Title: Three Differences Between Teaching and Administration | Education World
Headings: Three Differences Between Teaching and Administration
Three Differences Between Teaching and Administration
THE EVOLUTION OF AN ADMINISTRATOR
THREE BIG DIFFERENCES
NEVER FORGET!

Content: and, as in any small town, the "mayor" gets to know many of those students very closely. Put another way -- borrowing the words of Henry Adams -- "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." Administrators, on the other hand, live in the city. Although exposed to many more "citizens," they get to know very few well. The influence an administrator has on the education of children is broader -- but not as deep. NEVER FORGET! If you are a classroom teacher who aspires to become an administrator, I have one last thought to share: administrators must never forget where they came from (and where they might return to). When a school administrator makes a decision or commits to an action or policy that makes even one teacher's job the tiniest bit more difficult, he or she has made a mistake, and has done a disservice -- not only to the teacher, but also to his or her students.