For those of you who have become principals or assistant principals, on average how many interviews did you go through before attaining your leadership position? I talked to my principal today and he reminded me that he went eight (8) principal interviews before his role as our principal. I want to know if this is normal, just an expectation of the process or should one interview be the norm in this process.
Graduation/Promotion Task Force at Hampton High School
Hampton High School being in it's second year of existence added a senior class this year and it has been found that many students eligible to graduate this year are in need of more than 8 credits which could be earned in the fall and spring semesters. I have been tasked by my principal to lead a task force that will identify these eligible students and put into place strategies that will allow them to earn the additional credits and graduate this year. Working with our lead counselor, graduation coach, department chairs, and other members of the administrative team students have been identified. At our second meeting the task force used a variety of data to identify factors that have led to students falling behind credit wise on their path to graduation. These factors could be; academic, behavioral, attendance, or a variety of all three. As the year progresses the graduation/promotion task force will be identifying underclassmen that are in danger of not being ...
I will preference this with I am not in admin. However, there are individuals in my school system who went on one interview and received the job. Yes there have been others who have interviewed excessively and received nothing. Long story short...depending on what is being looked for and who is interviewing depends on who gets hired. Like one principal informed me when I interviewed for AP and did not get the job. He said my interview was great but people hire who they know.
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