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The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan

Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle

By: J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen

Manage your stress and priorities so you can be the productive, creative principal you were meant to be!

Restructure your personal and professional priorities for a healthier lifestyle with this wellness guide for today's busy principals and other school leaders, supervisors, and administrators. It tackles the stresses of managing workplace environments, juggling competing priorities, and balancing personal and professional agendas. Special features of this stress reducer and life enhancer include:

Checklists for identifying and managing personal and professional stressors
Illustrated guides to desktop yoga and other physical activities
Strategies for immediate and long-term stress reduction
Case examples, literature reviews, references, cartoons, sidebars, and more

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780761988854
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2004
Page Count: 144
Publication date: December 09, 2004

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"Gives all principals the tools to be as productive as your talents will allow you to be. . . You should be able to maintain a healthier lifestyle, stay out of your doctor's office, and be your most effective self."
Donald Schumacher, M.D.
Center for Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Charlotte, NC

"I recommend The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan to any principal, school leader, or district leader who wants to improve performance by learning to balance priorities, manage time and stress, gain vital skills, and create a healthy lifestyle."
Jim R. Watson, Superintendent
Lincoln County Public Schools, NC

Manage your stress and priorities so you can be the productive, creative principal you were meant to be!

This wellness guide for today's busy principals, school leaders, supervisors, and administrators has been custom crafted by the authors of The Frazzled Teacher's Wellness Plan to address the stresses of managing workplace environments, juggling time and competing priorities, learning to delegate, balancing personal and professional agendas, and creating win-win situations.

Special features of this stress reducer and life enhancer include:

Checklists for identifying and managing personal and professional stressors
Illustrated guides to desktop yoga and other physical activities
Strategies for immediate and long-term stress reduction
Case examples, literature reviews, references, cartoons, sidebars, and more

The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan offers you essential stress management research, tools, techniques, skills, and tips to help you understand your stress responses, predict your most vulnerable moments, and reclaim your time. Restructure your personal and professional priorities for a healthier lifestyle!

Key features

By the authors of The Frazzled Teacher's Wellness Plan and other publications on desk yoga, karate, time management, and leadership.
Sure to be of interest to principals, community leaders, business leaders, and busy professionals who understand the stresses of supervising employees, delegating responsibilities, and managing personal and professional priorities.
Features case studies, Desk Yoga and other physical activities, immediate stress reducers, long-term stress management strategies, time management tips, and nutrition tips all designed with the busy school day in mind.
Generously illustrated with photos, cartoons, checklists, self-assessment checklists, and sidebar features.

Author(s)

J. Allen Queen

J. Allen Queen is professor and former chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A former classroom teacher, principal, college administrator, and university professor, he works with teachers and principals in the areas of managing priorities, time management, and stress reduction. Queen has written over 30 books and 70 articles, including The Frazzled Teacher’s Wellness Plan (Corwin Press 2004), The Block Scheduling Handbook (Corwin Press 2002), and books on karate and fitness for young readers. He has appeared on radio and television programs, including ABC's World News Now, and has been a consultant to over 160 schools and districts in 36 states and 3 foreign countries in the areas of classroom discipline, school safety, block scheduling, and time management.

Patsy S. Queen

Patsy S. Queen earned a BS in Education (Home Economics) and a BS in Nursing from Western Carolina University, and a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin. She has experience as a registered nurse in North Carolina, Virginia, and Texas. In addition to holding national certification in her specialty area, she is recognized by the North Carolina Board of Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has served as an item writer for the National Counsel of State Boards of Nursing Licensure Examination for registered nurses, and for the National Credentialing Center’s nursing specialty certification exams. Patsy has taught nursing and nutrition courses for the past 25 years and is presently an instructor at Gaston Community College in Dallas, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

List of Checklists and Planners

Physician's Foreword

Educator's Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Educational Leadership in a Culture of Stress

Stress and the School Principal

Stress and Central Office Personnel

Life Events and Workplace Stress

Stress and the Immune System

Redefining the Culture of Stress From a Healthier Perspective

2. Restructuring Personal and Leadership Priorities for a Healthy Lifestyle

Why Manage Priorities?

Identifying Your Priorities

A Mirror Image of Self

Making Priorities Your Personal Mission

3. Mastering the Science of Stress Management for Better Health

Factors Influencing Stress Levels

Identifying Your Stress Levels

Reducing Stress Levels

4. Using Physical Activity as a Professional and Personal Coping Strategy

Managing Perceived Work Demands

Finding Time for Exercise

Walking

Stretching

Yoga

Pilates

Karate, Kung Fu, and Cardio Kickboxing

Therapeutic Massage

Additional Physical Activities to Investigate

5. Desktop Yoga

Correct Breathing

Sitting Tree

Turning Bird

Tired Warrior

Desk Cobra

Nosey Neighbor

Alternate Breathing

Head Rotation

Leg Wrap

Sitting Dog and Sitting Cat

Cross-Legged Meditation

Desk Rest

6. Immediate Stress Reducers

The Squeezer

The Breather

The Calmer

Your Stress Management Plan

7. Arresting Time Bandits at Home and at School

Perfectionism

Procrastination

Inability to Say "No"

Managing Your Personal and Professional Time Bandits

8. Using Nutrition to Support a Healthy Lifestyle

Schools as a Culture of Unhealthy Eating Habits

Redefining Food Choices From a Healthier Perspective

Important Numbers to Know

9. What the Literature Says About Stress and School Leadership

Principals

School Superintendents

Leadership Stress and the Workplace

The Biology of Stress

References

Index

Reviews

"Gives all principals the tools to be as productive as your talents will allow you to be. . . You should be able to maintain a healthier lifestyle, stay out of your doctor’s office, and be your most effective self."

Donald Schumacher, M.D.
Center for Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, Charlotte, NC

"I recommend The Frazzled Principal’s Wellness Plan to any principal, school leader, or district leader who wants to improve performance by learning to balance priorities, manage time and stress, gain vital skills, and create a healthy lifestyle."

Jim R. Watson, Superintendent
Lincoln County Public Schools, NC

"Geared towards the discerning principal educator, this paperback kept my interest and I am confident it will keep yours. This volume will make a great gift for any principal and the many principal ‘wannabees’….I strongly urge you to purchase this book for anyone currently in, or seriously thinking about, assuming the multifaceted role of a school principal."

Education Review, February 2005

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