Reflective Practice for School Leaders

Build Resilient School Communities with Reflective Leadership

Professional Learning Short Course that Strengthens the School Community

Supporting School Leaders

School leaders need our support now more than ever—numerous
surveys demonstrate that both school leaders and teachers are facing
unprecedented burnout and high turnover in large part due to
increased stress, anxiety and frustration. When leaders are stressed
and unable to self-reflect, the school will feel the overwhelming effects

“95% of school leaders report feeling stress, anxiety, and frustration on the job.”

- Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (2021)

How Reflective Practice Helps Leaders

Housman Learning is dedicated to supporting school leaders, and our “Reflective Practice: Self-Awareness, Communication & Problem-Solving” course helps leaders better manage their stress and other negative emotions with our three-module, online short course and additional resources. In less than 2 hours, leaders will gain the basic knowledge on reflective practice to enhance selfawareness, communication, and problem-solving in schools.

Module 1:

Helping Leaders Help Themselves

School leaders face intense stress, and unmanaged emotions can ripple through the entire school. To lead effectively, you must first manage your own emotional well-being.

Module 2:

How Leaders’ Emotionality Impacts the Community

A leader’s emotional state impacts everyone in the community. By understanding and managing your emotionality, you can build a more positive, resilient school culture.

Module 3:

Implementing Leadership and Reflective Practice

Reflective Practice takes practice. Apply reflective practice to real challenges leaders face every day.

Is This Course
Right for You?

This course can benefit school leaders, including, but not limited to: directors, principals, program coordinators, specialists, instructional coaches, mentors, lead teachers, and administrators.

What You´ll Learn

Instructional Videos

Explore self-awareness, stress management, and reflective practice through expert-led videos designed to help you manage your emotions and lead with intention.

Engaging Scenarios & Practice

Apply your learning through interactive activities, real-world case studies, and leadership simulations that bring reflective practice to life.

Downloadble Tools

Access printable infographics, templates, and key takeaways to support your growth and guide reflective sessions in your school.

What School Leaders Are Saying

“The course content helped me think about how I can work with and supervise staff in a more collaborative team approach that will support them, families, and children.”

- School leader

“I am going to be more mindful when listening to my staff, and I am going to be more invested in their feelings about different situations after taking this course.”

- School director

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I purchase?

According to Dr. Donna Housman, founder of Housman Learning, “Reflective Practice is a key component of leaders creating a more responsive and relationship-based support structure that is steeped in promoting the skills of self-awareness, self-reflection, empathic understanding, problem-solving, and communication in dealing with daily stressors and challenges they face.”

Over 80% of our learners found the course helpful for their professional development and would consider further training on related topics. If you are a school leader who feels overwhelmed and hasn’t utilized reflective practice strategies at work, this is a great introductory-level course for you to enhance your own emotional intelligence and support the school community.

This course will also provide the learner with a small glimpse into our larger teacher and mentor training program, begin to ECSEL.

Do you provide CEU credits?

Yes! Housman Learning is an authorized Professional Development provider in MA, VT, GA, and NC. We will provide a course completion certificate along with the course syllabus upon course completion.

How long does this training take?

This course comprises 3 modules and it will take learners approximately 1.5 hours to complete. For more details, download the syllabus.

How is the training delivered?

The Reflective Practice: Self-Awareness, Communication & Problem-Solving course is a fully online eLearning course delivered on our Housman Learning Academy online platform that allows learners to access it anytime, anywhere.

How do I access the online learning platform?

If you already have an account, simply log in to the Housman Learning Academy platform to access your courses. The Housman Learning Academy platform is currently only accessible to learners who have registered for our online training programs/courses.

Once you complete an order on our Store for any online training courses/programs, you will receive an account activation email. Please note that if you are doing a team registration (more than 1 seat), you won’t be enrolled automatically and you need to submit the roster to our administrator.

I purchased Educators' Emotional Well-Being Training. Now what?

Thank you! Now that you have purchased Reflective Practice for Leaders, be sure to add academy@housmanlearning.com to your email address book, and watch for an email from us with additional details. You may need to monitor your spam folder.

If you still have questions, feel free to contact us.