Author name: Mr. Reed

Some days, you feel like an instructional leader. Other days, you feel like a jagged rock in a stream, just

Every administrator has them. The “Frequent Flyers.” These are the 3-5 students who account for 80% of your radio calls.

There is a trap that every new Assistant Principal falls into at least once. You are in the teacher’s lounge.

The most dangerous lie a new administrator tells themselves is this: “We had a good conversation, so we are on

There is a specific kind of torture that administrators accidentally inflict on teachers. It is the Friday afternoon email that

The most intimidating part of becoming an Assistant Principal at 29 wasn’t the discipline or the angry parents. It was

If you asked me what the hardest part of being an administrator is, I wouldn’t say the discipline, the buses,

If you want to suck the soul out of a school, schedule a “Data Deep Dive.” We have all been

I have a confession to make: I am not naturally an “Inbox Zero” person. If left to my own devices,