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Balance Boot Camp for Educators: Part Three
From Firefighter to Fire Chief—Taking Charge of Your Time and Priorities It’s time to stop putting out fires and start living with purpose. Align your priorities with the time you have each day.#PrincipalInBalanceTweet When Jessica Johnson, Sarah Johnson, and I wrote...

Balance Boot Camp for Educators: Part Two
Educator's Guide to Work-Life Balance: Boundaries, Bandwidth, and More It’s time to start aligning the priorities in your life with the time in your day.#PrincipalinBalance Self-regulation during the return to school is not just important—it’s essential. Building...

Balance Bootcamp for Educators: Part One
You can’t be self-regulated unless you are grounded in resiliency. Principal in Balance The Balance Playlist Is everything on fire in your building? No matter how much planning and preparation go into the start of the school year, something inevitably goes wrong. One...

Leaving the Lights On.How to Shine Bright at the End of the School Year.
As May wraps us in its fatigue-inducing embrace, our minds grow foggy, and our spirits dim. It's that point in the school year when time seems to lose shape, and the only countdown on our minds is summer break. Cheetos replace packed lunches, and coffee becomes our...

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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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