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The Benefits of Principals

Working Together in a Team

Model Approach - During a

Pandemic and Beyond

By Ms. Ileana Sing, Principal of Torey J. Sabatini School; Mr. Thomas Liss,

Principal of Central Avenue School; and Dr. Kathleen Koop, Principal of
Kings Road School, Madison School District

It may be by phone, a days a week, to support coordinator, and currently as an

stream of text messages, and work collaboratively elementary principal. Kathy was a
teacher, school board member, and
or a Zoom meeting, no together. Individually, we are now serves as a principal. Individually
matter what form of committed, enthusiastic, educational we are strong, yet together we can be
even stronger. Before the pandemic,
communication, we know professionals with our own talents we knew that working within a team
and experiences in the field of
that as a team we are education. Tom was a teacher, model approach was important, yet
it wasn’t until we worked together
available for one another supervisor, coach, assistant principal, during this time did we realize just how
and is now an elementary principal.
day and night, seven Ileana’s experiences include roles as important teamwork is to our success.
a teacher, K-12 regional curriculum In this article, we will highlight our

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