Education needs less accountability enforcers and more administrators who can create positive school cultures.

Principals sometimes get a bad rap. They don't have a room filled with students and are seen as someone "who left the classroom," wear formal clothing (the suits!), and have to play the mediator between students, staff, parents, and even worse...the central office. Some days they're disliked, other days there revered, and most days they are trying to find their place in the school system.

What kind of principal are you?

Principals are educators too. If they forgot that they are educators they should look at their surroundings. They're in a school among teachers, students and staff. Classrooms are right outside their office door. They are in the same buildings and should be fighting for the same things....a more whole child education.

Look to Principal Tony Sinanis for some guidance on what he would do if he were the NY State Commissioner. 

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