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  • Leadership-Principal Summer Reflections II

    Principal Summer Reflections Part II Marketing 101 In past articles I have covered some key leadership ideas.  I encourage you to read prior articles and review the following posts:  Summer Reflections: July 8, Okay is not Okay: June 21 and Your Image: June 7. In this week’s article, I would like to expand on this…

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  • Leadership /First Year of Teaching

    Leadership /First Year of Teaching Teacher Attendance I sat down to write this article, and I thought it would be a simple task.  I knew what I wanted to say, and with both my principal’s and superintendent’s hat on, my lecture was ready.  But as I started to write, I started to reflect upon the…

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