They've Given Me The Keys to the Building...Now What?? An Approach to an Effective New Principal Mentoring Program

The goals of this presentation are to:

--Emphasize the need for a new principal mentoring program

--Provide an outline of things that a mentoring program should include

---Employ resources to keep our administrative workforce stable

Rationale:

Twenty percent of new administrators leave administration each year. Maxwell and Superville state this is largely driven by challenging working conditions, too little supportive professional development, among other factors. Within the group of leaders who said they are now weighing leaving the profession, 22.8 percent said the working conditions in the pandemic sparked their thoughts of leaving the job for the first time. Slightly more than 17 percent said the pandemic has moved up their plans to leave within 1 to 2 years, and 5 percent said they would leave the job as soon as possible. Those findings were consistent across leaders in elementary, middle, and high schools. (Education Week, August 2020).

The need for professional development and support is evident and this session will help achieve that need. So, whether you are a new principal...or a more seasoned leader, now what do you do?

This session is designed to help new principals in their journey into school leadership and provide an outline of a mentoring program that each district can employ for new, and not so new professionals. Actionable ideas and resources will be introduced to help all system and school leaders make the smooth transition into school leadership’s challenges found in 2021.

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