Imagine the first day, week, month, or year as a new principal. After all is said and done, how will you know if you made the right decision to step into this new and very important role?
Stepping into any new position can be scary and intimidating. I'm sure my first day, week, month, and/or year there will be times I question my decision. Hopefully, I will learn from my mistakes and utilize the experience of others to help me during the first year.
If you feel you are ready, and are able to take the challenge, it is the right decision. You are able to learn from every decision you make and know whether or not you are happy. If you are not happy, cross it off your list, and move on.
I know that I am far from ready to make the transition to principal but can see me making that change in a few years. I love my job as a teacher. If I do not love being a principal I will step down.
I believe you should still feel like you are making a difference in the lives of young people. I also believe that you should feel happiness and contentment more than stress and dread.
I believe it will be hard to know the first year if you have made the right decision. I think it will take a lot of reflecting on the events of the year, whether you feel you have had more successes than failures, and whether you feel it was worth the change. I think it would be a very individual decision that should not be based solely on what others say, think and do. Teri Booten
I think you will know if you made the right decision if you feel like you have changed at least one child's education aspects in the positive direction. It is just like teaching. Some days are rewarding and others are not and you feel like you have failed. But the good days out weigh the bad days and make our jobs better than anyone could have ever imagined!
The desire to do so makes it the right decision in my opinion.
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ReplyDeleteStepping into any new position can be scary and intimidating. I'm sure my first day, week, month, and/or year there will be times I question my decision. Hopefully, I will learn from my mistakes and utilize the experience of others to help me during the first year.
If you feel you are ready, and are able to take the challenge, it is the right decision. You are able to learn from every decision you make and know whether or not you are happy. If you are not happy, cross it off your list, and move on.
ReplyDeleteI know that I am far from ready to make the transition to principal but can see me making that change in a few years. I love my job as a teacher. If I do not love being a principal I will step down.
ReplyDeleteI believe you should still feel like you are making a difference in the lives of young people. I also believe that you should feel happiness and contentment more than stress and dread.
ReplyDeleteI believe it will be hard to know the first year if you have made the right decision. I think it will take a lot of reflecting on the events of the year, whether you feel you have had more successes than failures, and whether you feel it was worth the change. I think it would be a very individual decision that should not be based solely on what others say, think and do. Teri Booten
ReplyDeleteI think you will know if you made the right decision if you feel like you have changed at least one child's education aspects in the positive direction. It is just like teaching. Some days are rewarding and others are not and you feel like you have failed. But the good days out weigh the bad days and make our jobs better than anyone could have ever imagined!
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