School Success Podcast

By Mitchell Slater

The journey to becoming a school leader is not an easy one. There are many challenges along the way, but it becomes manageable when you have the correct information and tools to help you. In this podc... more

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October 21, 2022Special Episode #14, Phil Puleo on Don't Do it Alone: Uniting for Education
Hey Success School Makers!
Want to know the answer to the diversity of students schools is facing?
Tune in now as Mr. Phil Puleo talks about Christian school accreditation, tax credit programs, and professional development, and shares how celebrating a little, assuming nothing, and not doing it alone, lead to student and school success.
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[02:15] I think it was Teddy Roosevelt

[03:41] you'll have to join us at chocolate

[04:51] Over the last 19 years or for 19 years

[07:05] build a single unified Christian School District

[10:37] So it's called E, ITC and OSTC

[12:50] they give $1,000 to the scholarship organization

[14:33] you have the freedom to choose your education

[16:03] it's a continuous improvement process

[17:39] it may be 1000 $1,500

[19:17] So in the 1970s

[20:56] three legged stool is much more secure to sit on

[23:14] Every generation has a different set of challenges

[24:25] forget a 73 year old history

[27:24] teachers have to adjust the classroom

[30:47] God put kids in families

[33:17] we made them all focused on careers

[36:50] the chair for nearly 30 years

[39:35] So [email protected]

[41:05] I've come alongside as a leadership coach

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/jWz3yaatXmY
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45min
October 17, 2022 #037, Damian Ahrens on Accountability and Faith, The Foundation of Success
Do you believe in accountability?
If you're an educator, then you should. As a matter of fact, the head of school at Faith Baptist School, Damian Ahrens, says that accountability has been key for them in dealing with problems and staying true to their mission statement. He also said that they were able to get through the problems—all through the lens of faith.
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode

[02:12] appreciate what you're doing for a Christian education
[03:20] Mackinac Island or the Upper Peninsula
[04:52] We have fantastic schools that are private and public
[05:53] We have a great Christian Education Association
[07:53] there's over 400 churches in Genesee County
[09:34] we start to see God work here
[11:30] enrollment skyrocketed from 213 to 266
[12:35] pastoral staff and church here has been 100%
[15:27] we're a tight knit community
[16:45] I'm still paying my teachers
[18:34] we would start having meetings and prayer time
[20:38] She's been on a Dr. Aaron Yazbeck
[22:13] I will triumph in the work of his hands
[25:02] Head of School Athletic Director and Head girls coach
[27:09] I have 100%, we had financial support
[28:47] I've got an 80 year old mentor
[32:07] I read about William Wilberforce

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/Dqmjq_6SN0E
...more
35min
October 14, 2022 Special Episode #13, Dan Steinfield on the Importance of a Christ-Centered Leadership.
Are you a school leader looking for ways to succeed during covid?
You're in luck! We've got a special episode of the School Success Podcast just for you. In this episode, we're joined by Dan Steinfield of Delaware County Christian School. He shares the importance of having strong leaders and committed faculty staff members grounded in Christ who can help the school succeed with its mission of becoming a magnet attracting families despite the challenges that covid brings! Listen now!
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode

[02:18] I'm a history teacher by trade
[03:22] be in the Pocono Mountains or be at the beach
[05:15] we're about 38 or 40%
[06:12] left DC and 2013 to be a head of school
[07:13] God's called to be at DC right now
[08:59] our students are one being competitive
[11:42] at least 60% of that campaign
[13:22] rent covers their monthly or yearly mortgage
[14:17] a downward trend through 2019
[15:52] people want to be a part of a vibrant living
[17:18] plan out to our families in February of 2020
[20:05] future that we go by God's grace
[21:45] we have a 90% return rate of those families re enrolling
[23:29] the sixth to 12th grade, it's called the loft
[24:43] we use the term 21st century skills
[25:49] 12th grade year will be around 909 50
[28:25] COVID is not a strategic plan
[30:41] we're constantly zeroing in on our value proposition

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/S4o-BfmyOds
...more
34min
October 10, 2022 #036, Luke Butler on Hire Right- The Key To Continuity Of a Great School Culture
Why does hiring the proper people ensure the success of a school?
Join us for another episode of School Success with Redeemer Christian School Head of School 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫. He will discuss why recruiting the proper people is essential and what makes a school's mission- and vision-based culture continue.
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode

