To All,
We've finished our first semester of the 2015-16 school year. Teachers will open the New Year thinking about curriculum and developing units of instruction as part of the new teacher evaluation process. In this process we're asking teachers to reflect on their practices and then guiding and coaching them to engage students. In addition, we'll be asking them to closely monitor measurable results before and after they teach students. As administrators we're placed in an instructional leader position to guide, coach and assist teachers with their professional growth in order to directly affect instruction. This can be a difficult task, but it is a valuable one. Research supports that the most significant factor affecting learning outcomes is THE TEACHER. In my heart, I'm still a teacher as well - although as an administrator, I have other hats to wear as well.
Many times I'm asked, "What does a principal do all day?" I guess the best answer is this: "A bit of everything..." from managing a building, counseling/guiding a teacher, parent or student, monitoring and making changes for safety, working collaboratively with outside agencies such as our regional professional development center, to DFS, Juvenile, and the Chamber of Commerce, to supervising athletics after school, to recruiting new coaches and teachers, to congratulating and encouraging teachers and students regularly. There's more...but I'll stop there at ENCOURAGING because above all I see my position as the "chief encourager" - no principal can do it all and it's my job to encourage LEADERS to come to the fore - both adults and students. Leadership is really all it takes to be a GREAT SCHOOL. We are blessed to have so many talented teacher-leaders and students at MHS engaged in the tough work of teaching and learning which never stops. At graduation time I joke occasionally that our senior class is FINALLY trained and ready and we're letting them GO each May. Then we get a whole new crop of 8th grade freshmen to be " new recruits" right behind them from MMS when we have just finished with the seniors! ha. Education never stops at MHS.
It is truly a privilege and a joy to be a part of MHS. So if you're reading this blog today...THANK YOU for checking in on us and we hope you'll support us in any way you can in the near future and partner with us in supporting our endeavors - we need YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT and your support.
Dr. Terry Robinson - Principal
