Meet the New Principal

Jason Shepherd:

Good principals must satisfy interest groups and carry out the goals of policymakers. They must master the bureaucracy, feed their teachers’ energy, inspire students and families. They must blend nimbleness with strategic planning, instant pragmatism with sustained idealism.

“The quality of a principal is the single most important factor in a school’s success,” says Superintendent Art Rainwater.

Talk about pressure.

Patrick Delmore, the former principal at O’Keeffe Middle School, knows how hard it can be.

“You might intellectually know the many facets of the job,” he says. “But even if you work pretty efficiently, you find out quickly how important it is to work those extra hours.”

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 28, 2006 4:50 PM
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