Lead Well AND Have a Life

Coaching & Resources for Principals Who Believe They Can Have Both.

Make a lasting difference in your school

without sacrificing your life outside of it.

Build the leadership skills, systems, and healthy boundaries that help you improve student outcomes, strengthen your school community, and sustain your impact for years to come.

Practical support for the work principals actually do.

Principal Coaching

One-on-one coaching to help you navigate complex leadership challenges, strengthen your effectiveness, and build the systems and confidence to lead your school successfully for years to come.

Leadership Team Development

Strengthen your leadership team, align campus priorities, and build

a shared plan that turns your

school improvement goals into meaningful action.

Purposeful Principal Club

A supportive community where principals connect, grow, and lead with confidence through practical leadership resources, group coaching, and guidance for the challenges you face every day.

Ready-to-Use Resources

Ready-to-use tools that help you strengthen instruction, develop teachers, and improve schoolwide systems without spending hours creating everything from scratch.

From One Principal to Another.

I'm Jodie Villemaire, founder of Principal Leadership Solutions. After nearly 30 years in public education, including many years as a principal and district leader, I know both the incredible impact principals can have and the personal demands that come with leading a school.

I believe effective principals are essential to thriving schools, and keeping great leaders in their roles matters. That's why I now dedicate my work to helping principals strengthen instruction, develop their teams, and build sustainable leadership practices that allow them to make a lasting difference without sacrificing their lives outside of school.

I'd love to help you make the kind of impact you envisioned when you became a principal, while building a leadership life you can sustain and enjoy.

Let's find the right support for you.

Stronger Schools Start with Strong, Supported Principals.

Effective principals have an extraordinary impact on their schools. They influence the quality of instruction, develop teachers, shape school culture, and create the conditions for students to succeed. That kind of leadership matters, and it takes time to build.

But the demands of the principalship can make it difficult to sustain. When every day is consumed by urgent issues, competing priorities, and responsibilities that extend into evenings and weekends, even the most dedicated leaders can find themselves running on empty.

At Principal Leadership Solutions, we believe principals deserve the support to lead their schools well AND have fulfilling lives outside of work.

Through personalized coaching, leadership team development, practical resources, and ongoing support, we help principals strengthen their leadership, build effective schoolwide systems, and protect the time and energy they need to keep making a difference.

Because when effective principals thrive and remain in their schools, their students, teachers, and communities benefit.

Our Team...

As a team of experienced school principals, we have successfully walked the school leadership path and can support your leadership journey so you thrive and have the positive impact you desire.

Our Services...

Are tailored to serve your unique needs as a leader, campus, leadership team, and community.

Prioritize Principal Development Because...

Highly effective principals raise the achievement of a typical student in their schools by between two and seven months of learning in a single school year. These impacts are somewhat smaller than those associated with having a highly effective teacher. But teachers have a direct impact on only those students in their classroom; differences in principal quality affect all students in a given school. (Branch, Hanushek, and Rivkin, Stanford University Study, 2012)

"Jodie has the ability to inspire, guide, and support individuals on their professional and personal journeys. Her expertise in education is extremely valuable and she always keeps the best interest of students at the center of all decisions. Jodie has a genuine passion for helping others succeed, and her unwavering support and encouragement empowers mentees to reach their full potential. "

Lizeth Thompson, Principal.

Lake Travis Elementary