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have all the answers all the time. Look As I was completing my graduate work you will never make a bad decision.”
at the position as establishing and at Montclair State University, I was I have done my best, each and every
creating relationships. Relationships blessed to have been in many classes day, to honor those words from that
are what will allow you to reach your taught by Dr. Ron Armengol (MSU great man. Only through time did I
fullest potential. You can achieve Class of 1955). One night, during one come to understand that can only
that when you allow yourself to do of our evening classes, Dr. Armegol be done if we are willing to make the
something that none of us are used said to the class, “If you do anything decision to do what is in our own best
to: let your guard down and be as a school administrator, make sure interests, caring for our social and
vulnerable. that all your decisions are in the best emotional wellness.
interests of your students. That way,

Resources
1. You can find April Walters on Instagram at: @fuelyouroptimalself
2. Mark A. Smylie is professor of education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Mark’s research concerns school
organization and processes of school organizational change, administrative and teacher leadership and development,
and urban school improvement.

About the Author

Tom Conroy is currently the principal of Brookside Elementary School in the Westwood Regional
School District. He has been in Westwood for the past seven years. Tom has held both teaching and
administrative positions on the elementary, middle, high school, and district levels. Tom serves on the
FEA Board and is entering his sixth year on the NJPSA/FEA Leadership Academy Development and
Presentation Teams. Tom completed both his undergraduate and graduate work at Montclair State
University.

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