Principal Reboot

Jen Schwanke has been an educator for more than 20 years, teaching or leading at all levels. She is the author of You're the Principal! Now What? Strategies and Solutions for New School Leaders, published by ASCD. She has written for Choice Literacy, Education Week Teacher, Principal, and Principal Navigator and presented at conferences for ASCD, as well as NAESP, Battelle for Kids, and various state and local education organizations. She has provided professional development to various districts in the areas of school climate, personnel, and instructional leadership. She is an instructor in educational administration at Miami University and has served on several state-level committees and workgroups focused on best practices in school leadership. She is currently a principal for the Dublin City School District in Dublin, Ohio.

Sharing the wisdom gained from colleagues and her own experience as a principal, Jen Schwanke offers an engaging, accessible account of the ups and downs of the job, along with helpful, step-by-step suggestions for how to reinvigorate a flagging career and restore the joy that comes with making a school the best that it can be.