[02:43] I was actually born in Orlando
[04:25] we live in Port St. Lucie
[06:00] The school was established in 1999
[08:19] ministry of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
[09:44] we are 100% operating on tuition
[10:59] We believe all truth is God's truth
[12:48] around 30 35% of folks
[15:04] Bible class and the Bible teacher taught a passage
[16:43] we were 180 kids
[19:27] God brings me good people
[20:32] school are 23 years old
[21:35] we are no longer 180, we're 530
[25:36] we want to get to 100%
[28:50] Christian school in another place
[29:47] were both here is your one as parents
[32:48] Christian school leaders to get involved
[36:42] if it was professionalism and confidentiality
[37:46] around 900 ish students in the next 10 years
[42:12] God is a redeeming God

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/pGzLOlSVlUg
...more
48min
October 07, 2022Special Episode #12, Dr. Cynthia Knight: Flattening the Dropout Curve
Hey Success School Makers!
Ever asked yourselves why students can't or won't go back to traditional schools?
Tune in now as Dr. Cynthia Knight, CEO of Choice Charter School, tells you why, how you can get them back, and provide them the education they need to help them reach their dreams of a better future.
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers

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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[02:37] it is a showcase of Iowa all around

[04:58] 4000 students dropping Out of Iowa schools every year

[07:11] Don Jordo was my mentor from the very beginning

[10:08] to find those 300 students and get them enrolled

[11:50] All of our work is very student centered

[13:17] In a good paying jobs are going on to college

[14:26] We want kids to be critical thinkers, analytical thinkers

[16:03] that are squelching the creativity

[18:32] I boast a 94% graduation rate

[23:02] So our kids are being successful

[25:16] we call it the high set here in iOS

[27:25] schools are 501

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/WEFjKGNe4os
...more
32min
October 03, 2022#035, Joseph Morecraft on Educators: Listen to Your People
Are you an educator looking to make a positive impact?

Listen in as Joseph "Joey" Morecraft, Chief Academic and Innovation Officer at Fellowship Christian School, discusses how educators can create positive change by focusing on growth.

He also discussed how, as a Christian school, they must constantly improve as an organization, which includes assessing their strengths and weaknesses and working hard to improve things. He believes that by doing so, they will be able to shift the lives of children in a way that is consistent with their mission.

#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers

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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[01:58] Georgia is a really cool mix

[03:17] 30 or 40 minutes in Atlanta

[04:51] Christian School was first in 1986

[06:36] kind of fierce in Atlanta

[08:40] because we do have strong academics

[09:43] they live 3040 minutes away

[12:37] getting our principals to interview these families

[14:45] Right now we're at 155

[16:35] public school teachers are bound by paperwork

[18:28] teachers are also parents who have kids in our school

[20:18] organizationally with hiring a substitute coordinator

[22:07] if you're a SOCCER GUY

[23:53] your entire career on 90 minutes of observation

[29:10] everybody want 100% Our Head of School

[31:21] the company IDEO

[35:46] we will so 100% of our operating budget

[38:05] a researcher out of Notre Dame
YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/TXBl0SUjpYo
...more
43min
September 30, 2022Special Episode #11, Karl Simon on Leadership Learning: The Importance Of Your Whys
Hey School Success Makers!
Listen as we chat with Karl Simon, Upper School Principal at Christian Heritage School, who shares his thoughts on the importance of "Your Why" in doing what you do to impact those around us.
He also talks about how building a culture that fosters trust among professionals and supports one another will help make for better leaders!
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[01:58] we need to go fun shirt shopping

