-: So my role as principal,
I took the non-traditional route.
I was not a classroom teacher,
in fact I went right into administration.
I was a dean of students,
then went to school and got my masters,
my specialist degree
and now I'm working on my doctorate degree.
And I really believe,
certainly it's important to have
interest in human development.
I really think that's what being a educator
is all about.
Being a principal is all about.
That you want to develop humans
and the humans are young humans
or they're older humans.
But the interest is truly developing humans.
If you have a background in coaching
or being part of a sport's team,
that's also part of being a principal.
How do you interact with other people
in a meaningful way?
How do you team, how do you build community?
That's really what sports offers.
And then finally, you have to be committed
to be a continuous learner.
You have to engage in some book studies,
or you have to want to learn.
You have to be able to engage in productive discourse
with other people.
You have to be a listener.
And you always have to seek to understand
and your voice should not dominate any conversation.
You have to be able to listen,
you have to be able to synthesize
and understand in a convoluted conversation,
what is the essential knowledge pieces
that you need to pull from it,
and you have to be innovative.