School Culture By Design
During 30+ years of wandering the continent, visiting schools and listening to school people share their joys and frustrations, Phil Boyte has learned a lot about building great school culture. In this podcast you will hear examples Phil has seen work to enhance school culture, stories from some of his heroes in education and simple ideas to start implementing on your campus today!
We invite you along on this listening journey. You will hear simple and transformative stories about building community, vulnerability, and trust on your campus. No matter what role you play, we believe everyone has a hand in creating a school no one will want to leave.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode #70: Culture, Life, and People First – Guest Phil Campbell
Join PB and PC as they bounce questions back and forth about culture, travel, books, self-care, and so much more! Get to know the two friends who are deeply passionate about building great culture, a…
Episode #69: Habits of Leadership – Guest Jennifer Duston
In this episode, Phil Boyte interviews guest Jennifer Duston, former teacher and administrator, and current Client Partner with Franklin Covey Education. Hear Jennifer’s views on celebrating hard wor…
Episode 68: Celebrating the Wins – Mini Podcast
In this mini podcast, Phil Boyte encourages you to take a moment to REFLECT on what is positive in your life and to CELEBRATE those around you! This year we have challenged ourselves in many new ways…
Episode #67: Community, Culture, and Cause - Guest Rhett Ladner
In Phil Boyte’s latest podcast, hear Rhett Ladner, 27-year veteran educator, share ideas on creating a school where everyone is excited to be there. Don’t miss Rhett’s “mullet philosophy” of injectin…
EPISODE #66: BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS – GUEST DR. MARIA PEEK
Episode #65: Virtual campus connections and self-care – Guest Sara Cowey
Hear from Sara Cowey, Educator and Activities Director, on creative and fun ways she is connecting students virtually this fall, ideas for staff collaboration and recognition, and the importance of s…
Episode #64: Teach to Make a Difference – Guest Dr. Farah (Meadows) Ortega-Choate
When your mantra is “Teach to Make a Difference,” the outcome is amazing. Dr. Farah (Meadows) Ortega-Choate shares what she is doing this fall to inspire culture with both students and staff while di…
EPISODE #63: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX – GUEST SABRINA GOODWIN MONDAY
In this episode, Phil Boyte and his guest, Sabrina Goodwin Monday, Global National Sales Director of Mary Kay Cosmetics, encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and think in an innovative way.
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Episode #62: Finding the humor as an educator - Guest Mark Schumacher
Listen in as Phil Boyte and his guest Mark Schumacher, former high school teacher turned keynote speaker and stand up comedian, share some educational humor!
Mark has a brilliant way of finding humo…
EPISODE #61: IDEAS TO CONNECT VIRTUALLY – GUEST STEVE BOLLAR
In this episode, Phil Boyte and Steve Bollar, a.k.a. Stand Tall Steve, an educational thought leader and former superintendent and principal, share IDEAS TO CONNECT VIRTUALLY with staff and students …
EPISODE #60: RE-THINKING BACK TO SCHOOL - GUEST JIMMY GLEICH
During Episode #60, Phil Boyte talks with Jimmy Gleich, Director of Activities at Bishop Gorman High School, about re-thinking how we return to school this fall.
While the start of every school year …
EPISODE #59: CULTIVATING AWARD WINNING CULTURE - GUEST HANS APPEL
Listen in as Phil Boyte and Hans Appel discuss ideas to cultivate positive culture. Hans reflects from his recent book, “Award Winning Culture” to bring you real life examples of where to start to im…
Episode #58: Ways to cultivate connections virtually - Guest Phil Campbell
Join Phil Boyte as he and his good friend, Phil Campbell of The Green Room Podcast, talk about the power of cultivating relationships during a virtual time. They share thoughts on the using social me…
Episode #57: Staying positive in an ambiguous time (Part II) with Guest Heather Garcia
Phil welcomes back Heather Garcia to dive deeper into “Staying Positive in an Ambiguous Time” - Part II. Heather pulls from her vast experience and shares ideas for administrators and teachers to car…
Episode #56: Staying positive in an ambiguous time (Part I) - Guest Heather Garcia
Join Phil as he welcomes Heather Garcia to the podcast. Heather has played many different roles in education including teacher, coach, activities director, principal, and eventually at the district l…
Episode #55: Virtual Spirit Week with Alumni - Guest Kristin Patten
Join Phil as he welcomes back Kristin Patten, for a second interview on the podcast as she shares an amazing idea they rolled out at Antelope High School in April called “Titans ALL IN Virtual Spirit…
Episode #54 - What we give energy to - Guest Rochelle Whellams
During this episode, Phil talks with Rochelle Whellams, a motivational speaker and leadership facilitator about the mindset she lives by and how it impacts her everyday life. During their conversatio…
Episode #53: Small changes for deep impact - Guest Christiana Kraus
On this episode, Phil interviews Christiana Kraus about the importance of intentionally building relationships as a new administrator. Christiana views her role as an educator as an opportunity to se…
Episode #52: Psychological Safety - Guest Dean Whellams
Join Phil Boyte and his guest Dean Whellams as they talk about the power of building trust over time and the concept of Psychological Safety. Dean spends his life helping cultivate incredible leader…
Episode #51: Activities to build culture in the spring - Guest Tamara Givens
Listen in as Phil interviews Tamara Givens, the Activities Director at Granite Bay High School about a few activities they do in the spring to build culture with both their staff and students. Tamara…