From Teacher to Leader: Finding Your Way as a First-Time Leader-without Losing Your Mind

Amazing. Exciting. Terrifying.

Your first year as a school leader can be all those things at once. Emotions seem to swing from one end of the spectrum to the other and back again in a single hour, not to mention the school year. You miss the classroom even as you hope to make an impact on a larger scale. You wonder where you fit in now that you’re one of them—a leader.

Whether you have already made the move into leadership or are wondering whether a role in administration is right for you, S...