Slow Leadership
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Changing Seasons.
When traditions you normally do, need to be done. Stress: \ ˈstres. to subject to physical or psychological stress. Holidays. These events can evoke many emotions and provide new stress levels in our work and life. From additional events in the evening to...
Four Ways to Embed Self-Care Into Your Day in Five Minutes or Less.
Got a minute? The three words that used to make me cringe. Seriously when someone asks that of you-have you ever timed it to see if the question/problem/statement really does take 60 actual seconds? As a school leader you can feel the pressure of being on all...
Creating an Ideal Week: For Educators
Hi All, It is me-Jessica. What a spring? Is anyone else still trying to recalibrate and come up for air? While this spring was a challenge, it made taking a hard reset in June more than nice, a real necessity. This past week at Get Your Lead On in Orlando I shared the...
Truth in Transition. Three things I am learning while leaving a position.
The countdown is on, in less than two weeks I am leaving a place I love. Next Friday will be my last day as the Principal of Ellis Middle School. I will support the high school graduation that night and then return to work a week later with a new school, a new title,...
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Jessica is the Principal of Alternative Educations Programs in Austin, Minnesota. Previously, she was the principal of Ellis Middle School in Austin, Minnesota, and the principal of the “Happiest Place in Southeastern Minnesota,” the Woodson Kindergarten Center.





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