The First-Year Principal

Daphne Wallbridge's First-Year Principal is a comprehensive and accessible guide for school principals embarking on their administrative careers. The author addresses the "First Year" challenges directly, imparting her experience and referencing helpful resources. The First-Year Principal is organized into 52 weekly lessons that make up that crucial first year, and the challenges that will follow in the years to come. This book is the go-to resource for new and aspiring principals and leaders in education.

Daphne Wallbridge's First-Year Principal is a comprehensive and accessible guide for school principals embarking on their administrative careers. The author addresses the "First Year" challenges directly, imparting her experience and referencing helpful resources. The First-Year Principal is organized into 52 weekly lessons that make up that crucial first year, and the challenges that will follow in the years to come. This book is the go-to resource for new and aspiring principals and leaders in education.

Daphne is a superintendent in a Northern, Ontario school board. In her current role, she enjoys supporting principals on their leadership journeys. Daphne's coaching practice focuses on certain key pillars: clarity, consciousness, connection, and compassion. She holds a master's degree in educational leadership, is a certified Conscious Coach, and is the author of Step Up, Step Out: A Girl's Guide to Empowerment, Self-Leadership, and Success. Since the birth of her daughter, she's developed a deep interest in conscious leadership and supports this passion through her weekly blog and the FYP Tribe membership. During her free time, you can find Daphne enjoying time with her husband David and daughter Phoebe.