Summer Leadership – What principals should do during the summer? Part 1
So many people wonder what school and district educational leaders do during the summer. Most people don’t understand the amount of work it takes to begin a school year with little to no incident. Effective school principals spend the first week after the staff and students go home for the summer, working on a summer schedule for their twelve month staff: secretaries, bookkeepers, custodians, counselors, and any other twelve month staff. The principal should work with the custodians to develop a summer schedule for cleaning the building, repairing equipment, painting, moving furniture around if applicable, opening and disbursing new furniture, maintaining the lawn, washing tables and chairs, cleaning carpets if applicable, washing windows, and any other building needs. They should also discuss the custodian’s summer vacation. Principals should have someone on the maintenance team available everyday during the summer. If there is more than one front of...