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Five for Friday February 6-10, 2023
None of this week’s messages were earth shattering or focused on big changes, but that is the whole point. It is the small changes that matter. Making one or two small...
Every building, every class, every day! with Eleanor MaCauley
Unless you are a first-time listener, you have heard me talk about the flywheel – the core set of instructional practices that drive continual teacher growth. But wha...
Five for Friday January 30-February 2, 2023
This week was all about leadership as a concept. What is leadership? Beyond what leadership is, we looked out how leaders gain power, and the ability they have to buil...
All Other Duties as Assigned with Dr. Ryan Donlan
There are a couple of closely related questions am frequently asked: As an AP, what’s my role in helping to support the principal’s vision? How do I lead if my princ...
Five for Friday January 23-27, 2023
Outside of Monday, the theme running through this week’s emails is care. We look at care from a couple of different perspectives that include increasing attention, de...
Cultivating Motivation with Mike Anderson
There once was an old man who didn’t like baseball. He likes quiet and solitude. But every day all summer long, the neighborhood kids would gather at the empty field n...
Five for Friday January 16-20
Today’s Five for Friday will be a bit different. Leading off we will talk about the best pot to use for cooking oatmeal. I bet you didn’t see that coming! After the br...
Meet the New Principal with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 2
Join us for part two of our incredible interview with Dr. Sam Sircey!
Five for Friday January 9-13, 2023
This week’s big idea: We are here to support people, and the first step in supporting is listening. Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership...
It won't work! with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 1
I’m working with three new principals this year. They are all first-year principals in new schools, two of them in a new district. Going to a new school is never easy,...
Five for Friday December 31-January 6, 2022 and 2023
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
People Before Purpose
Maybe having a purpose-driven organization isn't the best thing. Maybe leadership isn't about organizations, or purposes. Maybe it is about people. What does it mean t...
Five for Friday December 26-30, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
Bonus: 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 boundarie...
Five for Friday December 19-23, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
BONUS: Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill
About this show: Are you living your leadership journey courageously? Before Dr. Mary Hemphill became the Director of Academic Standards for the North Carolina Depar...
Five for Friday December 12-16, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
The APs Journey with Maria Werner
Are you stuck in the gravitational pull of the black hole of urgency? Or maybe, you are figuring out some ways to escape that force and move towards being a more strat...
Five for Friday December 5-9, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
What’s your problem?
What do (a) too many discipline referrals, (b) a poor teacher, and (c) an overflowing car line have in common? The answer is not that they are all problems. In fact, t...
Five for Friday November 28-December 2, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
Just Be Visible with Dr. David Franklin
“Can Every School Succeed?” That’s a big question and I’m not sure about the answer. I do know that every school can get better. Is that enough? Again, I don’t know. ...
Five for Friday November 21-25, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
The Flywheel Part 2
Last episode we looked at the flywheel through the lens of normative, or group, professional development. Remember, the flywheel refers to a set of practices that, whe...
Five For Friday November 14-18
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
The Flywheel Part 1
The leader’s journey consists of three stages: caught in the blackhole of urgency, becoming strategically reactive, becoming strategic. Strategic leaders focus on deve...
Five For Friday November 7-11
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
Professional Development
"Those sessions do nothing for me" This was a quote from a teacher about some PD and it was shared by an admin seeking feedback on a social media site. More specifical...
Five For Friday October 31 - November 4
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of...
Restorative Justice Through the Heart with Josh Stamper
Change starts from within. That was the title of episode 20, in which we talked with Doctor Gabby Grant about introducing restorative practices into your school. Befo...