Episode 32 Show Notes

QUESTION #1  WHAT ARE 3 WORDS OR PHRASES THAT I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE THIS SCHOOL YEAR?

• Go with what immediately comes to mind
• Think deeply about those words or phrases
• Do they align with what you had hoped that this year would be?
• At the beginning of this school year, LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, STUDENT WORDLE (Skills, Emotional Safety, Fun) Mini-poster
• How did we do? Pretty well.
• We are proactive and intentional on this podcast.
• What are the three words or phrases that you want to accurately describe next school year?

QUESTION #2: WHAT WERE THE 2 OR 3 BEST MOMENTS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR?

• Did they involve student interactions, teacher interactions, an event?
• ASK YOURSELF why were these moments special? Why did they energize me?
• What can you intentionally do to make these moments happen more often next year?
• We often think that we don’t have ANY control over these interactions.
• Soccer game CHANT (Scheduled to be at soccer game). Interaction in a 5th Grade Homeroom (Scheduled myself to be there)
• Schedule it!

QUESTION #3: WHAT WERE THE 2 OR 3 MOST STRESSFUL/MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR?

• Do these stressful moments have anything in common?
• Why did they happen?
• Was there anything that you could have done in the way of intentional pre-planning to change the outcome?
• Most of the time the answer is "NO" (A student is injured in an accident. A teacher’s parent dies unexpectedly. A parent has a ridiculously unreasonable request)
• But sometimes WE DO have Some control over making these situations happen less often
• About 15 years ago, I went through about 3-4 years of being super stressed and anxious
• Overpromise to the parent. Not back up my teacher. 
• Talk to teacher and bad mouth the parent. Not give honest feedback. 
• Stressed out that it would all come out

QUESTION #4   ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW WOULD I RATE MY LEVEL OF INTENTIONAL SELF CARE?

• What was the evidence?
• What tangible, actual things did you do?
• Did you schedule them into your calendar?
• Did you have good intentions that did not happen?
• If you had a score that was 1-6, WHY? What can you INTENTIONALLY DO TO MAKE THIS BETTER?
• CLICK HERE for Episode 3: The 7 habits of Highly Effective Private School Leaders
• CLICK HERE for Episode 8: How To Overcome Burnout With Boundaries
• CLICK HERE for Episode 15: The 8 Ways To Feel Less Overwhelmed At School
• CLICK HERE for Episode 19: Do You Treat Your Car Better Than You Treat Yourself?
• If you had a score of 8-9, GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! What can you do to make sure that you maintain that level of self care?

QUESTION #5: ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW WOULD I RATE MY LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY?

• What was the actual evidence to support this rating?
• Did the tyranny of the urgent set your agenda for more than 50% of the days of the school year?
• Did you allow other people’s priorities to become your priorities?
• How did you manage your email inbox? Remember that your email inbox is a chronological list of everyone else’s priorities
•  If you had a score that was 1-6, WHY? What can you INTENTIONALLY DO TO MAKE THIS BETTER? 
• CLICK HERE for Episode 3: The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Private School Leaders
• CLICK HERE for Episode 7: The Top 7 Productivity Hacks For Busy Private School Leaders
• CLICK HERE for Episode 17: 9 Ways To Avoid The "False Productivity Trap"
• If you had a score of 8-9, GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! What can you do to make sure that you maintain that level of productivity?

QUESTION #6 WHAT DID YOU DO TO INTENTIONALLY GROW YOURSELF AS A LEADER THIS YEAR?

• Actually make a list.
• Listened to the podcast
• Read a book
• Watched a webinar
• Attended a conference
• GREAT!!!!
• Your answer might also be that you had good intentions, but the tyranny of the urgent made this impossible
• DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP OVER IT
• What is your intentional plan to grow as a leader?
• List 3 things. Schedule them into your calendar

Call to Action

• Sometime in the next week, set aside 30 minutes, ask yourself these 5 questions and jot down the answers.
• Then come back to those answers next week and spend 30 minutes thinking about how you can use that information to improve your leadership and the culture at your school.

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