The Principal’s Office is a virtual community of school principals learning from each other. It is updated monthly and reaches over 5,000 subscribers throughout the state of Ohio. The editorial board hopes you will find the format informative, easy to navigate, and important to you as a personal professional development tool. We pledge to try to bring you the most up-to-date information related to the work of instructional leaders. The board invites your suggestions about future topics and encourages you to become a contributor. Read more about the website >
The Principal’s Office is supported by The Interprofessional Commission of Ohio, The Ohio State University P-12 Project, and The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.
Theme of the Month:
Virtual Learning
By 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet. In Ohio, more than 20,000 K-12 students currently participate in online learning.
Principals need to keep up to date with trends in electronic learning and become aware of best practices to support teachers and students in virtual learning environments. The featured articles and related pages of the website provide food for thought and tools to take learning into another dimension. Read more in The P.O. Zone >
Managing Teachers in a Virtual World
Tisha Green Rinker describes how principals can provide management and support to teachers working in an independent virtual school program. Read more >
Four Essential Lessons for Technology Adoption
How a school approaches technology and what it expects from its teachers are fundamentally important to successful adoption. Read more >
What’s New:
thanks to 2008-09 contributors >
Class lists
In our new Advice column, Theresa Kucsma describes a technique for making balanced classroom assignments for the new school year.
