The Role of a Principal
(You probably won’t find these in a job description, though you should!)
- Hand-holder
- Zipper-fixer
- Tear-wiper
- Peace-maker
- Pants-buttoner
- Ball-retriever
- Nose-wiper
- First-aider
- Firm-talker
- Cheer-leader
- Toy-mender
- Toy-confiscator
- Mouth-wiper
- Rule-implementer
- Ice-provider
- Argument-settler
- Wrapper-opener
- Photo-taker
- Hallway-monitor
- Coat-zipper
- Skip-rope-holder
- Eat-your-vegetables-inflictor
- Band-Aid-administer
- Complaint-listener
- High-fiver
- Story-teller
- News-breaker
- Crime-solver
- Item-finder
- Dress-code-imposer
- Hand-shaker
- Parent-caller
- Skip-rope-detangler
- Confidence-builder
- Shoelace-tier
And finally, a personal ‘favourite’ (my office door faces the Pre-K to Grade 2 boys bathroom…)
- After-you-go-to-the-bathroom-please-make-sure-you-wash-your-hands…with-soap-enforcer.
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Ps. I wrote this over about two weeks, the Pre-K to Grade 2 teachers could double this list in a single day! The number one item at the top of this list should be:
- Teacher-appreciator!
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March 18th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Hilarious and too true!
Thanks for the last one (or the first one…)
March 18th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Definitely a laugh! Thanks for sharing this.
March 19th, 2010 at 12:32 am
The funny thing is, these are also the greatest things about being an Elementary School Principal. There is always something that makes me smile every day!
As I always say, It’s like being a “rockstar” in a boy band!
March 19th, 2010 at 2:55 am
How I miss so many of these things…I automatcially started adding to the list…but I thought folks might like
Dodgeball target
Snow de-icer
hand warmer
bathroom duties need to be included…at all levels
coach
in Dave’s reference Talent Show Flunky (being jumped by a 10 year old on a BMX bike)not quite Rock Star Status until the recovery!
I will leave you with the most topical in my world these days…Environmental Champion!
March 19th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Awesome list, I just wish we still had someone enforcing your last point at my school (and I teach in a high school!).
One much more sobering one though and I hope this is no one’s task but based on the experience we’ve had this last week at our school:
The-one-who-shoulders-the-load-when-things-go-awfully-terribly-fantastically-wrong.
Which is why principals have my respect for the jobs they do even if I don’t always agree with them.
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June 25th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
[...] Here is a little slide show of me in one of my ‘roles of a principal‘: Ball-retriever [...]
June 25th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
When you break them down like this it truly is amazing to see how much you do in the lives of children and students. What a great way to share more than just the formal roles of your position. Keep up the good work and thank-you.
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