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The second-guessing is real, but momma has to work, and dada is so supportive and great.

Just got hired as the 7/8th grade assistant principal at A-level school in FL with two veteran admin who have been there for years. I taught there, left for a year having the baby in another district location, and they brought me back as an AP.

Send me the Amazon links, clothing suggestions, mom-boss advice, and all the other nonchalant hat tricks that will make the first year drowning not as bad..

Thanks for the advice in advance!

Give us all the tips, suggestions, and contacts. How long will it take? How much should we put down if we want roughly a 4bed 2 bath ~2000/2500 sq. Ft? What are the steps for success and limiting the headache of home-building?

Left school a year ago for a dean of students role.

Previous School has open AP spot. Principal called and asked me to apply, told me I am the preferred candidate, and that we’d be moving quickly as the board meets on Tuesday and then not again until late July.

The other AP was coaching me on questions. She was coaching me on questions, and it felt like a lot of advice in my head.

I didn’t feel great about the recorded interview because of the distracting storms and honestly, psyched myself out when I found out that I only had one chance to record each question. I didn’t feel horrible about it but not great and the more time goes on, the more I’m second guessing that maybe it was worse than I thought. I feel uneasy about 4/8 questions.

Long story short, she told me they be downloading videos to watch Thursday morning. It’s Friday, and I haven’t heard anything.

Should I:

1. ⁠wait
2. ⁠reach out and if so, what do I say?
3. ⁠assume the worst because of the interview or do I still have a shot?

Currently a behavior coordinator in a TN district. I have family here including a MIL who watches my baby. I hate my job and supervisor, but do not have admin licensure and do not want to go back into the classroom. The behavior system is nonexistent at this elementary school I work in, and for example, I had a student attack me and he received one day of suspension. It’s a rebuilding year for the school but I haven’t been impressed with the admin team and it’s like they want me to handle discipline by myself. Their old systems are all reactive instead of proactive and there are behaviors there that I’ve never seen before. It’s bad.

On the other hand, the school interested in hiring me as an administrator, I worked at for 5 years. I left for a year to move to TN for personal reasons that they were understanding of. It is in FL about 10 hours away from our family and farmland where we hope to build a house one day. It has the systems and culture down and is a A-level middle school. They are family first school and the other admin have only grown kids. I would be the only one with a child under 18. They helped grow and encourage me into the leader I am today. They really want me back. The pay raise would help our goals quicker.

I don’t plan on staying in FL forever and eventually want to build a house in TN.

To be an admin in TN, I either have to take the praxis and work my way up the district ladder which will take years and years or gain experience in another state and earn the professional licensure that way so I may start applying to jobs.

My husband is flexible in his job and career and his only comment before I applied was “ Let it fly” meaning f— it, go for it.

I’m worried about baby going to a daycare.

Do I:

1. Accept the FL job or stay in TN
2. Buy a house in the new state or rent
3. How long do I stay?

Help.

Currently a behavior coordinator in a TN district. I have family here including a MIL who watches my baby. I hate my job and supervisor, but do not have admin licensure and do not want to go back into the classroom. The behavior system is nonexistent at this elementary school I work in, and for example, I had a student attack me and he received one day of suspension. It’s a rebuilding year for the school but I haven’t been impressed with the admin team and it’s like they want me to handle discipline by myself. Their old systems are all reactive instead of proactive and there are behaviors there that I’ve never seen before. It’s bad.

On the other hand, the school interested in hiring me as an administrator, I worked at for 5 years. I left for a year to move to TN for personal reasons that they were understanding of. It is in FL about 10 hours away from our family and farmland where we hope to build a house one day. It has the systems and culture down and is a A-level middle school. They are family first school and the other admin have only grown kids. I would be the only one with a child under 18. They helped grow and encourage me into the leader I am today. They really want me back. The pay raise would help our goals quicker.

I don’t plan on staying in FL forever and eventually want to build a house in TN.

To be an admin in TN, I either have to take the praxis and work my way up the district ladder which will take years and years or gain experience in another state and earn the professional licensure that way so I may start applying to jobs.

My husband is flexible in his job and career and his only comment before I applied was “ Let it fly” meaning f— it, go for it.

I’m worried about baby going to a daycare.

Do I:

1. Accept the FL job or stay in TN
2. Buy a house in the new state or rent
3. How long do I stay?

Help.

Currently working for a head principal of a K-5 who gets distracted easily, and it seems like we never finish or getting her approval on initiatives for next year.

Specifically, building behavior and academic initiative s that she approved in March. Bring the drafts to her and she’s confused on them and worried about staff pushback. But we’ve already agreed to do it and I’ve shared it with some staff who are Canva-ing visuals.

New Dean of discipline at K-5 school with high behaviors. Rest of instructions team is all returning staff. I feel left out of a lot of things due to being over solely discipline and needing to create so many missing behavior systems.

For instance, today they have an instructional team meeting and shut the door on me. I have been to one IT meeting prior in 4 months since I started. I know my role is largely behavior but I enjoy being part of teams and working together. Feel like I’m on an island alone.

Not to mention, my office is down the hallway by the copy room and everyone else is in the front office next to each other. Hell, the coaches office and school psych is closer than I am to the action. How can I grow in this role to eventually move in AP Leadership if I can’t learn the academic side to this new district? What do I do? Or do I just get over it?