Principal Matters!

"Get into classrooms. Get into classrooms. Get into classrooms." If you're an administrator, you've likely heard this countless times. But once you're in, what should you actually do? In our latest video, we break down three powerful types of classroom visits that every principal and assistant principal should master:

Inspiration, Support, Motivation: Begin your day by visiting classrooms to inspire and motivate teachers and students. A simple "Good morning" and a visible presence can set a positive tone for the day.

Evaluations: These are more transactional but necessary. Properly conducted evaluations help improve instruction and acknowledge teachers' hard work.

Coaching: This is where true transformation happens. Spend quality time coaching teachers, especially those who need extra support, and help them hone their craft.

Don't miss out on these valuable insights! Click to watch the full video and learn how to make the most of your classroom visits.

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In this video, we delve into the essence of trust within our schools. We start by reminiscing about the trust-filled days of kindergarten and explore how the pressures of the world can erode that trust. We emphasize that vulnerability is a strength, a catalyst for innovation, creativity, and connection. Addressing the current trust crisis in schools, we discuss the impact on teachers, students, and leaders, and the importance of building a foundation of trust. Through patience, listening, and consistent actions, we can create a thriving school environment. Join us in choosing courage, vulnerability, and trust to lead our schools to success.

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Join Mark Wilson in this Invideo AI-produced video, where he shares five essential tips for school administrators gearing up for the new school year. Learn how to show enthusiasm, stay organized, value teachers' time, inspire your team, and make a powerful call to action. These strategies will help create a positive and productive environment for your faculty and staff, setting the stage for a successful year ahead.

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Robbie Hooker (Social Circle City Schools) and Kevin Gaines (Hart County High School) talk about the value of building strong Administrative and Leadership teams within your schools.

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This episode is all about looking forward to the coming school year and what you can do to prepare. Robbie Hooker (Superintendent, Social Circle Schools) and Amy Thornton (Principal, Calloway Middle School) discuss their strategies for attacking next year during the summer both from a district level and from a school level. You don't want to miss this one!

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Hear from this star studded panel of district leaders and principals from all grade levels about how they set themselves up the win the coming school year during the month of June. There's so many important aspects to cover during the summer from resting and unplugging to getting ahead for next year, watch this video to gain a new perspective and make sure you aren't missing out in the month of June!

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As we move into November and the pace of school continues to pick up, we face the challenge of diminishing resources of time and energy. What if you could get more of both by adding one routine to your schedule?

Dr. Mark Wilson has worked with hundreds of principals and has found something that works… scheduled, sacred time for strategic planning. NOT just assigning tasks for the week, but real, genuine planning with the group, looking ahead to develop plans so you will be able to engage with others when you are holding events, not working at the last minute to make it come off.

Get time… gain energy… become an effective strategic planner!

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We have more and more teachers joining our faculties who are coming from other fields and haven't been through traditional teaching training. Some great teachers have come to us this way! As the principal, your challenge is to keep them going and get them growing. How do you get that done when they have A LOT of background knowledge to get up to speed on? And how do you make time for it when you have all of the other things to do, and you have more new teachers than ever?

Dr. Mark Wilson shares a brief video that accompanies the weekly newsletter The Principal Matters! (principal-matters.com). In it, he suggests that we make it smaller and make it shorter to make it better… make the school year smaller by breaking it into more digestible bites AND making those shorter segments more powerful with a clear focus for each teacher to grow in each of the segments.

Take a listen to learn more!

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There are SO many things that you are presented with to do when you're a school principal and you can't possibly do them all. That doesn't stop most of us from giving it a try, though! But that usually leads to clarity on our part… clarity that you have to PRIORITIZE and do the things that are uniquely "principal" things. What are they?

The most important things for a principal to do varies from school to school… and it can vary WITHIN your school over time as the context of your school and school year evolve. The most effective of principals are adaptable. They are always looking and listening and measuring things around them to determine what specifically needs their best attention.

In this video, Dr. Mark Wilson shares some thoughts on how important it is to determine "What's your job?"

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Colleen Jones of Carroll County Schools, (GA), and Robbie Hooker of Social Circle City Schools (GA) share their ideas on how to support new teachers.

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Eric Hamilton (North Oconee High School) and Octavius Mulligan (Tesnatee Gap Elementary School, White County) talk about the importance of your "summer work" and what YOU can do as a school leader revitalize and prep for the upcoming year.

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