Trusted

<p><strong>How does a good principal become a <em>trusted </em>principal and why is being trusted so important?</strong></p><p></p><p>Neither personality nor behavior solely determines whether a principal will have the trust of teachers students and parents. As author and veteran educator Jen Schwanke explains in <em>Trusted</em> principals continually build and reinforce trust through their relationships and experiences with these stakeholders. And if principals aren't mindful and deliberate they can easily sabotage their own efforts.</p><p></p><p>In this candid guide for school leaders Schwanke </p><ul><li>Explores just how powerful a force trust is within schools where challenge and conflict are inevitable even during the best of times.</li><li>Clarifies trust's positive effects on student outcomes explains its reciprocal nature and shares what principals can do to become more trustworthy and more trust willing. </li><li>Shares lessons learned from her own and other real-life principals' work to build trust highlighting <em>trust pillars</em> the habits and mindsets that support positive relationships and <em>trust killers</em> the often unconscious ways principals can undermine their work with those whose trust they need. </li></ul><p></p><p>Whether you are a new or experienced school leader you'll find explicit strategies you can use to build strong trusting relationships with teachers students and parents. Combine them to create and maintain a school culture in which everyone feels valued safe and free to grow into the best versions of themselves.</p>