Grafton Principal and residency coach Jill Olson, left, works with UND student and aspiring principal Brittany Such at Grafton. (Photo courtesy of Laura Link via UND Today)
(By Janelle Vonasek. UND Today) – On a frigid December morning in Pembina, Principal Dave Muhonen is everywhere at once.
He might be greeting kindergartners coming through the doors, checking in with high school teachers about finals, fielding a call about a staffing change and mentally juggling lunch schedules, bus routes and a parent meeting scheduled for that afternoon.
As the new Pre-K-12 principal at North Border-Pembina in the northeast corner of the state, Muhonen jokes that he has to keep an eye on “a bunch of different pots cooking.”
A year ago, every one of those pots looked very different.
“Last fall, I was putting in a lot of apprenticeship hours in Grafton (N.D.) while taking three UND classes all at once that semester,” he said. “I was extremely busy and kind of pulled in a number of different directions. It was rigorous, but it taught me how to manage not only my time but also my sanity and stress level. The workload really prepared me for the workload that comes with being an administrator.”
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