According to Michael Winerip, a good principal:
- has been a teacher
- feels at home in a cafeteria filled with 800 children eating rubbery scrambled eggs for breakfast
- has her own style
- protects her teachers from the nonsense
- sets her own high standards
- works with union leaders to carry out her educational agenda, and if she can’t, takes them on
- knows teachers are only part of what make a school run
- takes money out of her pocket for the school
- loves and trusts the public schools where she works
- worries in private, ignores the surreal and finds a way to get things done
- has a To Do list several feet long
- leads by example
To read the entire article, published in The New York Times‘ On Education section, click here.