![]() “To equate it to the business world, it’s a middle management job where you have people from both directions bringing you problems,” said Ross.Īmong the reasons teachers are dodging the principal’s office are legal ramifications in such areas as special education, he noted. On a state level, I’d like to see a middle school certification,” said Ross.Īt the national conference, he also plans to express his concern over the declining number of teachers willing to become principals. “When I’m interviewing teachers, I’m interviewing people with either elementary or high school certifications. Department of Education on how to improve the nation’s schools. 22 and 23, he and his wife, Julie, are planning to attend the national principals association’s conference in Washington, D.C., where his expertise will be tapped by officials from the White House and the U.S. 4, Ross received the award during the Pennsylvania association’s conference in State College, Centre County. “Jon Ross is one of the educators who has led the way in school reform,” said Upper Darby School District Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction James Wigo who nominated the principal for the honor in February. Ross has been selected by the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals as the 2009 Pennsylvania National Distinguished Middle School Principal from a potential pool of the state’s 501 school districts. In the eight years since Ross has been at the helm of the middle school, he has apparently made a difference in many children’s lives. “Those are the times you hold on to, that help you get up in the morning and say, ‘I want to make that difference for another child’,” said the 40-year-old Drexel Hill resident. The teenager, who was college-bound, told the principal he and his staff had a pivotal role in pointing him in the right direction. He made a point to stop to see me,” said Ross. “When he was a senior at Upper Darby High School he came back here regularly to see the teachers and thank the teachers. He learned a sixth-grader was having difficulties at home and went out of his way to chat with the boy in the hallway a few times a week. UPPER DARBY - Early on in his days as principal of Drexel Hill Middle School, Jonathan Ross experienced firsthand the potential impact of his job.
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