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(2020) . Principal as caregiver of all: responding to needs of others and self. CPRE Policy Briefs.  \nRetrieved from [https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92](https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92)  \nThis paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. [https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92](https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92)[ ](https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92)For more information, please contact [repository@pobox.upenn.edu](repository@pobox.upenn.edu).  \nPrincipal as caregiver of all: responding to needs of others and self  \nAbstract  \nWhen the school buildings closed in the spring, educators and families faced unknown challenges of supporting students remotely and continuing to provide the necessary resources for student learning and well-being. Principals responded with advocacy and compassion.  \nThis is one of a series of briefs that focused on a‘critical incident’ surrounding school closure and offers pragmatic suggestions to educational leaders as they continue to grapple with the disruptions ofthe pandemic.  \nDisciplines  \nEducation  \nThis policy brief is available at ScholarlyCommons: [https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92](https://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_policybriefs/92)  \nLeading in Crisis  \nRESEARCH BRIEF  \nPrincipal as Caregiver of All: Responding to Needs of Others and Self  \nWhen the school buildings closed in the spring, educators and families faced unknown challenges of supporting students remotely and continuing to provide the necessary resources for student learning and well-being. Principals responded with advocacy and compassion.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIn light of stress-related factors induced by COVID-19, this brief aims to center the reflections of school leaders across the nation as they attempted to navigate the overwhelming chaos of closing and reopening schools during a global pandemic. Specifically, we examined how leaders, living amidst the stressors of a global phenomenon, were able to look after their own wellbeing while attending to the wellbeing of their students, staff, and community members.  \nWe reviewed a representative sample of 30 interviews, which included elementary, middle, and high school principals in rural, suburban, and urban communities. Our conversations with school leaders surfaced a number of common themes. The overall motif for the brief is principal as caretaker for all. 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The interviews asked about the most pressing issues leaders faced; school and district responses; the inequities exposed by the pandemic; and strategies for care and well-being.  \nTo write their brief, teams of 2-4 researchers analyzed a sub-sample of between 23-43 of the interviews (depending on the team size) to","cbCainj7LhHhuelP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainj7LhHhuelP","pdf",632786,15,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n## Care of Others: Students and Community\n## ABOUT THIS STUDY\n## Leading in Crisis","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this policy brief?\",\"answer\":\"It centers reflections of school leaders on how they navigated closing and reopening schools during a global pandemic while attending to their own well-being and the well-being of students, staff, and community members.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the evidence for the brief collected?\",\"answer\":\"Researchers reviewed a representative sample of 30 interviews with elementary, middle, and high school principals from rural, suburban, and urban communities.\"},{\"question\":\"What care themes does the brief emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights principals as caretakers for others, including students and communities, and also addresses care of teachers and staff as well as principals’ own self-care amid caretaking burdens.\"}]","Principal as Caregiver of All - Responding to Needs of Others and Self | PDF",1792048341,38]