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August

Newsletters: Prepare staff welcome letters and school newsletters for mailing early in August.

Supplies and Teaching Aids: Review purchase orders and make sure materials are present or scheduled for delivery. Supervise but delegate the work. Make sure teacher supply lists are ready.

Building Walk-Through: Delegate responsibilities for upkeep and maintenance to your custodial and maintenance team, but be aware of the codes and needs.

Opening Day Activities: Make a plan for how students and parents will be welcomed back on the first day. Make arrangements for enrolling new students and handling the many questions that will arise in the main office. Make a back up plan in case of rain.

Administrative Duties: Meet with the assistant, secretary, and other team members to divide duties. Assign yourself the duty of instructional leader; otherwise, management details will rule your time.

Welcome Other Staff: Schedule time to meet with new itinerant staff members who come to your building such as bus drivers, social workers, nurses, food service personnel. Make sure all feel like a part of the staff.

Handbooks: Verify that student and staff handbooks are printed and ready for distribution. Create a master list of any changes to distribute at the first staff meeting. Review and include your code to student conduct and any contracts for dissemination to parents.

First Staff Meeting: Plan the first staff meeting. Build in team-building time as well as professional development. Set the tone to focus on instructional and academic issues. Print memos to cover the “administrivia” announcements.

 

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This website provides principals with online information, collaboration, and continuing education. Under a partnership with Ohio State’s P-12 Project, the Interprofessional Commission of Ohio, and four central Ohio school districts, the site offers principals the opportunity to reflect on and assess their own leadership and management practices. Its interactive features encourage dialogue among principals on pertinent problems and best practices.

The school districts of Columbus, Dublin, Mansfield, South-Western, and Westerville are currently represented on the editorial board of the Principal’s Office. The board assists the editor with the review and development of material for the site. The board also welcomes writers in other districts to contribute stories. For further details, See the Communication Corner.


The P-12 Project is an outreach activity at OSU that initiates, incubates, and implements programs aligned with school improvement and student performance. For more information, go to http://p12.osu.edu.

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