(This is Part Two in a multi-part series. You can see Part One here)

Last week's question was:

What advice would you give someone who is interested in becoming a principal?

In Part One of this series earlier this week, Lyn Hilt, Joe Mazza, and Cheryl James-Ward posted their responses -- and I threw-in a few ideas of my own. Next week, I'll be offering contributions from a few more guests, as well as from readers -- so feel free to contribute your own thoughts! That post will be the third, and final, one in this "principal" series.

Today, Justin Baeder, Allan R. Bonilla and Josh Stumpenhorst are sharing their reflections.

Response From Justin Baeder

Justin Baeder is a former elementary principal, and currently serves as director of The Principal Center. He writes about principal performance and productivity at Eduleadership, and is@eduleadership on Twitter:

If you care deeply about teaching and learning, should you stay in the classroom or move into a leadership role? It depends on whether you're comfortable trading your direct impact for having a bigger, but less direct, impact.

Being a school leader is all about making powerful, albeit indirect, contributions to student learning. One of the hardest things for new school leaders to understand and stay focused on is how this influence functions.

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