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My whole family has 
been in education.

So even when I was in 
elementary school myself,

I always pretended 
to be a teacher.

I always wanted to be a teacher.

I felt, when I was 
a classroom teacher,

that it was a similar 
thing every day,

and that I was working 
with students every day

and I was impacting 
students every day,

but it wasn't quite 
the same impact.

I feel, as a principal, 
the longer you're in here,

you're really making change on 
a large scale for all students.

I have about 520 
students in kindergarten

through fifth grade and 
about 50 staff members,

about 25 classroom teachers.

I'm in charge of every 
person, every thing, and--

everything you see around you.

Yeah.

Welcome to being a principal.

Is that the same as 
what you got here?

Dr. Gilmore is someone who 
has united our community.

She's been here four 
years, and prior to that,

we had a lot of turnover 
with leadership.

She's someone that 
the teachers can

go to if they need 
resources, technology,

support with a student.

I graduated from the 
University of San Francisco's

Transformative School 
Leadership program.

USF's program was great 
because I could still

continue as a teacher, 
and the program really

prepares you for any 
position in education

that you're looking 
for because it's really

about a way of thinking that 
can be applied in any role.

For me, to just be a learner 
every day is so important.

And I think that's 
something that I

try to bring back 
to my community

here at Jefferson 
Elementary School.

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