Principal Leanne Otene: We must mentor future principals differently, but how?
I have been a principal for nearly three decades. In all that time, I never dreamed that this role would include some of the things I’ve had to do in the last three years.
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Leanne Otene
Our featured Principal Speaks columnist in our Term 4, 2022 issue, Leanne Otene has been announced as the newly elected president of the New Zealand Principals Federation, taking office January 1, 2023. In her role at Manaia View School, Principal Otene has received tremendous accolades for her teaching advocacy and inspirational school leadership during COVID lockdown. In 2021, she won the Outstanding Mentor Award and Founders' Principals Award for Leadership at the National Excellence in Teaching Awards.
