The Assistant Principal Podcast

Feb 04 2025 235 ep. 29 mins 4

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A bi-weekly podcast to improve the quality of life and leadership for assistant principals.

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#238: Can Adults Just Act Like Adults? With Frederick

Feb 04 2025 31 mins

| A couple weeks ago in one of my daily emails I asked for people’s experiences, perspectives, and questions about culture. A reader responded: As far as culture, my main frustration is a lack of initiative I notice in some of our adult, professional faculty members... Behaviors like not arriving on time for a duty, being unwilling to contact parents (or reply to parent contact

Helping Teachers Call Home With Jamie Brown

Jan 28 2025 51 mins

In May, on episode 199, I had Jamie Brown on the show and he took us through a very simple but effective script for having a restorative conversation with a student. That show was re-aired at the end of December as my favorite show of 2024. After the show, Jamie and I discussed how APs can help new teachers become better at conversation – not just with students, but also with par

Culture Questions From Claude Part II

Jan 23 2025 31 mins

236: Culture Questions From Claude Part IIShow Description: | Last week I asked Claude AI to give me 12 questions I could answer that would help elaborate on school culture. We answered the first six questions last week and will do the second batch of six this week. I have to say, I was quite impressed by the quality of the questions. As was the case last week, I have not read or

Culture Questions From Claude Part I

Jan 21 2025 33 mins

235: Culture Questions From Claude Part IShow Description:Two weeks ago, I did a show that described how school culture is a byproduct of the degree of alignment between people, purpose, structures, and resources. High alignment – good culture. Low alignment – poor culture. I also shared in that episode that I have begun working on my next book, A School Leader’s Guide to Rec

Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar

Jan 07 2025 52 mins

#234: Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar Description:Today’s guest has developed a framework and language around professional conduct, which he defines as “my contribution to our culture of learning.” Cool. And what else is cool, is that you will hear, in slightly different terms, some of my core talking points around supporting and growing teachers, being presen

Greatest Episode of All Time: Imposter Syndrome

Dec 30 2024 42 mins

#233: Imposter Syndrome (Greatest Episode of All Time) There is a very brief intro to this, my favorite episode of all time! Originally released in May, 2023… 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 done this, and you

2024’s BEST Podcast!

Dec 22 2024 61 mins

#232: 2024’s BEST Podcast! Power Quote: “Every kid has a story” Jamie’s Student Debrief Protocol:1. Are you okay?2. What was the trigger?3. How did the behavior impact others?4. What could you have done differently? Description:This is a replay of my favorite interview form 2024, PLUS a few new minutes at the beginning with more wisdom from Jamie Brown. Guest Bio:Jamie is a

A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture

Dec 17 2024 30 mins

A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture Show Description:“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” -Peter Drucker, Author “Culture is like the wind. It is invisible; yet its effect can be seen and felt.” -Bryan Walker, Partner and Managing Director, Ideo “Corporate culture is really hard to define; it’s the side effects of working for your organization.” -Jacob Mo

Email Sucks!

Dec 10 2024 27 mins

#330: Email Sucks Show Description:Last week, Darrin Peppard and I went over some of our favorite time hacks. Towards the end of the show, we talked about email. Today, I’m devoting a whole show to email. I’ll share some tips and tricks, but how we manage email is as much about our mindset as it is the clock. As we get going, I want you to seriously play with an idea: what if e

10 Awesome Time Hacks with Dr. Darrin Peppard

Dec 03 2024 52 mins

#229 Outline and Show Notes Show Title: 10 Awesome Time Hacks with Darrin Peppard Power Quote: Description:Time. The most limited resource (along with attention). Many leaders feel if they can better manage their time, they can become better leaders. Yes… and no. The big secret to time management isn’t actually about time. In today’s episode, my good friend Darrin Peppard and