Bingo! But . . . I hate the use of the word "trick" in educational contexts. I hated it when math teachers used the phrase "Here's the trick" when providing a pathway through some equation. Either people are being tricked into learning or teachers are like performing animals, doing "tricks" it just rankles. I know, I know, a pet peeve, but still, having better administrators is not a trick.
The best administrator I ever met (outside of my chains of command) was a high school principal I encountered as part of an accrediting team. Talk about a thankless job, and when done with grace and humor and having every damned teach we encountered sing his praised (authentically), that guy should have been making twice the money he was paid. Finding good administrators, nurturing them and keeping them is a study not yet done, I am afraid.
Bingo! But . . . I hate the use of the word "trick" in educational contexts. I hated it when math teachers used the phrase "Here's the trick" when providing a pathway through some equation. Either people are being tricked into learning or teachers are like performing animals, doing "tricks" it just rankles. I know, I know, a pet peeve, but still, having better administrators is not a trick.
The best administrator I ever met (outside of my chains of command) was a high school principal I encountered as part of an accrediting team. Talk about a thankless job, and when done with grace and humor and having every damned teach we encountered sing his praised (authentically), that guy should have been making twice the money he was paid. Finding good administrators, nurturing them and keeping them is a study not yet done, I am afraid.