The Principal’s Backpack

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Mapping Your Route
Chapter 2: Packing Your Bag
Chapter 3: Navigating the Trail
Chapter 4: Unpacking Your Bag

STUDY GUIDE

• The Principal’s Backpack Study Guide

REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 1

• Figure 1.1: Priority Score Worksheet
• Figure 1.3: Thinking and Productivity Styles Reflection
• Figure 1.11: Your Ikigai
• Figure 1.13: Four Archetypes Reflection
• Figure 1.15: Personality and Temperament Self-Reflection Chart
• SMART Goal Template
• The Why of My Goal Process
• Progress Report
• Concern and Influence Organizer
• Values Organizer
• The Big Picture (Staff Chart)

Chapter 2

• Figure 2.2: Role-Playing Scenarios
• Figure 2.3: Psychological Safety Assessments Chart
• Figure 2.8: Coaching Referral and Contact Log
• Figure 2.11: My Boss Under a Microscope Organizer
• Figure 2.12: Contributions Chart
• Figure 2.13: Four Ds Process Worksheet
• Emergency Procedures One-Pager
• Law and Policy Reference Guide
• Strengths Self-Evaluation
• Strengths Assessments Organizer
• Questions to Prepare for Being Coached
• Critical Friends Process Worksheet

Chapter 3

• Figure 3.1: Mindfulness Techniques Organizer
• Figure 3.2: Office Yoga Poses
• Figure 3.3: Six Levels of Listening Survey
• Figure 3.4: Listening Blocks Worksheet
• Figure 3.5: Feedback Tendency Tracker
• Figure 3.10: Grit Score Reflection
• Right Voice, Right Time Worksheet
• Stop Light Grid
• Setting Boundaries Worksheet

Chapter 4

• Figure 4.1: Pathways to Enhancing Your Mindset
• Figure 4.4: Decide, Enact, Analyze, Reflect
• Figure 4.5: Unplug and Disconnect Tracker
• Figure 4.6: Nature Log
• Figure 4.8: Accomplishments Checklist
• Cognitive Reframing Worksheet
• Ladder of Inference Process
• I Honor Cards
• Celebrations Questionnaire

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Books

• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work® (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Conzemius, A., & O’Neill, J. (2014). The handbook for SMART school teams: Revitalizing best practices for collaboration (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Websites

• The Action Priority Matrix
• Personal Productivity Style
• 4 Working Styles
• The 6 Work Styles
• MBTI Personality Test
• Big Five Personalist Test
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• High 5 Test
• 9 Strength Finding Tests and Assessments
• The Strengths Wheel
• The Depression Files Blog and Podcast
• Angela Duckworth Grit Scale
• What’s My Mindset
• Carol Dweck’s Growth vs. Fixed Mindset Assessment
• Gregorc’s Learning Styles
• International School Safety Institute
• Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
• Education Law and Policy, Canada
• Education Policy, Australia
• Statutory Policies for Schools, United Kingdom
• National School Reform Faculty
• School Superintendents Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Consortium for School Networking
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Education Association
• International Literacy Association
• International Society for Technology in Education
• National Art Education Association
• National Business Education Association
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Self-Compassion Survey
• Dare to Lead List of Values