Shifting from Self-Care to Wellness

Rather than adding self-care to our daily or weekly to-do list, what if we focus on listening to our hearts, our bodies, and our spirits more carefully and then acting upon that information?
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School Counseling Survey

TTUHSC researchers and professors specializing in counseling invite you to participate in a research study about school principal’s perceptions and attitudes regarding the roles, functions, and practices of school counselors.
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Exploring HB 1525 and HB 4545

For principals and educators across Texas, each legislative session is cause for hope and concern. There is the hope our elected officials will strengthen the public school system for the 5.5 million students we serve.
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Self Care is Not Selfish

As school leaders, we spend much of the day “pouring into” others— taking care of staff, students, parents, and everything in between. Oftentimes, in the midst of all the work, leaders can forget to take care of themselves.
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Redistricting and Why It Matters

The Texas Legislature began a third Special Legislative Session on September 20, 2021.  Redistricting is one of the main objectives of the call. Here’s basic primer on redistricting and why it matters.
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Build Your Student Leadership Team

Principals say their campus culture and academic achievement begin improving as soon as their student leadership teams return from a TEPSA’s Leaders ‘R’ Us student leadership training!
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The “Why” Behind Behaviors

Book Study with Ruby Payne: Train your staff! Ruby Payne guides you through studies of her books, Emotional Poverty and Emotional Poverty, Volume 2. Each chapter of the book is covered in a separate streaming video that you can use for staff development.
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