As the principal, I feel it is necessary to be easily recognized as the face of the building. I dress and act accordingly, leaving little doubt to any visitor that I am in charge. If one were to look deeper into how our building functions, he/she would discover a finely tuned machine with many parts working together harmoniously (mostly) to help our young students receive the best possible education.
I have identified a teacher leader from each grade to meet with me and help decide how to handle issues as they arise during the school year. Each teacher goes back to his/her grade-level team to convey the message to which we agreed.
As important as my identified teacher leaders are the unidentified teacher leaders. I spent the first year of my time at Moonstruck building relationships with the staff, focusing much of my attention on the polarizing teachers. I "wined them and dined them" so to speak to help our building reach its goals.
I have an open-door policy and meet with the staff at least every two weeks to allow them to share any concerns/complaints they have with me or the operation of the building. I want them to understand that each one of us needs to bring his/her "A" game daily and that is hard to do with unspoken baggage being carried around.
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