The New School Leader #00

The New School Leader Newsletter

Manage things. Lead people.

Your job as a school leader is not to manage people.

Your job is to see the greatness in them and unleash that greatness.

Motivate them to reach for greatness because people who are chasing greatness do not need to be managed.

They need to be led by someone who sees what they could become and someone who is committed to helping them get there.

Be that kind of leader.

The Good Stuff

1. Four Assistant Principal Interview Questions I hate

Not all interview questions are created equal. Better questions elicit better answers, but we know that interview panels don’t always ask the best questions. Make sure you are ready to crush these four bad questions in your next assistant principal interview.

2. Attributes of a Great Assistant Principal

George Couros shares the four qualities that he believes most successful assistant principals share.

3. Guide to Running Effective Meetings

It is easy for administrators to spend their days in back-to-back-to-back meetings. Use this guide to make sure you are getting the most out of your meetings.

What is The Team Reading?

In each edition of the newsletter, we will share what the team here at The New School Leader is reading. If you are looking for your next read, this could be a good place to start.

Brett is reading Work Rules by Laszlo Block

Kelsey is reading Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Lute is reading High-Impact Instruction by Jim Knight

Meanwhile, on Twitter…

Final Thoughts

If you have made it this far, thanks for sticking around. We hope you found value here.

This is the “soft launch” of the newsletter, and we absolutely want your feedback. What are your thoughts? Do you like the format? Do you think the content is relevant or worthwhile? Is it too much? Is it too little? Is there something else that you are looking for? We genuinely want your feedback on how we can improve this before we “officially” launch it in June. If you have any thoughts that you would like to share, you can let us know here.

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