No One Trained Me for This
Tales from the Urban Principal’s Chair by Dr. Melita Jordan Thomas
A sharply written, darkly funny, deeply humane look at what it takes to lead schools when the job description stops making sense. Ten true-to-life stories about pressure, resilience, and the quiet courage it takes to show up again tomorrow.
Meet Dr. Melita Jordan Thomas
About the Author
Dr. Melita Jordan Thomas is a veteran educator, school leader, and Director of Alternative Schools who has spent decades advocating for equity in education and building environments where students can learn safely, honestly, and fully. She is known for compassionate leadership, clear-eyed storytelling, and the kind of humor that does not minimize hardship, but helps people carry it.
In No One Trained Me for This, she writes for every educator who has ever thought, quietly or out loud, “They did not train me for this.”
About the Book
No One Trained Me for This: Tales from the Urban Principal’s Chair
No One Trained Me for This: Tales from the Urban Principal’s Chair is a vivid collection of ten chapters that capture the reality of school leadership when the stakes are high and the resources are thin. With quick wit and hard-won insight, Dr. Thomas reveals what leadership looks like on ordinary days, and on the days that test everything.
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Think being a principal is about clipboards, meetings, and shiny red apples. Think again.
From breaking up hallway fights to chasing down stolen cars, calming parents ready to throw hands with fourteen-year-olds, and even getting asked to find a student’s missing weed—Principal Mrs. Thomas has seen it all.
Set in the wild, hilarious, and all-too-real world in an alternative school, these true-to-life stories pull back the curtain on what really happens behind the principal’s desk.
Best seller
Best seller
Early responses describe the book as hilarious, honest, and uncomfortably relatable. It is the kind of read educators pass hand to hand, because it tells the truth with precision.
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What Readers Are Saying
Early responses describe the book as hilarious, honest, and uncomfortably relatable. It is the kind of read educators pass hand to hand, because it tells the truth with precision.
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