Eight lessons from my first year as DoS

Learn key insights for your first year as DoS, including conflict management, team motivation and staying resilient, to excel in educational leadership.

I remember feeling overwhelmed by many different emotions.

I was sitting in head office, thinking I had been called to speak about a potential transfer across schools in my city. Instead, I was being offered the director of studies (DoS) position at my current school. I spent the following week humming and harring about what the right course of action would be: should I take the job and accept teaching less hours, potentially losing my favourite classes and . . .

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