Washington Principal Magazine

I feel like I’ve written over and over in my column about all the changes we’re going through in our office. Change is healthy, stagnation is not. I don’t remember who said it, but someone once said, “We’re always getting a little better or a little worse… nothing is truly constant.”

Those of you that know me are very aware that I am a passionate supporter of Gonzaga basketball and head coach Mark Few. I read everything that is Gonzaga Basketball. Coach Few has built a national program of unimaginable success at Gonzaga. Twenty straight trips and counting to the NCAA Tournament would attest to this success. This seems unimaginable for a small school located in Spokane. I’d like to share what I feel are the leadership lessons all of us can learn from Coach Few and the Gonzaga program as we work tirelessly to provide outstanding leadership in all the schools we have the honor to lead.

If there has ever been a more important time in education to talk about the importance of principal leadership, the time is now. Did you hear me? Principal leadership matters. There is no other way to say it.