Principals

Principals are the most important leaders in our school system. They set the tone for their schools and play the primary role in evaluating and developing our teachers. All Principals, but especially the ones newest to our system, need guidance and support. Principals need more coaching to help them know better how to tackle the specific needs of their schools. We need to help them develop, mentor, and evaluate teachers so our teachers never stop improving.

While it is not the responsibility of the School Committee to hire, fire and evaluate Principals, it is our responsibility to make sure the Superintendent does everything possible to make sure we have the best possible administrators taking care of our schools, teachers and students. I take this part of my job very seriously, and I promise to continue to visit schools, participate in committees, communicate with constituents and continue to learn as much about our schools as possible in order to provide the Superintendent with helpful feedback and evaluate his work.