Invigorating principal/assistant principal relationships.

EMPLOYEE attitudes; HIGH school principals; STUDENT attitudes; PROFESSIONAL relationships; SCHOOL environment; SCHOOL administrators

Relationships between and among school administrative team members are critical components of school culture. They serve as a guidepost for the behaviors and attitudes of staff and students. To invigorate these relationships, three embodied practices have high yield not only for the relationships among administrators, but also for fostering a healthy school climate. These practices include intellectual work, communicative collaboration, and inspiration-seeking practices. Sonja Gedde, a high school assistant principal, describes how these practices have been central to the administrative team's professional relationship with their principal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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