Kathy Perret and Kenny McKee join the podcast to discuss dealing with barriers teachers face and the corresponding ways that coaches can help teachers surmount them. They share insights from their new book, Compassionate Coaching: How Educators Navigate the Barriers to Professional Growth,
Podcast Episode – The Instructional Leader’s Guide to K-8 Science
“Although a content-neutral approach to supervision—one that emphasizes general pedagogical features such as student engagement, cognitive load, or classroom management—is undoubtedly beneficial, the best instructional leaders know that content-specific approaches are necessary to achieve real excellence.” Listen to Dr. Rebecca Lowenhaupt and Dr. Rebecca Katsch-Singer share their insights and strategies from their work in the Instructional Leadership for Science Project … Read More
Podcast Episode – The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer: Creating a Culture Where Everyone Grows – An interview with author Dr. Thomas Hoerr
What role does empathy play in the success of a school leader? Listen to Dr. Thomas Hoerr share the importance of empathy in being effective and the key skills in becoming a Chief Empathy Officer.
Podcast Episode – Leading Collective Efficacy with Stefani Arzonetti Hite and Jenni Donohoo
Authors Stefani Arzonetti Hite and Jenni Donohoo share insights on the relationships between student achievement and collective efficacy as well as their model for leading collective teacher efficacy.
Podcast Episode – Principal Labs: Strengthening Instructional Leadership Through Shared Learning
Co-authors Megan Kortlandt, Carly Stone, and Samantha Keesling discuss the flexible structure for collaborative professional learning that they call the principal lab, in which K-12 principals learn with and from each other to become better instructional leaders.
Three Tips for Effective Team Building
ASCD Blog by Fred Ende, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Services for the Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services. A new school year is a vital time for leaders to focus on strengthening our teams, and going into this one in particular, our ability to work together effectively will be even more necessary.
Principal Pipeline: Sustainability and the Impact on Principal Retention (Nov 2019)
On-Demand ASCD Archived Webinar with Dr. Pamela Shetley and Damaries Blondonville Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes
Principal Pipelines: A Feasible, Affordable, and Effective Way for Districts to Improve Schools (June 2019)
Free On-Demand ASCD Archived Webinar with Jody Spiro, Douglas Anthony, and Damaries Blondonville. Duration: 1 hour, 3 minutes Summary The Wallace Foundation’s Principal Pipeline Initiative is an ambitious, multiyear effort supporting districts and partner institutions as they work to strengthen and align components of their work with new principals. Six large school districts that built principal pipelines as grantees saw … Read More