May 2nd: Sustaining Professional Support

Session Evaluation

Pre-Work:

• Please read Chapters 1, 6, 7, and 10 of Becoming a School Principal(hard copy)

• Please bring with you responses to the following questions (can be bullet-pointed notes)

1) Take a moment to reflect on the leadership in your school context. What new insight(s) do you have on the moves your school leader has made? 

2) Entering the Role, Building Trust, How to Listen, When to Speak and Permission to be a Leader -- based on the contents in the chapter, which of these is a strength you want to leverage and a muscle you need to develop?

• Please re-read the Standards of Excellence in School Leadership Document

• Come prepared to discuss ideas for how you will sustain yourselves and support one another in your leadership, next year and beyond.

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