Changing roles

It was a bit of a disaster really. I went back to one of the schools I'd worked in last year and had a meeting with the new principal. It was to be a day's work which meant I could write my log and claim the work. Unfortunately there was miscommunication about what I was doing and what I could do there on this particular day and she left me waiting for 2 and a half hours.

However it made me think about the changing roles one experiences and the things that one must put in place when moving from Assistant Principal to Principal. It is complex when one moves from the AP role to the Principal role in the same school.
I've done it and I know some of the pitfalls and the difficulties.
Sandra (the name I've given her here) is really battling with this
The mind set is different when you are principal- it needs to be and is forced on you.
There are a whole lot of questions and situations one needs to deal with that may seem petty at the time but involve fast thinking and quick response. Things like:
Ho do you deal with people who are accustomed to being always able to stop you and get a response about the little things? Things like their supplies are not in their room- it is the principal's role to ensure they have them but the nitty gritty of that is the AP's role and they are still seeing you as an AP.