To Avoid Overload, Establish Priorities And Focus On Your Goals

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To avoid overload, establish priorities and focus on your goals

By Kathy Perret

Categories: Coaching, Collaboration, School leadership

If I asked a roomful of coaches, “Have you ever experienced needing more time to do your best work?,” I would expect to see every hand go up. The job of supporting teachers to educate every child with equity and excellence is huge and can easily lead to a sense of overload. On top of that, we often find ourselves burdened with new responsibilities or imposing unrealistic expectations on ourselves. Because we can’t create more time, prioritizing our responsibilities and goals is key. This is one of the essential elements of the Compassionate Coaching approach that Kenny McKee and I developed, and we recommend it as a strategy to mitigate feelings of overload (Perret & McKee, 2021). Even when teams establish priorities together, it’s important

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