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Change Starts from Within with Gabby Grant
The topic of this show is restorative practices, but the show title is the key to implementing such practices: Change starts from within. In this episode we take a det...
Exceptional Student Support with Elizabeth Schumpert
Serving exceptional students can be one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of school leadership. In this episode Elizabeth Schumpert, Director of Student Su...
The Math of Leverage
The four principles of leverage, described last week in episode 17, can guide us to creating progress in our organizations. A key to progress is focusing on incrementa...
The Four Principles of Leverage
Ever wonder why we are always driving change in our schools? Ever wonder why change initiatives rarely seem to produce the promised results? What if there was a better...
Becoming Strategically Reactive!
Developing teachers is important, but it is rarely urgent. When we are proactive, we can plan ahead and do this most important work of developing teachers. However, as...
Teacher Leadership with Melissa Burns
Dr. Melissa Burns is the principal at Sara Collins Elementary School in Greenville, South Carolina. Melissa is a remarkable principal and leader who balances wisdom an...
The Teacher Tracking Document
Why does it always feel like improving teacher quality is an uphill battle? One big reason is that our schools are not structured to facilitate consistent teacher grow...
What Makes a Great AP with Brenda Byrd
Today I’m joined by Brenda Byrd, an Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership (and a former South Carolina Elementary Principal of the Year and a National Disting...
Episode 12: Becca Silver and Instructional Coach Relationships
Today I’m joined by Becca Silver the founder and lead consultant at The Whole Educator. Becca has been posting some great stuff on LinkedIn, which is where we met. Bec...
Episode 8: Who Should I Coach?
In this episode we look into the surprisingly complex question of “Who should I coach?” We examine the five ways that teachers grow, we overview what a systemic approa...
Episode 7: Dr. Sam Sircey and Perspectives
Today I’m joined by Dr. Sam Sircey, the Principal of North Buncombe High School in Weaverville NC. Sam is here with us today to explore the perspectives that school le...
Episode 6: A Coaching Grab Bag
Today’s podcast addresses a variety of aspects of coaching teachers. We consider the approach to coaching, who to focus on, and how to break coaching into A-B steps. T...
Episode 5: Your relationship with Email
On today’s episode, we examine your relationship with email. Email is such a critical thing because it impacts all four of the principles of strategic leadership! • T...
Episode 4: 5-Minute Coaching DEEP Dive
This is a special edition of The Assignat Principal Podcast inspired by some work I did recently with nine assistant principals as part of the APEx program. This podca...