The part of leadership preparation that begins after preparation ends.

School leadership is learned partly through preparation and partly through the realities that preparation cannot fully simulate.

Leadership looks different once the responsibility is actually yours.

Hard Truths for New School Leaders addresses the practical side of educational leadership: the decisions, relationships, pressures, mistakes, and organizational realities that become visible once the responsibility is actually yours.

It is written for new and aspiring administrators who want a candid companion to formal administrator preparation.