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Five for Friday, August 22-26, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 22-26, 202. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope...

Who Are You? with Craig Martin
Last spring several of the assistant principals in our APEx group asked if we could work on how APs can influence school culture without over-stepping their boundaries...

Five for Friday - 50th Anniversary Edition!
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 15-19, 202. We also celebrate out 50th episode by listening to five of...

The ILT
This episode is titled THE Instructional Leadership Team. Why “THE Instructional Leadership Team” ? Why not the instructional leadership team? The fun reason is becaus...

Five for Friday, August 12, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 8-12, 2022. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope...

From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2
What does it mean to be an assistant principal? What is your job? What are the essential skills? One of the reasons being an AP is so challenging is because there aren...

From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1
What does it mean to be an assistant principal? What is your job? What are the essential skills? One of the reasons being an AP is so challenging is because there aren...

Five for Friday, August 5, 2022
Summary of the daily leadership emails from the week of August 1-5.

The Story That Drives Me
Many of us have a story that drives what we do. We had a special teacher, or a great mentor, or even a horrible experience. Whichever it might have been, there is a st...

Five for Friday, July 29, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of July 25-29, 2022.

The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis
When we talk about teachers resisting change, we often conjure up images of the curmudgeon – the 30-year veteran teacher who hasn’t changed and refuses to “get with th...

Five for Friday, July 22, 2022
“Every day I do what I’m best at, and every day I do my best. Some days my best is better than others.” Paraphrase from BB King

Team Coaching with John Willis
Today, I am joined by John Willis, the founder of the Teaming Edge. John is here with us today to explore Team Coaching.

Five for Friday, July 15, 2022
If relationships, with others, but also with ourself, is really what it is all about, how should we be living? This weekend, and into next week, please be intentional ...

Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek
Yay! You finally found time to get into a classroom and do a big observation! You sit down, congratulating yourself for prioritizing, and the teacher and students dive...

Five for Friday, July 4-8, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the week’s daily leadership emails for the week of July 4-8, 2022. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope...

Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith
“We talk a lot about social emotional learning and the whole child, but the whole child includes the family.” These aren’t my words. They came from today’s guest when ...

Recapping the Daily Emails, June 27-July 1, 2022
A recap of the week's five Strategic Leader emails. This week featured a sequence around the theme of "five things you can do now for a more productive fall." A bonus ...

Persistent Growth with Emily Parks
We are all teachers here, right? So, I can be honest, Right? We love all children equally and we have no favorites. That said, there are always those students who give...

Recapping the daily emails 6-20-24
This is an experiment! Each weekday at 6 am I send out a 100-330 word email on leadership. I thought it might be fun to do a recap of those emails to share with the po...
