Article: Revolutionary leadership: ACSA is committed to providing the support new principals need to understand and guide complex processes of evaluation, change and group development.(Association of California School Administrators)

Diane, a second-year principal, recently shared the following with me: "My experience as a first-year principal? Well ... it was kind of like having a baby. I had done a lot of baby-sitting, read all the parenting books and taken loads of parenting classes before becoming a mother. I thought I was prepared ... that I knew what being a parent was all about. Then, the baby came--and my whole life changed.

"I found that becoming a principal was a lot like having my first child. No one can fully be prepared to meet the unique demands of the job. No one can fully understand the principalship until she is in the leader's chair. Don't get me wrong--I love it! But, if it ...

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