Speaks proudly as school principal prods crafts (6)
I believe the answer is:
boasts
'speaks proudly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'school principal prods crafts' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'school' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
'crafts' could be 'boats' (boat is a kind of craft) and 'boats' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for boasts that I've seen before include "Blows one's own trumpet" , "crows" , "Brags in praise of oneself" , "Brags, blows" , "Brags, shows off" .)