<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6f916115-db9e-0a65-0cdc-133d9114d586"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A principal is well-served to address both the managerial and leadership aspects of administration because they need to both get things done and assist in providing growth and meaning to the school community.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A principal who is focusing on the managerial side of principalship will be certain to get the “nuts and bolts” of their job done effectively and efficiently. Teachers will know their evaluations will be prompt and transparent; superintendents will know that state compliance regulations will dealt with; parents will know that communications will be returned. In short, the principal focusing on the managerial side of their position will get stuff done and that is a positive quality to have in the eyes of school stakeholders. However, the managerial responsibilities are not the only responsibilities of principalship. There is also the leadership responsibility.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The leadership responsibility of the principal is to give direction and purpose to the school. The principal can imagine a new future that evolves with the times and elevates learning and then rally teachers around that vision. Without that leadership piece, teachers can feel aimless or that their efforts are not actually “moving the needle” toward a cause. This is demotivating, de-energizing, and counter to school culture of growth. So, while a principal who focuses on the managerial side of their job may get things done, true effectiveness cannot be achieved without also focusing on the leadership portion of their job.</span></p></b><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="navy"><b>Nicholas Turon</b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><br>Director of Bands<br></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy">Paint Valley Local Schools</font></span></font></div><div><font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:nicholas.turon@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholas.turon@gmail.com</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma"><font face="Helvetica" size="2"><span style="font-size:16px"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span title="Call with Google Voice"><span id="gc-number-14" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">(740)-816-8266</span></span></span></font></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>