Even though I'm not quite yet an administrator (one more year of waiting), I was invited by my supervisors to attend an "All Admin" meeting this morning. That means that every principal and assistant principal in our district was there. By my count, the conference room was filled with about 85 people.
In terms of this blog, the purpose of the meeting wasn't as important as where I chose to sit--as far into a back corner as possible. And I made sure to wait until the last possible moment to enter the meeting room. I really don't know "this crowd" yet, and I am just awful--god awful--at chit chatting. And as far as moving up the ranks, I would even describe my inability to engage in useless banter as an Achilles heel. Whenever I go to these meetings, it just seems like everyone knows how to stir a coffee cup in one hand, while cackling it up with any nearby companion.
The interesting thing though is that once a meeting starts, I am quite fearless in sharing my thoughts or questions. It's even become a part of my reputation, for better or for worse (mostly for the better, I would hope). But for today's meeting, not a peep out of me. There's also such thing as a time and place, and an "All Admin" gathering is not the place for a teacher to raise his hand.
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