Have a Good Life: Stop the Busyness with Byron Darnall Transformative Principal 273

Stop the Busyness with Byron Darnall Transformative Principal 273

Sunday, April 7, 2019 by jethrojones

Byron Darnall is the principal of Potter Gray Elementary School in Bowling Green Kentucky

Long term sustainable change is slow.
How do you improve something that is already successful?
Examine the student experience.
Who’s school is it?
As educators we tend to operate from the center.
Busyness is the disease of our time.
How are you? Busy! <-bothersome
“I would love to, but I’m too busy.“
Am I too busy to get better?
How to be less busy?
Every day shouldn’t lead to absolute exhaustion.
There is nothing easy about it, but we have to be open to finding someone we trust to give us good feedback about our time management
Systems thinking - not exposed to it as a teacher or
Centralize school-wide communication through a blog. If it matters, it is on the blog.
If it can’t be said in 1-2 sentences, it’s a conversation.
How to be a transformative principal? Talk to your students and ask them questions.

Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life!