So You're the New Principal: Ten Rules for Year One

Whether you are a veteran principal changing schools or a novice principal taking your first position, the rules of entering a new environment as the principal are the same. You are at the top of the school hierarchy and at the bottom of the school knowledge base. Before you can have influence at your school, you will have to develop relationship-driven personal power to support the position power you have been given. To be a positive force in your school, you must understand the environment you have entered and the people who maintain that environment from year to year. Here are ten simple rules to make your first year a great one!