JSD: What do you wish you had known when you first began your journey as a learning leader? Warren: I wish that I had known the importance of establishing priority and balance. In doing this, I feel that I would have had a more purposeful focus of needs at the beginning of my journey. I tried to have my hand in many pots and felt that I had to know everything that was going on in my school. Balance of learning, understanding routines, district initiatives, faculty strengths/weaknesses, students, parents, community, and overall responsibilities, oh my! I felt that if I didn’t know all about the ins and outs of school, teachers would be frustrated with me when I couldn’t answer their questions. I later re