Third, good principals improve the quality of instruction as the means of improving overall student achievement, he wrote. Fourth, rigorous and regular testing to improve student performance. A lack of parental involvement is often the first excuse for poor performance. Effective principals overcome this by extending the mission of the school into the home. Parents learn to check homework and to read to their children because the principal goes to the parent, not vice versa.
Good principals demand that their students work hard.
Either the child meets the standards or he or she does not advance. They teach a child to fish. In Fayette County, we need more principals like that, as well as a new superintendent. For our children's sake, we must remember to ask candidates whether they have shown those seven traits. All rights reserved.