Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable
for: common core; technology initiatives;
social and
emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around
social media and communications; and the barrage of
emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.