“I’ve been in education for 24 years and none of us has ever experienced this. We all feel like first-year teachers and principals,” said EdD graduate James Conley, principal of Unionville High School in Kennett Square. “It’s been 16 months of running constantly and we don’t have all the answers. With the help of supportive professors and advisors, their families, and fellow classmates and administrators experiencing the same stresses, they successfully defended their dissertations and will flip their tassels this month to officially earn the title of doctor.ĮdD graduate James Conley, principal of Unionville High School But for several area school administrators, they were facing it all while trying to juggle and complete their doctoral degrees in K-12 Educational Leadership from Widener. ![]() These questions and challenges would prove daunting for anyone. Do you open doors in the fall or remain virtual? What does a hybrid learning environment look like? What health and safety protocols are needed? What happens when there are COVID-19 cases in the schools? In the ensuing months, these same school administrators faced new and equally difficult decisions. How do you keep instruction going and students engaged? What about proms? Graduations? In March 2020, faced with an emergent and largely unknown virus, superintendents, principals, and other school officials had to figure out how to quickly convert mostly in-person classes to a remote format. It’s certainly been a stressful year for K-12 school administrators.
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