Electronic mentoring: three school leaders across upstate New York advise each other through e-mail.
School Administrator › Vol. 60 Nbr. 10, November 2003
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Electronic mentoring: three school leaders across upstate New York advise each other through e-mail.
Superintendent Stephen F. Day had some timely advice for second-year high school principal Bonnie Hauber as the first day of school approached two years ago:
"Don't be surprised that you are totally whipped after the day.... My guess is you will be flying until about 3 in the morning just absorbing all of the emotional and subconscious information. Remedy: Have two glasses of Shiraz and go to bed." Unusual counsel, perhaps, from a superintendent to a principal to start a new school year. But the message--sent by e-mail from Day's office in Portville, N.Y., in the state's southwest corner to Hauber at Maine-Endwell High School 170 miles away--was the beginning of a journey that has helped lead three New York administrators to a deeper understanding of themselves, their jobs and their relation...See the full content of this document
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