The Assistant Principal Podcast

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast!

Today’s shout out goes to… IamBlandon who kindly reviewed the show on Apple Podcasts, saying the following…

Thank you! 

I’m so close to completing my journey on becoming an administrator! Thank you so much for this treasure trove of valuable information! Keep up the good work!

And thank you IamBlandon, your review and words mean a lot.

Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of October 9-13. 

The emails: The three epiphanies

Monday: Urgent leaders:

• Put tasks before people.
• Prioritize what’s urgent over what’s important.
• Treat symptoms instead of identifying problems.
• Mistake action for progress.

Tuesday: There is not enough time to do everything.

Wednesday: If there is not enough time, I can choose what does and does not get done.

Thursday: What I choose to do and not do reflects my values.

Friday: Not being intentional dooms you to urgency

The takeaway: 

Embracing the three epiphanies is a foundational step for moving from managing time to managing priorities. On the days you do not make intentional choices, like my day battling my computer, you are likely living in urgency.

Making intentional choices does not guarantee you will be strategic, but it is a prerequisite.

I’m including a simple visual in today’s message. If you find the 3 epiphanies compelling, consider printing it off and posting it somewhere as a reminder.

Today’s intention: Reflect on your week. In retrospect, what is one to-do/not do choice you made intentionally and feel good about? What is something you reacted to, that got in the way of something you valued more? It is Friday, and I would love it if you share with me your biggest takeaway or story from this week!

That is this week’s Five for Friday rendition of The Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Thank you for including me on your leadership journey. 

I look forward to seeing you again next Tuesday when we feature my interview with Michele Matoon. We take a practical look at how to run a meeting. This is one of those episodes you will want to follow up on because Michelle has some great tips and tools for you.

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. 

You can find out more about me at https://www.frederickbuskey.com/

I love getting feedback, so please consider sending me an email or connecting with me on LinkedIn. Of course, all of those links are in the show notes.

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

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Show Notes

Show Title: Tech as a tool for supporting teachers with Jessica Preisig

Show Description:

Talking about technology in education elicits a range of responses from enthusiastic embraces to gag reflexes, and on either end of the spectrum technology can be problematic. However, with some mindful planning and intention, technology can be a powerful took in helping you to facilitate teacher growth. Today’s wonderful guest is going to help us look at the role of technology being a partner for teacher growth.

Guest Bio

Jessica Preisig serves as the Assistant Superintendent for Technology Services in the School District of Pickens County. During her 20 years as an educator, Jessica has served as a classroom teacher, instructional technology coach, school administrator and district leader. Jessica earned her initial undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of South Carolina prior to moving to upstate South Carolina, where she obtained an EdS in Administration and Supervision from Clemson University – where I might had she had some amazing professors(!) – and she is now back at Clemson working on her doctorate.

Quotes

Jessica

·      “Every time technology is working it’s a celebration!”

·      “I got to see k-12 education with teachers through all the levels.”

·      “The way I approached evaluation was more as a growth opportunity.”

·      “Intentionally integrate instructional technology that teachers would use in their classrooms, in out instructional work with teachers.”

·      “People hear what they want to hear.”

·      “When you can link to the things they want to learn, they are more receptive to feedback.”

Frederick

·      “How do we provide resources to teachers that help them have agency over their own learning?”

·      “We sometimes miss opportunities to piggy back onto that [formal evaluation] and ask, ‘How do we want to grow?’”

·      “Because you were asking the questions, you were listening.”

·      “You can feel like the processes are confining you, but you can leverage them.”

·      “If I know you are here to help me get better in the ways I want to get better, then I’m invested.”

Summarizing

As we wrap up, I have two important questions for you.

First, what part of your own leadership are you still trying to get better at?

If listeners could take just one thing away from today’s podcast, what would it be?

Before we go, is there anything else that you’d like to share with our listeners?

Show Outro

As the one big takeaway, Jessica pointed to “leaning in and walking beside people.” And if you think back to what you have heard throughout the episode, that was the constant theme. In a sense, this episode wasn’t about technology – it was about partnering with teachers and helping the grow. The technology is simply a tool to help us do that. I hope you’ll reflect more on that today and think critically about how technology can help you support and grow your teachers.

Thanks for walking your leadership journey with me. You can learn more about the other ways I support APs and other school leaders on my website at fb.com

I look forward to seeing you again on Friday when we play with the week’s daily leadership emails.

