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THE PROBLEM
Education Week featured an article in December 2019 entitled, “Principal Turnover Is a Problem. New Data Could Help Districts Combat it.” It states, “Nearly half of new principals leave their schools after three years, and nearly 20 percent leave every year. A 2019 Manhattan Institute Report states, “Last school year, 25 percent of the city’s charter schools were new, more than double the turnover rate at district schools.”

Assistant Principal mobility affects principal turnover also. The August 2020 version of (EdWorking Paper: 20-275). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University states, “We find yearly mobility rates of 25–28%, with 10% of APs leaving school leadership, 7.5% changing schools, and 7.5–10% becoming principals. We also document a strong relationship between AP mobility and principal turnover, where higher-performing APs are substantially more likely to replace their departing principal. Principal transitions also appear to increase the likelihood that APs exit school leadership and change schools, highlighting an additional cost of high rates of principal churn.

In their December 2019 issue and May 2020 News Release, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), identified from research five reasons principals leave their jobs. Both articles stated one reason for the turnover is “inadequate preparation and professional development.”

"Clearly, the increasing accountability and demands on the work life of assistant principals and principals coupled with their feelings of inadequate preparation and professional development contributes to the turnover."

New School Administrators need strategies and thought processes that can quickly and easily be applied to any school situation. They need tools to help expedite a smooth transition from the classroom and other positions to the school administrative team.

My webinars and upcoming classes will use my recently published book, Wisdom Is the Principal Thing: Quick Reference Tips for the Pocket of New School Administrators, as a foundation to coach new principals and assistant principals, using step-by-step instructions on how to approach many responsibilities. At the very least, my written resource will allow brand new school administrators to hold a small book that contains information they can implement, step by step, immediately.

With my coaching, you will learn how to apply a questioning technique to any school situation!  You will learn how to effectively address all situations with the organizational thought process discussed in the book as I walk you through how to apply the principles .

 

THE SOLUTION

The problem my business is solving is helping new school administrators to more adequately prepare for addressing the responsibilities of leading a school. I provide them with handy tools they can quickly implement during the school day.