I might have hope for public education with principals like this.

[no_hypocrisy]

I've returned to substitute teaching until I can find full employment. I'm called 2-3 times a week for a suburban district in northern NJ, elementary level, all subjects but gym.

There's a particular principal who's really something special.

I met him when I had a kindergarten class just before Christmas. First, he made it a point to come to greet me before the kids came and offered to help me if I needed anything. And he meant it. Next, he returned to the kindergarten. There was a little girl, Andrea, who came into class, crying, sobbing. She just wanted to go home. Apparently she always arrived in this state. The principal stayed with her for 40 minutes, talking to her softly, gently smiling at her, wouldn't leave her side. The most important person in that room to him was that little girl. She finally stopped crying and started to work on a drawing and didn't notice that he had left the room. She smiled and had a wonderful time for the duration of the session.

I met him again yesterday in a fifth grade class. He visited the kids for more than a half hour after lunch. To read them two chapters of Harry Potter. With feeling. The kids were spellbound.

This guy puts in the time. I wouldn't put it past him if he actually knows the first and last names of each kid in his school. And there's a lot of them.

Wish there were more administrators out there like him.

[femmocrat]

1. There are, but unfortunately many principals are stretched thin, too.

For most of last year, we had one principal for three elementary buildings.

Your principal sounds like a gem, though. Thanks for sharing and I hope you find a full-time job soon.

[roguevalley]

4. 27 years in teaching, 4 schools, zero humane principals. Lucky you and them.

[MarianJack]

2. We have a principal like that in our son's school.

We'll really miss her when he goes to Junior High next year.

BTW, good luck in the job hunt.

PEACE!

[spartan61]

3. I taught second grade in Michigan,

Maine, and Connecticut for a total of 32 years. I could only wish to have had a principal like his one. He is a gem and the students and teachers are so fortunate to have him as their administrator.