"The research is clear: principals are critical to school improvement and student achievement." The Bush Institute

Principals come across many issues in their daily lives that they probably never learned in their leadership courses. Actually, they most likely never fathomed some of the conversations they would have with students, parents or teachers. I often refer to my training as "principal's school." Principal's school was more about theory and collegial conversations than it was about on-the-job training.

Too often school is like that but it is changing and many leadership programs are using the ISLLC Standards to help guide them. However, the learning that happens in the classroom is never a better teacher than real-life experience, and if principals need to approach those experiences with compassion and empathy.

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