Fresh Start

During a staff development meeting I received a phone call from one of the districts that I had applied to. I completed an application for their Assistant Principal pool. To my surprise, I was contacted to interview for an Assistant Principal position at a middle school. This was exciting news.

I returned the phone call and set a time for the interview. The interview would be conducted via Zoom. The interview, I felt, went well. I waited days to receive a response that never came. I was a little disheartened but I still felt good about my situation.

I continued planning and attending meetings in preparation for the upcoming year. A few days later I received a call to interview for a position with the same school district that I recently interviewed with. I would have to complete another interview via Zoom.

I interviewed with the campus Principal and her team of three Assistant Principals. The interview went very well. I felt that I had a very good chance of landing the position. I was excited, but I did not want to get my hopes up too soon.

Saturday morning of the same week I interviewed, I received a message asking if I were still interested in the position. I quickly reached out to the Principal to inform her that I was indeed interested in taking the position. I was extremely excited. Finally I was taking a step in the right direction.

The following Monday I informed my current Principal about my job offer. She responded by letting me know that I needed to submit a resignation letter. I was more than happy to do so. This meant I was finally able to get away from her leadership.

I originally planned to stay on my current campus for two weeks, I only made it one. I was asked to move from my classroom and lesson plan for the upcoming weeks. This made no sense to me because my replacement was already in the classroom. I made a phone call to the district that was going to hire me to see if I could start earlier than expected. They agreed and my current district allowed me to end my contract early.

This was all great news. My exit from campus was not what I expected. There was an incident between the Principal and a teacher on my former team. I don’t want to go into detail, but it only underscored the lack of true leadership that my former Principal displayed. I was sure to voice my opinion about her leadership and the environment on that campus.

It felt great to finally be free. I was a little sad to leave a district that I had been with for fifteen years, but I was more excited about my new journey. This is going to be great…