Being an online school principal means that my position in my district is quite unique. As it turns out, my day-to-day experience has more in common with the other online principals from other districts than it has in common with other principals in my district. And so it’s always great to connect with these distant colleagues who face similar challenges and experiences as me.

Today is a day of meetings with these colleagues. We start the day together, then meet with the Ministry, then continue our meetings. Once done for the day, I have a dinner meeting with the Executive of our online principal’s organization.

While I’m not a fan of being in meetings all day, it’s wonderful to connect with these amazing educators that have similar yet unique jobs across the province. We often meet online as well, and some of our colleagues will be joining us online today, but the chance to connect, to have side conversations about our programs, and to be in the same room with each other, is really wonderful.

I am excited about the day in a way that is counter to how I usually feel about a day of meetings… I’m actually looking forward to it!