Creating Your Personal Summer Professional Development Plan

In this episode of The Principal’s Handbook, Barb dives into how principals can create a personal summer professional development (PD) plan. It's time to reflect on your leadership growth, set intentional goals for improvement, and find the right resources to sharpen your skills for the upcoming school year. Key Points: Reflect on the past school year: Celebrate successes and identify areas for growth. Find the right resources: Podcasts, books, online courses, or coaching can help you develop in areas like communication, behavior management, and confidence. Set actionable goals: Visualize success and break goals into manageable tasks with a clear timeline. Tune in for a roadmap to help you grow as a leader this summer and come back ready to tackle next school year with confidence! FREE DOWNLOADS* The Principal's Email Detox Decisive Leadership- Free Workshop Principal Checklist to Disconnect From School Behavior Blueprint for Principals The Principal’s Power Hour Blueprint *RESOURCES FOR PRINCIPALS* Transform Your Time: 60 Day Action Plan for Principals Leadership by Design: The Principal's Custom Habit System The Principal's Overwhelm Toolkit *SOCIAL MEDIA* Barb Flowers, Ph.D- Linkedin DrBarbFlowers- Instagram the8to4principal- TikTok Learn more about today's sponsors, Playworks and IXL: We’re proud to be sponsored by Playworks, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with evidence-based practices that help schools improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. If you’re a school or district leader struggling with the challenge of chronic absenteeism, as so many are across the U.S., you may not realize that structured recess is a research-backed approach to keep kids in school. In fact, a UC Berkeley study of Title I schools found that those partnering with Playworks had significantly lower chronic absenteeism rates. Further, Mathematica research demonstrated that Playworks schools spent 27% less time transitioning from recess back to learning, saving teachers valuable instructional time. These results are possible for your students, too. Learn how Playworks can help you improve student-educator relationships, belonging, and attendance by signing up for a quick no-obligation conversation. We’re also thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technology Save teachers’ time Reliably meet Tier 1 standards Improve student performance on state assessments 🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.