Principal's Backpack, The: Tips and Tools for Managing Yourself (So You Can Manage Everything Else) (Become an effective school leader with these tips and tools for essential principal self-care.)

Principals know all too well the complexities of effective school leadership. To successfully navigate the journey’s ups and downs, you’ll need to rely on the appropriate gear. In The Principal’s Backpack, Nancy Karlin Flynn draws on her background as a hiker and her experience leading schools to provide ways to not only survive but thrive as a school leader. K–12 principals will: Create a mental map for health and well-being with tips on getting organized, setting goals, decision making, and finding their purposeFocus on psychological safety, know the laws, discover their strengths, create a network, and study their boss Benefit from a wide variety of reproducible templates, handouts, models, paradigms, strategies, inventories, activities, and surveys Build tactics on self-management and being mindful, staying calm, keeping their balance, using listening skills, expressing themselves, and stretching their limitationsUnderstand effective, realistic ways to engage in physical and emotional self-careLearn how to unpack the events of the day by giving themselves some grace, having moments of self-reflection, laughing about it, recharging, and celebrating Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Mapping Your Route Chapter 2: Packing Your Bag Chapter 3: Navigating the Trail Chapter 4: Unpacking Your Bag Conclusion References and Resources Index Read more