A lot has happened in the last week (and a few things over the last two years) that tell me I should seriously start considering the change I've been avoiding for the last year and a half.
In this district, an Assistant Principal lasts at a site for about five years. This is my sixth at this particular site, and I've seen a lot of changes--naturally, some have been good and some have not. It's not the school I started at, and sometimes it doesn't even look like a school (not from my vantage point, anyway). I don't enjoy the process of looking for another position, let alone adapting to one. I also have to keep in mind the financial aspect of everything; were I to go back to the classroom--which is what I'm dying to do--now (as opposed to . . . *sigh* . . . six years from now, when I'm done with child support payments), my finances would collapse.
Maybe this is a temporary spell and I should tough it out. Maybe it's time to change sites, or even districts. Maybe I should think about something other than education. Maybe I should quit complaining and just deal with it.
Dunno. But I know I'm not professionally happy right now.
*Another movie reference. If you don't get it, try whispering.
Helpful hints, position essays, and useless blather from the Assistant Principal of a high school in Southern California. Posts here do not necessarily reflect the positions or views of the school or district with which he is employed.
So there.
So there.
I'd like to think that I could retire in this position, but I know that there might come a day when I'm no longer a fit for the community, school or administration. Of course, I'm dug in pretty deep, and considering a change of location would take... I don't know... vampire infestation or something.
You are a rare thing... a truly trustworthy administrator. If you were to leave, I would be sad... but at the same time I know that the job doesn't always let you be the person you want to be. I know how miserable that would make me... and as an agnostic I try to minimize my miserable time... because this lifetime may be all that I'm getting.