADMIN GRAD Danielle Mattina on your new position as […]
A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT: ADMIN GRADS
Congrats to one of our Admin grad, Michael Fink who is starting a new role as the Director of Technology, with the Freeport Union Free School District! ____________________________________________________ Congratulations to our Admin grad Aimee Luliucci on your new position as the new AP role at Bellport HS! ____________________________________________________ Congratulations to our Admin Grad Gary Campanelli […]
