The Assistant Principal Podcast
A bi-weekly podcast to improve the quality of life and leadership for assistant principals.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 266
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
*Secrets* of Teacher Retention with Dr. Luke Simmering
Last fall I offered a five-page guide on ten activities to support new teachers during the first two-
weeks of school. The activities were designed to achieve three goals:
● Create a trusting relations…
Five for Friday May 22-26, 2023
Last Friday I began with a shoutout to Soupman2545 for leaving a review and helping me improve the show. It felt good to begin the show with a thank you so I’m going to begin doing this regularly on …
Pause, breathe, flourish with William D Parker
I know… you don’t have time to pause, you barely have time to breathe, and you are saving flourishing for summer. You are too busy with all the tasks, and taking care of everyone else. Except for bei…
Five for Friday May 15-20, 2023
If you listened to Tuesday’s incredible show with Tequilla Lamar, you noticed something new – music!
Mara and Collin have been suggesting for some time that we needed to add a few musical transitions,…
Are you worthy? With Tequila Lamar
Let’s face it, you aren’t cut out for this job. You are in over your head, and soon everyone will discover it! What were you even thinking? You can’t help your teachers grow. You should never have do…
Five for Friday May 8-12, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of May 8-12, 2023.
Celebrations: Garden planted out! New AP (1 & 2) mentoring program progress!
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Dr. Jacque Jacobs and Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, May 9, 2023
That my friends is a musical introduction to today’s theme – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
We aren’t talking about spaghetti westerns, but rather a valuable process to help school leaders
get an hon…
Five for Friday May 1-5, 2023
Today we will begin with the end. There are many big and complex problems we need to solve, but the process will be slow and require great effort.
In contrast, there are small quality-of-life improvem…
10 Simple Steps to a Better School
Back in episode 44 I shared the story that drives me in which I talked about Kelli, an assistant principal who was overwhelmed with discipline. I visited her around 10:00 o'clock on a spring morning …
Five for Friday April 24-28, 2023
If you get my daily email, you already know that this week’s messages involved me going head-to-head with ChatGPT on the topic of creating a positive organizational culture. What I didn’t have space …
It is simpler than you think!
At the beginning of this school year, North Carolina embarked on a two-year, $90-million journey to train every elementary and teachers and administrator in a program called LETRS, which aligns to Sc…
Five for Friday April 17-21, 2023
Famous leadership theorist and author John Maxwell said, “leadership s influence, nothing less, nothing more.”
Is that it? Is that really all leadership is?
Crisis Prevention with Dr. Kevin Mabie
When I say “People before Purpose” what do I actually mean? When I say the silver bullet -the one truly magical solution – is to build relationships, what does that look like? Today we will unpack tw…
Five for Friday April 10-14, 2023
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of April 10-14, 2023.
All the Answers Are Already in the Room with Dr. Tiffany Brunson
Saying that great leaders are great listeners has almost become cliché. Listening is one of those
things that sounds simple, but which can be challenging to execute – especially when all the
craziness …
Five for Friday April 3-7, 2023
If I can’t do everything, doesn’t that mean that I choose what does get done – and what doesn’t? And if I’m choosing, do my choices reflect my values? These three ideas make up my three epiphanies:
- I …
Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall Part 2, 4/4/2023
You’ve heard me talk about the flywheel. It is the process of providing professional development,
following it up with targeted observations, and using observation data to drive the next round of
profe…
Five for Friday March 27-31, 2023
I had a lot of fun writing this week’s emails. Last week I met and worked with some incredible people, and it just made the whole week special. I hope that positivity radiates through this week’s mes…
Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall, 3/27/2023
You’ve heard me talk about the flywheel. It is the process of providing professional development,
following it up with targeted observations, and using observation data to drive the next round of
profe…
Five for Friday March 20-24, 2023
Simple fences, small wins, and three tips for interviewing. But wait, there’s more!
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of March 20-24, 2023.