Episode 197: 3 Strategies To Feel Less Overwhelmed & Get Everything Done Before 1st Day Of School

Has this ever happened to you? You looked at your to-do list in late July or early August and thought: "There is absolutely no way I'm going to get all of this done." You walk into the school and there are boxes of new curriculum stacked in the hallway, waiting to be unpacked, an employee handbook that needs to be revised, welcome back emails that need to be sent, two more teachers that need to be hired, Teacher In-Service Days that need to be planned, class lists that need to be finalized and maintenance requests that need to be sent. And all of that happens before 10AM on a Tuesday. If that's where you are today, I want you to know two things. First, you're not alone. Almost every school leader I coach feels this way during the last few weeks before school starts. And second, I am going to help make it better. In today’s episode of The Private School Leader Podcast, I am going to give you 3 Strategies To Feel Less Overwhelmed AND Get Everything Done Before The First Day Of School. Thank you for listening to the podcast every week. You are making a difference in the lives of the students, teachers and parents at your school. I know that what you do is difficult, exhausting and lonely. Your hard work inspires me to keep making weekly content to try to encourage and inspire you as you serve your school. Thanks for all you do, Mark Minkus PS. In this episode, I talk about a Chat GTP prompt that you can copy and paste. Here it is: "Below, I have pasted all of my undone tasks between now and the first day of school. Please organize these tasks into priority order. Put tasks requiring shipping or delivery near the top. Put tasks requiring responses from other people near the top. Estimate how long each task will take. Then create a daily work schedule for the weekdays between today and the first day of school on (date) that will help me finish everything. Paste task list here:" Strong teachers make strong schools. Private School Teacher Academy is the Professional Development that your teachers and students deserve! "I wholeheartedly encourage other private school leaders to invest in their staff by partnering with Mark. His webinars are an investment that will strengthen your school community long after the sessions are over!” Julie, Principal, Boise, ID I am going to help you invest in your teachers, by giving them a high-quality, low-cost series of professional development experiences: Highly practical topics, with strategies that your teachers can apply immediately On-demand video webinars Guided notes, discussion questions, teacher resources I can help you use your Title II Funds to pay for Private School Teacher Academy! On-Demand webinars with guided notes, discussion questions and teacher resources: The 5 Keys To Having Your Best School Year Ever The Differentiation Playbook: Helping Every Student Learn Without Burning Yourself Out The 6 Habits Of An Outstanding Private School Teacher How To Better Support Students Who Have Mental Health Struggles Go to www.theprivateschoolleader.com/teacher to learn more! If you like the podcast, please write a review and leave a rating. Your review helps to push this content out as a suggested podcast to private school leaders all over the world. The Private School Leader Podcast has been downloaded in 72 countries and all 50 states. Thank you for listening and thanks for your review! I want to give you a gift to say “thank you” for listening to the podcast. I have created a FREE guide for you called “5 Strategies To Help You Work With Difficult Parents”. We know that working with parents is part of the job and most of our parents are great, but some of them can be very demanding and emotional and difficult. This guide will give you the tools that you need to build better relationships and have better meetings with the difficult parents at your school. Go to www.theprivateschoolleader.com/parents to grab the guide. Thank you again for listening every week! Is it just me or are the parents at our schools getting more demanding and more intense, more often? Dealing with parents is part of the job as we lead our private schools, but it can quickly lead to stress, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. That’s why I created Parent Academy! Now you have a step by step framework that will help you go from feeling stressed and anxious to feeling confident and calm. Over the last 33 years, I have built successful relationships with thousands of parents and I have packaged that knowledge into an online course. Not only that, but after I teach you, I am going to teach your teachers these strategies as well! Parent Academy contains two, 45-minute webinars that are Teacher PD’s with a printable notebook, guided notes and discussion questions. Go to www.theprivateschoolleader.com/parentacademy to learn more!