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Aug 2024
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Crafting Your Personal Vision for the Sc...

ELENA AGUILAR
About this episode

The beginning of the school year is the ideal time to ground yourself in who you want and need to be in your role this year. Elena provides two exercises to help coaches and school leaders start the year with the clarity they need to thrive. 

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Reflection questions: 

  • What kind of specific outcomes, results, or data would indicate that you were an effective coach/leader/fill-in-the-blank this year?
  • Who do the people you support need you to be this year? 
  • What analogy aligns most with who you want and need to be this year?

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