Love, Amber from the Principal's Office in a Pandemic

With a Bachelor’s Degree in Technology and Curriculum Instruction and a Master’s in Technology Integration, Amber Teamann focuses on transparent, collaborative leadership as the principal of Whitt Elementary School in Wylie, Texas. She is one of my dear friends and I am grateful to share her wisdom and energy with you today.

Amber Teamann led her team of 70 students and over 600 students and their families through a global pandemic with grace. And in the absence of a pandemic playbook to help when people would panic, the core values of leadership were (and still are):

• Relationship
• Communication
• Authenticity
• Collaboration
• Realistic Expectations
• Connection
• Faith

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

1 Corinthians 9:24-25

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Amber has so many resources to offer educators and administrators as we head into a brand-new school year with unknown conditions to navigate. 

Book: Lead with Appreciation

Website: Technically Teamann

Twitter: @8amber8

Facebook Group: Principals Staff Appreciation & Motivation

The blog she mentioned about grace:

Expecting vs extending grace as a leader

A blog specifically for principals in a pandemic:

Strategies to avoid the principal panic in the pandemic