As a novice principal, I didn’t always set high expectations for student behavior. The result was that teachers quit and our school became unsafe. Here are 4 mistakes I used to make: 1. I used to cave to parents. I’d reverse a consequence when I got pushback. 2. I didn’t always address students directly. Some students didn’t even know who I was. 3. I used to be guilty of giving pep talks and sending students back to class. But this just gave students permission to keep doing the same thing over