The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan
Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle
J. Allen Queen
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Patsy S. Queen
- Gaston College, Dallas, NC
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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:
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
Contents
List of Checklists and Planners
List of Checklists and Planners
Physician's Foreword
Physician's Foreword
Educator's Foreword
Educator's Foreword
Acknowledgments
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
References
Index
Index
Description
"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:
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
Contents
List of Checklists and Planners
List of Checklists and Planners
Physician's Foreword
Physician's Foreword
Educator's Foreword
Educator's Foreword
Acknowledgments
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
References
Index
Index
Reviews
The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan
Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy Lifestyle
December 2004 | 144 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9780761988854 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483360973 | $35.00 |
"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:
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
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
Recent Product Reviews:
"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
"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