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. Rating the show helps others find it, and if you want to be a superfan, consider leaving a review. 

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Jessica’s Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PreisigJessica

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicapreisig/

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast!

Today I’m celebrating fall! The leaves are beginning to turn color, the nights are getting crisp – which means better sleeping for those of us who like being buried under a mound of blankets – and everything is flavored with apple or pumpkin! Fall also means the end of my garden-grown cucumbers, but we can’t have everything, can we?

Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of October 2-6, 2023. 

The emails:

• Sometimes you can have a bigger impact by working with the willing.
• Accepting that to be human is to be imperfect opens a world of possibilities.
• We should think about playing more. We should play more.
• Be mindful of over-investing in tasks you enjoy doing.
• Lack of presence leads to messes, with food and with humans.

The takeaway:

Another week of seemingly unrelated topics provides me with another opportunity to look for the bigger meaning. I didn’t plan it this way, but each post has an element of play to it:

• Working with competent people who trust you and want to get better can feel like play.
• Over-investing in things we are good at is a version of play.
• Accepting the imperfection of being human gives us permission to play.
• Playing helps cultivate presence.
• And of course, there was Wednesday’s message all about the need to play more.

Play takes many forms. We can play physically – at the Buskey household one of our backyard favorites is CanJam. We can play games, like Horrify, a really cool strategy game in which the players collaborate to win. We can play with ideas, which I often do while journaling in the mornings. We can play in the kitchen – but maybe not with quesadillas.

As I write this, it strikes me that the line between creativity and play is very thin, and maybe that’s a bit of insight into why play is so important.

Let’s wrap this up with a call to action, and if you can’t guess what it is, you either don’t know me very well or you haven’t been fully present to the episode.

This weekend, go play! Throw a football around, pull out your watercolors, scribble some poetry, walk in the woods. Do something for yourself, and I turn you’ll be better at serving others on Monday. Oh, and Legos. How did forget Legos?

That is this week’s Five for Friday rendition of The Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Thank you for including me on your leadership journey. 

I look forward to seeing you again next Tuesday when we begin our October emphasis on building a positive classroom culture.

Anyway, tune in on Tuesday for a great episode.

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. As I record this, we have 17 ratings and 4 reviews. Increasing those numbers helps others find the show. 

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

Being a human is being imperfect with Dr. Efraín Martínez, No. 165

Show Description:

We all have stories about where we came from, how we grew up, and the people we’ve walked our journeys with. We have joys and traumas that inform how we see out world, and how we see others in our world. Today we’ll go beneath those stories and look at what it means to lead, as someone who has their own stories, and what it means to lead people who have their own stories.

Guest Bio

Dr. Efraín Martínez is a father, husband, principal, and podcaster, who is always in search of wisdom and he has found productivity, to be a great tool for success. He's the host of Wisdom & Productivity: The Podcast of an Imperfect Educator. And I will add, he is an incredibly deep and soulful human being.

Highlights

Efraín

·      “Everyday that I am on this earth I want to be grateful for what I have…”

·      “This is a web of stories... life only makes sense when you look back and connect the docks.”

·      “I am the adult who still thinks he is the kid who is trying to get the most out of life.” 

·      “Build a monument with the rocks people throw at you.” (citing Siddharth Sood)

·      “When you run your school like a business, you are doomed to fail.”

·      “Connecting with the humanity of the people you are leading … is the best that we can do to move our schools forward.”

·      “When you tell people they need to do something they will want to do the opposite!”

·      “The best teacher in the building is not the principal.”

·      “Being human is being imperfect.”

·      “Teachers know their own answers, they just need someone to listen to them.”

·      “You can fool the world, but you cannot fool yourself.”

·      “Meditation is like a workout.. that is so unique.. but when you take a moment to focus only on your breath… you start realizing how powerless you are… you start focusing on listening to others.”

Frederick

·      “In my arrogance, I thought if I just could mold people to be like me, would be good… because I thought I had all the answers.”

·      “When we truly care for other people, then we help them grow in the direction they want to grow in, not the direction we want them to grow in.” (citing Milton Mayeroff)

·      “You need to listen to people’s stories in order to know how to support them.”

·      “As soon as we understand that to be human is to be imperfect, we can let go of that idea of being perfect, and when we can do that… we stop talking so much and we listen more.”

