Getting to Know Your Principal

• opens doors to collaboration

• Allows the students to know their principal through literature

• Builds personal and professional bonds

SurveyI asked for books that:

• he enjoyed as a child

• his teachers insisted he read

• he reads with his child

• have impacted his adult life

One Step Further

• Pictures I asked for:• As a child• graduation• Engagement or

wedding• Of his child

• What I received:• Photo album-birth

through present• Pictures from his

walls• More from his

bookshelf

Getting To Know Your Principal

Mr. Brent Skinner

A Principal is Born!

“Curious” About Reading

at a Young Age

As a 5th Grader

“These are stories I have enjoyed sharing with my after school reading buddies”

Rachel Has More Hair

Than Dad Did!

“Rachel loves for us to read to her!”

Books Have Impacted My Life!

Principal Picks

• Principal makes a monthly visit to the LMC

• Chooses books with the help of the LMS• Opportunity for collaboration• Principal becomes more familiar with

holdings/needs of LMC• Gives principal new ways to connect with

the students!

The Final Product