Counseling New Leaders for the Unseen and Uncertain
November 01, 2020
Appears in November 2020: School Administrator.
![Robert Monson](/images/default-source/school-administrator/2020-november/33-bob-monson-sidebar-reeves.jpg?sfvrsn=73a309ec_5)
“COVID has changed everything!”
That was the first comment from a superintendent — I’m calling him Paul to keep his identity anonymous — with whom I’ve been working this year as a mentor. Paul was in his
first month of his first superintendency, leading a small suburban district not far outside New York City.
Paul previously had worked in two high school principalships with student populations of 650 and 2,800 students. He had received
his Ed.D. in educational leadership four years ago.
His first day in his new job back on July 1 started with an 8 a.m. school board meeting and ended at 8 p.m. with the conclusion of a “drive-by commencement” for the graduating
seniors that had been postponed from its original date in June.
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