Tuesday, June 8, 2010
a hat change
Today marked the official day from teacher to administrator. For the past 10 years I have been the acting principal over the summer, while our principal summers at his beautiful cottage on Saranac Lake. This job has always worked out great for me because it is about 15 hours a week, the hours are relatively flexible and the pay is good:) I really do enjoy the change from classroom to office too. It's nice to have the break from the students, and it allows me to play a big roll in the creative planning and development process. While each summer's work has it pile of routine tasks, each one also seems to bring something extra. Here is the list of added items for the summer of 2010: construction of a new preschool room, the hiring of 2 new teachers, and the search for a new adminstrator (remember our awesome guy who summers in the adks. is retiring). Perhaps this summer may require a little more than the usual 15, and the flexibility? Either way, it's nice to switch the hat for a while. Makes it feel like summer.
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"Hats off to you!" It must be a very rewarding and unique experience to switch roles and see two sides of education that (in my experience) can sometimes be disconnected from each other. Teachers and administrators must see eye to eye in order for the machine to function properly. All of your posts about school are so uplifting for me to read; it really sounds like the school-system you work for is balanced, rewarding, fair, and even fun to be a part of! Have a great summer!
ReplyDeleteIn January I transitioned from classroom teacher to Reading Coach. I worried that I would morph into one of those talking heads who was all about Theory and not about Practice. I insisted on working with the same Reading Circles groups and now that I am an adjunct at the community college, where many of our kid begin their career, I'm totally grounded as a I straddle both sides of the fence! Teachers need to be involved in the creative and developmental process and it's WAY COOL that you get to peruse the resumes and determine the best fit from a teacher/Admin point of view...feel free to use my awesome hat graphic from one of my posts!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou must have exceptional leadership skills to even be considered to take over for an administrator, summer or otherwise...It must be nice to "shake things up" a bit, and do something completely different than your primary job....There are major happenings going on in your school, and you will have a major influence over what happens.... It really sounds like you work in such a positive environment....I love your school and I've never even been there!...(The pay is why I work over the summer...just keeping it real :0)
ReplyDeleteGreat for you! And what a great opportunity to "walk in someone elses shoes". It must be a wondeful thing to see the "other side" of the teaching profession, I bet it really helps you appreciate both sides of the coin!
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