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Post by Coach Bennett on Dec 29, 2012 18:19:59 GMT -6
For those of you that have ventured to the administrative side of schools, what parallels have you found exist between coaching and administration?
Anything in particular come to mind regarding how football may or may not have prepared you for an administrative role?
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Post by btex0127 on Dec 29, 2012 19:07:52 GMT -6
This comes from my father in law, who was a supt before retiring.
How to deal with people who have only the agenda in mind. How to manage people, ie teachers. Working with a budget. If an ad, working with a school board. Time management. Hiring people who will make you look good. Working under pressure.
How to stay calm when everyone else is losing their head.
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Post by coachjm on Dec 30, 2012 7:56:53 GMT -6
I am in a job that is requiring me to do administrative duties in a school and my wife is a HS assistant principal to add to btex post. There are many commonalities to being the head coach as you are managing people and trying to maximize the different talents that all possess. The political challenges are even bigger as you deal with those seemingly all the time and there is less of the immediate "joy" that you have when working with kids. There is gratification in seeing programs come to fruition and helping other staffing enjoy there work. Your day to day operations are seemingly different each day which is enjoyable but most of the time you are not dealing with the most enjoyable parts of the education profession....
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