Meeting On The Mountain

I attended the first session of Phase II of the Master Principal Program from October 24th to October 27th. The meeting was on Petit Jean Mountain at the Winrock Conference Center. Eighteen principals from Arkansas were chosen to participate in this program. I always hate being away from school. However, I believe what I learned last week will help me guide our school toward our goal of leaving no child behind.

I will be sharing some of the things I learned with our faculty at our weekly meeting tomorrow.

One thing I picked up is...when you see a date, such as 2005-2006, what is important is the time spent during the year. In other words- THE DASH- The dash between the 2005 and the 2006. The dash represents the time we are given, and how we spend it. The same is true of our time at school. With school lasting from 7:45-2:55, how we spend our time during the DASH is the secret to what we achieve.