Go See the Principal: True Tales from the School Trenches

by Gerry Brooks

Fancy Adjectives will throw them off, thereby ending the cycle of negativity.

Awesome comebacks. Diffuse the situation.

Right in the middle of a complaint session, say something crazy and offbeat,

Then the next sentence was also awesome.

Fun, encouraging, positive people don’t often get left out.

But sometimes.

bullying and bossing are two different beasts.

Anything that makes reading fun and not a burden is a good thing.

I truly believe, teachers, that if there’s something you’re struggling with, you need to go see the principal. It’s gonna be awkward and the principal may not like it, but it’s worse if you hold it in and never communicate.

So much this. So. Much. This.

When work consistently stresses you out, that affects your job, so you have to communicate that to the principal, whether it’s a casual chat in the hall or a closed-door meeting, and let the chips fall where they will.

Oh, goodness. This year. This year.

If you send out too many emails per week, teachers stop reading.

Guilty. But if I don't do it in the moment I forget and then 😕. Must do better.

Play favorites with people who stay until 5:30 p.m.

This I disagree with. There are many reasons to not stay until 5:30 and they don't make you a bad teacher.

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