Hey everyone, I'm a 21 year old male, going to be a junior in college at a college with a very very good education program. Currently I am majoring in elementary education with an emphasis in english/language arts. I haven't done super hot in college yet (getting b's and c's, maybe an a here and there), but this past semester I had a few education based classes, and got A's and B's in all 7 of my classes. However, after a long period of time dealing with some personal issues (severe depression, being isolated, despite working out and getting a perfect / strong body and eating super healthy, which you'd think would boost one's esteem), I am setting my priorities straight. Basically I am making summer goals to improve my life, and am making goals to get all A's from here on out in college for the final 2 years left. When I put my mind to something I can generally accomplish it, because I'm very hard working.
Basically my question is, is there anything I can do NOW that will just that much further help me prepare to become a principal in the future down the road? I know it's a ways off, but I don't see what would hurt preparing now. I was thinking things like working on social skills, interacting with people more, keeping an organized schedule, keeping my work space organized and neat, accomplishing tasks, READING A LOT!!!, and also reading books that teach you how to talk properly with people and get them to like you and such. These kind of books might seem stupid to some, but they have some VERY important information in them that everyone could use (Dale Carnegie's book Stop Worrying and Start Living Your Life).
I have a book that I kept from last semester on education psychology that has a lot of great information in it (positive reinforcement, negative, wait time I and II, glasser's rules, so and so's hierarchy of needs, etc) Stuff like that that helps you identify problems and how to correct them in children. Would this be something good to continue studying over the summer, or are there better resources?
Sorry for the lost post, but I really hope someone here can respond to this and guide me in the right direction. Thanks! [img]smile.gif[/img]
