I served on a panel today with four other heads - Kate Windsor from Miss Porter's, John Berrengos from Independent Day School, Jane Fried from Brearley, and Don Grace from The Blue School - where we spoke about our experiences as new heads of school. What did we feel like we did well? What did we wish we did better? Our reflections seemed to resonate with the aspiring heads to whom we were asked to present, but I really enjoyed hearing what the others had to say as well. No matter the size or configuration of our schools, there are many universal truths of independent school leadership. Work-life balance is a challenge; the work is more pastoral than one might think; we tend to think in terms of internal and external constituencies, but in truth there are many overlaps; and attitude is at least as important as aptitude. Good stuff.
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