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New Principals Face County Schools' Challenges
Woodlin Elementary School Principal Sarah Sirgo visits Michele Carter's third-grade class and chats with students.
(By Katherine Frey -- The Washington Post)
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¿ Background: speech language pathologist, special education teacher and program specialist, assistant principal. Started in Montgomery in 1999.
¿ Hobbies: "I try to set a personal goal for myself each year that has nothing to do with being a principal. I find it very humbling to spend time learning something new in order to remember what it's like to grow and be a lifelong learner. One year I tried to learn to knit, and a year and a half ago I took up tennis."
Q: Why are you an educator?
A: I consider myself a teacher of teachers. Sometimes I forget that I'm the principal because I see myself as merely a lead teacher on the staff.
How far in this field do you hope to go?
People have made comments about my career and called me driven, but my drive has always been to do the best I can where I am at the time. Right now I can't imagine doing anything else than being a principal at Woodlin Elementary.
Is it hard to supervise older or more experienced educators?
Only once in my career has it been mentioned, and that was when I was evaluating an underperforming teacher. I told the teacher it was an inappropriate comment and it was never mentioned again. However, even if it isn't said directly to me, I know what people see when I walk into a room and introduce myself. I know that I don't "look" like what people would expect, but I always say that I'm not alone. I have many colleagues and friends who are young principals and we received excellent training and support in MCPS to do this job and do it well.
Christopher Garran Walter Johnson High School Bethesda
¿ Age: 39.
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