You have the education, you have the experience, but no one taught you how to run a school without burning out.
You can’t cultivate a joyful, thriving school community when your emotional reserves are completely drained.
You are NOT alone
According to the latest RAND study on school working conditions:
Job-related Stress: 83% of school principals report experiencing frequent, job-related stress
By comparison, 74% of teachers and only 30% of other working adults report similar stress levels in 2024.
Active Burnout: 46% of principals report feeling actively burned out
Desire to Quit: 34% of principals report that they are actively considering leaving their current job by the end of the school year
Depressive Symptoms: Approximately 28% of principals report experiencing clinical symptoms of depression
It’s not just a problem for Principals; it is a problem for our young learners too!
In 1999-2000, 11% of public school principals had 20 or more years of principal experience. By the mid-2020s, that number collapsed to just 4% (NCES, 2022).
Leadership Coaching
I can help you:
1) Organize yourself: We’ll focus on basic life-work balance skills, boundary-setting, calendar defenses, and productivity hacks like email batching techniques…all to help you get your head above water, so you have the reserves to lead others, build systems at school, and attend to your loved ones at home.
2) Manage Internal Logistics: We’ll work on creating standard operating procedures, clarifying roles and responsibilities, improving meeting efficiency, and making it easier for your staff to find answers without always having to come to you.
3) Manage Others: We’ll explore how to use distributed leadership to expand your bandwidth and build the resilience and functioning of your school.
4) Manage Systems: We’ll strengthen your proactive professional development, teacher evaluation, and multi-tiered systems of support for student learning and behavior so you aren’t constantly putting out fires.