A Bright Hope For Tomorrow.

I am so excited that a goal and dream I have been pursuing for almost 10 years is coming to fruition. I have been selected to be the middle school principal at New Diana middle school. They want me to start as soon as possible. We just started Spring Break but I feel like I need to hit the ground running. I have been focusing on building my leadership skills and I want to take advantage of all that preparation. This is my last semester before I become a Doctoral candidate. I take my comprehensive exams the last week of March and my oral exams the first week of April. I will also be presenting my research on April 7th. That is quite a couple of challenges all at once but I can do it. And once I do it, it is done!

I have been at this for quite a long time. My first interview for principal was a few years ago. That is when I was getting started with my superintendent certification which led me to the Doctorate program. I have read, researched, and written more than I can remember on different areas of educational leadership which is unfortunate, because I am going to have to remember them all here in a few weeks!

We had a timely sermon on living by faith this morning. It was a fitting message as I have been feeling like the extra time, money, and effort may be for nothing. Live by faith and not by sight. Fear not, for I am with you. In research terms the word is self-efficacy. I don't believe in self-efficacy. I have seen well trained people lose out to bad luck. I believe in God-efficacy. He sees us, has plans for us to prosper and have a future. We just have to have enough faith, patience, hope, and persistence. Pray for me and both the school and district I am leaving and the one I am going to be serving. For if God is not with us, we work in vain. But, if we wait on the Lord, we will rise up, as if on wings of EAGLES!