[03:02] thoroughly enjoyed our time in Connecticut

[04:14] I love growing up in New England

[06:13] this is my first year as the upper school principal

[07:31] to teach with excellence and to teach with rigor

[09:41] our student enrollment rise a little bit during COVID

[11:39] we had a lot of kids that have never been to school

[15:47] our kids would stand outside in high 20s, low 30s degree

[17:43] my 22nd 21st year in Christian ed

[20:04] COVID force us into a lot of those questions

[22:49] I was slugging into work

[24:51] we went through a SWOT analysis

[27:14] I think and now we're in 2022

[34:20] We don't do room checks at 330

[35:49] subs are getting COVID

[38:12] I will say they climbed Mount Katahdin

[39:38] this job is really tough

[41:16] biggest piece of advice is build your teams
YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/FsiE3hxtTI4
...more
45min
September 26, 2022#034, Tim Holland: Every Step Counts!
Hello, School Success Makers!
Want to know how a private religious school dealt with the problems that the pandemic brought?
In this week's episode, you'll be surprised by how Caldwell Academy kept its good academic reputation while fighting to retain its faculty together during the COVID outbreak.
The school continues to serve the community with quality education in Greensboro, North Carolina for 27 years in a row.
Dr. Tim Holland, who is now in his second year as the head of the academy, will talk about how they've been able to do this. Tune in now!
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[01:47] Delighted to talk about education

[03:04] Greensboro is it's easy

[05:00] we are in our 27th year here in Greensboro

[06:48] we saw some students transfer in this year

[09:03] improving our value proposition in our community

[10:46] this started here in 2009

[11:42] our campus, our physical plan has expanded

[12:41] financial realities of what everybody is

[14:40] our school's academic reputation in our community is strong

[16:33] We have a Veterans Day ceremony

[17:45] We had an auction last year

[18:55] that have a covenant relationship with their families

[19:45] last couple of years have really stirred up a lot

[21:25] really impacts the students in a positive way
YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/FfIkxfMQKW4
...more
24min
September 23, 2022Special Episode #10, Eugene Netupsky: Student Success is Our Top Priority
Learn more about how Intelligentsia Tutoring Co. assists students who require more support with test preparation and college application essays by listening to our interview with Eugene Netupsky. He claimed that their approach is holistic and that by considering every factor that influences a student's academic success, they produce intelligent, self-driven pupils.

#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers

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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[02:18] Central Park is always a favorite thing to do

[03:26] I think you can play football

[04:28] turned into a 40 hour a week gig

[05:50] there's the SATs and ACT

[06:31] give their children every advantage possible

[08:16] Oxford and Cambridge were around since the 18th century

[10:58] I think the same is true for academic help

[13:22] That's one thing that we pride ourselves in

[15:09] tutors having a personal interest in student success

[16:51] aged children to get into good habits

[17:42] far away as California and Florida

[19:07] in calculus, or in the LSAT

[21:18] I'm working with students is I try to tell students

[25:38] keep the attention of 15 or 20, or 25 students

[27:11] The Fox and the Grapes

[29:41] you're doing for educators and for schools

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/DDDxqu4AGbs
...more
32min
September 19, 2022#033, Terry Moffitt on How to be a Catalyst for Change in Students' Lives
Hey, School Success Makers!
How do educators change a student's life?
In this episode of the School Success podcast, Hayworth Christian Schools' Head of School Terry Moffitt shares how having the right passion and good common sense makes an essential ingredient for success in education -- If a school, church, and family are on the same page, it will provide a strong foundation for a child. Don't miss it!
#SchoolSuccess
#SchoolSuccessMakers
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Every week on The School Success Podcast, digital marketing agency owner Mitchell Slater interviews school leaders and game-changers in the education sector.
Never miss an episode and follow The School Success Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
This podcast is powered by Slater Strategies, a marketing agency committed to helping schools grow their enrollment and connect better with the families in their communities. Find out more at https://schoolsuccessmakers.com.

Highlights of the Episode
[01:55] teaching at the same Christian School for 42 years

[04:43] I was the K 12 principal

[06:02] I've been working since I was five years old

[07:08] managed to win over $710,000 in scholarships

[08:17] And we can go slightly over 200

[08:56] kids who come from Wesleyan churches

[09:59] he was very talented. McCain here

[12:27] our area have 40 to 45 students in the classroom

[14:34] a child has had an issue

[16:13] we we've had 31 kids

[19:13] teacher applicants are down 40%

[22:43] we give the Iowa standardized test

[25:13] from an FBI expert on body language

[26:53] knowledge and funny things after his 33 year career

[28:52] old enough to drop out of school

[31:57] I'm gonna find something positive about them
YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/VeJlMANUdwE
...more
35min

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