The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Your Emotions Are Valid

Our emotions are the hardest thing we have to navigate as school leaders and humans in general. What’s often difficult about anything we’re finding hard or challenging, whether in your career or personal life, is the way it feels. That’s why, on this episode, I’m sharing the art of processing your emotions.

Your emotions are your internal compass. It’s the only way your body can communicate with your brain, and you should listen to what it has to say. It makes sense if you find yourself chasing pleasure by trying to extinguish all negative emotion. However, I want to offer that there is a valid reason for any intense emotion being present, and I’m showing you how to get intimate with it.

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The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Make Peace with Time

You’re now at the point in your school year where you’ve been at it for a few months. This means the initial honeymoon period of excitement and enthusiasm has likely worn off, and your mind is racing about how there’s so much left to do and not enough time to get it all done.

We’ve been led to believe that we need to have a combative relationship with time. We say things like, “I don’t have time,” or “Time slipped away from me,” and we use time as a scapegoat for why we’re unhappy or for not accomplishing the things we truly want to do. The truth is we’ve been sold on this oppressive framework of time, but we can begin building a beautiful relationship with it instead.

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The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | How to Leverage Systems to Become a Better School Leader with Katie Novak and Kristan Rodriguez

What systems do you need in place to be your efficient and effective version of a school leader? Where do you start? And how can you think about systems you create as a leader in a way that is forward-facing for all learners?

This week, I’m joined by Katie Novak and Kristan Rodriguez to have an important conversation about how leveraging systems can help you become a better school leader. Katie is the founder and executive director of Novak Education: an organization renowned for designing and delivering professional development on UDL, MTSS, and leadership practices. Kristan is the founder of Commonwealth Consulting Agency LLC: an organization dedicated to providing professional development, training, and consulting services to educational organizations and agencies.

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The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Mastering Your Time: Attending Meetings and Scheduling Substitutes

What are you worried you’ll lose when school is back in session? This is a question I recently posed to my Facebook community, and the overwhelming response I received from school leaders was regarding their time. That’s why we’re diving into managing your thoughts about time on this episode, specifically as it relates to meetings and finding substitutes.

As school leaders, you live in a world of meetings, whether that’s with teachers, parents, stakeholders, or your district – the list goes on. Another pain point that many principals experience is spending time securing substitute teachers. While these aspects of your job might make you think you’re losing valuable time, I’m offering you a more empowered way to think about these situations today.

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