Yulia Olegivna moved to the Bilohorodska community twenty years ago, right after getting married. Her family roots ran deep here: her great-grandmother and great-grandfather lived in the community. She came to the lyceum to ask if they needed specialists, and on September 1st she started working as a psychologist because the previous one had just left. Next year will mark twenty years of her work at this institution.
She worked as a psychologist for 12–13 years, while simultaneously obtaining a second higher education degree and beginning to teach English. She became principal during the decentralization reform, when changes reached educational institutions as well. She was offered to temporarily fulfill the duties, and on December 1st she came to work in her new role. She became the first female principal in the history of the lyceum.
I left work as a teacher, and came back a few days later with a different perspective. I saw things that I didn't see when I was a teacher.
A principal responsible for everything
With school autonomy, the principal's role changed significantly. If previously the principal was responsible mainly for the educational process, now they oversee employee salaries and bonuses, electricity, heating, generators, nutrition, and purchases of food and equipment. Maintaining the institution in proper condition, according to the principal, is 90% of success.
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