First, being a good leader requires a "tremendous sense of dedication you don't even consider the dimension of time.

You do everything you can, without limit, to do what's best for the kids and the school." Second, as a leader one must be "humanistic. . There is not a biased bone in his body. He looks at a kid and sees a person, not his ethnicity, his race, or his class. He connects with the person, without prejudice." Third, a good leader must be "knowledgeable." Mastruzzi speaks here of a knowledge gained through experience and reflection on experience