Assistant Principal at Tuscarora Elementary School. M.Ed Instructional Leadership. Serving students and teachers daily.
Joined September 2018
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As we prepare for a new school year, we're celebrating all we accomplished together in 2025–26! 🎉
More than 48,000 students and 7,400+ staff made this year a success through strong relationships, dedication, and care. Our State of the School System video highlights our shared commitment to:
⭐ College & Career Readiness
⭐ Teaching & Learning
⭐ Attracting & Retaining Exceptional Staff
Thank you for your continued support! We can't wait to welcome everyone back in August. 😎
youtu.be/SP2SpPPNfac?si=b7J1…
Happy Summer Timberwolves! Exciting times at TuES- we have the amazing @FCPSJudyCenter and new additions to the building unfolding before our eyes. Big plans for the 26-27 school year. This week we welcomed new Principal Ms. Working & AP Ms. King. Stay tuned! @MrsWorkingFCPS
Some moments help bring us back to focus. As a first year AP, there have been times that I've never lost focus, but felt challenged in finding the good. Today is a perfect example of the who & why. Nothing like a beautiful field day! Each day, I am proud to be a Timberwolf 🐺
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People want to be seen. When they do…they won’t want to leave. #LeadFromWHOYouAre
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A TEACHER is “anyone in a school” building with an opportunity to make an impact on the life of a child ❤️
#SchoolOfEngagement
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You are not meant to go through life fearful, anxious and chronically stressed all the time. Thinking is a habit and you can create mental habits that change the way you think and change your life. If you want 93 mental, leadership and health habits that will bring you more power and peace and less anxiety check out powerofpositivehabitsbook.co…
Justin Collins retweeted
Optimism is a mindset, but it’s also a habit.
It doesn’t mean not thinking that things can go wrong.
It also doesn’t mean up pairing for the worst case scenario.
It just requires that you imagine possibility and potential alongside everything else. Imagine more today.🤍
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You don’t always get to choose your environment, but you always get to choose how you show up. Choose to rise, choose to lead, choose to transform. Be a coffee bean. ☕️
Pause. Rise above the mess. Pause . Breathe. Find the joy. Pause. Go gently.
The MESS is REAL! Long nights. Early mornings. The work nobody asked you to do. The work nobody said that you would have to do. The MESS is where the GREAT stuff is too. I can’t take the MESS off your plate…but can we find a way to look at it DIFFERENTLY? #LeadFromWhoYouAre
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The MESS is REAL! Long nights. Early mornings. The work nobody asked you to do. The work nobody said that you would have to do. The MESS is where the GREAT stuff is too. I can’t take the MESS off your plate…but can we find a way to look at it DIFFERENTLY? #LeadFromWhoYouAre
Justin Collins retweeted
You can’t mandate trust.
You can model storytelling.
When every voice in your district carries weight…regardless of title or role, people stop protecting their work and start sharing it.
Build a culture of storytellers.
You’ll build a culture of trust.
#LeadFromWhoYouAre
Justin Collins retweeted
In a world that sometimes confuses loud with strong with effective, kindness can feel like a risk.
Kindness isn’t weakness. It’s discipline. It’s choosing patience when it would be easier to react. It’s choosing people even when the work is hard.
So don’t second guess it.
The way you lead matters, and kindness is never the wrong choice.
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If you really think about it, so many of the biggest moments in our lives trace back to a person. Someone who shared advice, made an introduction, took a chance on us, or simply believed in us.
The people you meet today might be part of the life you’re building tomorrow.
Not because of luck, but because people expand your world. They introduce you to new ideas, new opportunities, and sometimes a new version of yourself you didn’t see coming.
So say yes to the conversation.
You never know which connection is about to shift everything.
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EVERY KID DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED. We ask our teachers to find the kids who don’t always get the attention…so why wouldn’t we take on the same mindset with the adults in the building?
Find the adults who don’t always feel seen.
EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY’S KID.
#LeadFromWhoYouAre
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We hear a lot about “culture” in schools.
But how do leaders actually construct it?
From my experience as a headteacher, senior leader & governor:
If you don’t design it, construct it and relentlessly maintain it, it will drift to toxicity . It all starts at the top
👇 🧵
Justin Collins retweeted
If you work in education, you’ve lived this.
There are moments when you don’t fully agree with a decision. A policy. A direction.
And still, you carry it out.
So when you disagree ask:
✨Am I challenging the work?
✨Or am I challenging the person?
One builds the organization.
The other quietly tears it down.
We don’t have to agree on everything.
But we do have to protect how we show up with each other while we figure it out.
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Life doesn’t restart all at once after break.
It slowly warms back up.
We return rested, but not immediately ready in every way, and that’s okay.
This transition can feel hard, even when we love the work.
Be patient with yourself and with each other.
The rhythm will return…one meeting, one email, one deep breath at a time🤍
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We talk a lot about brand in leadership, but the truth is, our real brand isn’t a logo or a tagline. It’s the energy we bring into the room, the tone we set, and how people feel after they’ve interacted with us.
Your smile signals approachability.
Your personality tells your story.
Your trademark is how you make people feel.
So today, remember that your everyday interactions are shaping your legacy, one impression at a time.🤍
