The Principal Blog

Let's celebrate Principals after the longest school year of our lives. In this episode, I share the 5 things you need to know about signing up for the secret principal gift exchange!

Self-care can happen every day! In this episode, I will give you 3 opportunities to practice self-care daily.
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Let's get organized! How about we start with our desks? This is this year's desk/office organization.

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Get everything out of your head and on paper! Trying to keep things stored in your head never works. You forget. You lose it. Details are missing. Just put in on paper. (Actually you can use any capture device/app/tool that works best for you!

How do you keep track of eveything that goes on at school? In this episodei will share the 3 P’s of documention for school principals.

Is your morning productive or personal? There are books and workshops and advice from everyone on how to schedule your morning routine. Mine is pretty simple and I am happy to share. Please share your morning routine. What works for you? I'd love to know so I can add or change mine for the better.

Facebook can be used for good and not always evil. Listen for ideas and how my staff has utilized a Facebook group as something that adds value.

Gone are the good ole days of surprises snow days! In this epeiside I explain how our district transitioned to online learning with only 48 hours notice.

What is your system or process for communicating with your staff? In this episode I talk about how i regularly and consistently communicate with my staff.

Teacher feedback is so important yet can be so hard for principals. In this episode, I explain the easiest way I have started giving 30-second feedback to my teachers.