Ask A Principal

This is the final episode of Ask A Principal as Kate and I have made the decision to move on. We hope you have been encouraged and inspired in your work by the stories we have shared weekly over the past 3 years. We hope school has become a place where you better empathize with your peers and students. We hope you view your role in a more encouraging manner. And we hope you deeply believe that above all else in education, relationships matter!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Today we hear a previously unreleased clip from our interview with a nationally recognized teacher of excellence Shelley on the importance of a teacher, specifically a kindergarten teacher. We hope this episode encourages you regardless of the level you are teaching or working to support.

Today we finish our coaching call with Dr. Rhonda Roos as she mentors Nate in the power of a vision story and what a vision can be in education.

Today we hear Nate's real-life coaching call with author and educational leader Dr. Rhonda Roos. Dr. Roos guides Nate in his learning from her book, The Deliberate and Courageous Principal, and turn it into real actionable steps that he can use at his own school. Leaders will gain so much as they listen in as Nate is coached up. This is part 1 of a few coaching calls between Rhonda and Nate that will be airing soon.

Today we hear from Dr. Bob and his message about how incredibly valuable each one of us is in education as we are all a puzzle piece needed to make the picture complete.

What does it really mean to be a failing school? Today we hear from Marianne as she shares her journey from finding that out and how that impacted the trajectory of everything within her classroom.

Today we hear the after-show conversation between Nate and guest Dr. Rhonda Roos. She is a mentor, a coach, a consultant like I've never met before! If you haven't listened to episode 76, listen to that first as it frames the context for today's conversation.

IN Middle School Principal of the year and Solution Tree Consultant Dr. Rhonda Roos joins us today to discuss the work that changed everything for her and for Nate.

Today's episode is an unpublished part of Dr. Shaffer's story back in episode 68. Nate and Dr. Shafer discuss the power of legacy in education.

It's back to the van where fellow principal Eric and I discuss what really happens when a student is sent to the principal's office and what we want our fellow educators to know.