Even though education and local authority
budgets are being squeezed, API members pride themselves on creating stimulating,
challenging, engaging and fun places that children enjoy playing and learning in and that teachers and nursery managers see
immediate benefits from.
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.