When I was in the classroom, I used a contact log where I tracked parent/student communication notes. Most of the time, quick little notes were all that I needed. Fast forward to my first year as a high school assistant principal, I quickly realized just how much more vital good documentation and note-taking was. A contact log was no longer going to be enough when working in a school of 1600ish students. For the first few weeks of school that year, I tried a few different things: A contact log with extra space to write notes Never had enough space Using the notes section in the back of my planner Again, not enough space A digital contact log I can write faster than I can type, it was not easy to search for previous information, and it seemed impersonal when I was having to type notes on my computer when trying to meet with a student or parents/guardians. So, I went to TJMaxx, bought a cheap $3.00 blank notebook(with a hard cardboard ...
administration
January Leadership Goals
As I continue to navigate my way through this first year of administration, I have learned that choice and priority are two things that I always have to consciously be aware of when it comes to what tasks and accomplishments I need to get done each day. It is so easy to get held up in your office or have new tasks that keep popping up (that is just part of it!) throughout each day and lose your hold on what you really need to be focusing on...the students and teachers. The building and fostering relationships aspect of education is what I enjoy the most, and I want to help myself make sure that it stays at the front of my role as an assistant principal. So, I wanted to make myself a friendly personal challenge/set of goals for the month of January that I could use to hold myself accountable for keeping relationships number one! It is not a daily challenge, but it could certainly be used as one! Instead, it is a list of actions that I have either started and want to ...