·      “When we decide to give grace, a lot of judgment can roll off of us, and then I can be more present.. and then we can meet them where they are.”  

·      “When we forgive others, the gift is to ourselves, because we give ourself permission to put all the crosses down.”

Dr. Efraín Martínez’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: wisdomandproductivity.com 

Linkedin: https://tinyurl.com/EMLink13

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WisdomAndProductivity?feature=shared

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast!

Today’s shout out goes to… Now + Next Cohort 2. Valori, Lisa, Paige, Gail, Jen, Kayla, Michelle, and Emily, thanks for making the program so wonderful. It is a testament to what can happen when inspired leaders prioritize working together, being vulnerable, and fostering interdependence. 

Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of September 25-29, 2023. 

Review the emails

Takeaway

As I’ve shared before, when the week’s messages aren’t specifically built around a theme, like this week’s, I’m always intrigued to come back after-the-fact and think about what the big takeaway is, and this week is no different.

In fact, wow. 

There is a profound message here. It’s not me being profound, as this wasn’t purposeful, but it is right here in front of us. Here are the five MVPs for each day’s message:

• Sometimes making the same old thing better beats doing something new.
• Sometimes something BIG doesn’t actually matter.
• What makes one training more powerful than another?
• Together, transformation, vulnerability, and interdependence can create something special
• Being fully present is more valuable than having answers.

Time and attention are the scarcest resources. While the urgent – quadrant 3 – tasks are a big consumer of these precious resources, so are change initiatives. And too often we focus on the initiatives instead of the people. Nothing against Salesforce or LETRS, but how many lives have the transformed? We can lose focus on people. Improvement can become about ”the thing” instead of about people. And the changes and improvements we are trying to make can actually stop us form impacting people. The busier we are, the harder it is to be fully present. The harder it is to be invested in helping people grow in the direction they want to grow in. The harder it is to be vulnerable. The harder it is to be interdependent.

Do less, impact more. Create transformative moments by focusing on others as humans, not as cogs in a machine or rungs on a ladder.

And then think about your own leadership and what being present does for you. Here’s the rest of the story about the group hug episode…

I am not the perfect trainer, but sometimes I am able to help a group come together and do something magical, especially when I focus on serving them, not converting them into the leaders I think they should be. And when that happens, I am also rewarded in a way that cannot be measured.

My wish for you next week is to go forward and be vigilant about finding opportunities to be present, to learn how others want to grow, and to then be able to create the opportunities for them to do that.

That is this week’s Five for Friday rendition of The Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Thank you for including me on your leadership journey. 

I look forward to seeing you again next Tuesday when we feature my interview with Dr. Efrain Martinez on what it means to be a human leading humans. This is an inspiring and emotional episode and I’m so excited to share it with you.

Anyway, tune in on Tuesday for a great episode.

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. As I record this, we have ZZ ratings and XX reviews. Increasing those numbers helps others find the show. 

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

Show Description:

I will lead off this episode with a couple apologies:1.     I’ve got a cold and am low energy, so I’m admittedly not bringing my A-game this week. Paraphrasing BB King…2.     I know this episode’s title has a click-bait feel to it, but it is the best I could come up with today (see apology 1 above). The premise for today is that most of you are 4-8 weeks into your school year and should be falling into a routine at this point. It seems like a good time to do some poking around and get some vital signs for your school and your leadership, so we’ll discuss four things you can do to give you insights for your focus for the next month of school.

Celebrations:

I’m celebrating two things:

1.     Monday’s email about my mom’s new Porsche generated a lot of reaction, like “this is your best email ever!” Thanks everyone for letting me know, it helps me keep going on those days when I’m exhausted, overwhelmed, and have a cold.

2.     I’ve just been offered a publishing contract on my book! It has been a long road and I’m excited to be moving forward. Lest you’ve forgotten, the book is about the 6-steps to escaping urgency and becoming a people-centric leader. I imagine as a publication date gets closer I’ll be sharing more and more.

The Big Idea

At this point in the year it is easy to get into a groove. Now, grooves are good, but how do you stop that groove from becoming a rut?

More specifically, how do you make sure you aren’t stuck in the urgent rut? Are you getting into classrooms like you promised yourself you would this year? Or are the discipline referrals already undermining your plans?

Have you been there for your ECT’s? Or are you relying on mentor teachers to take care of them? Guess, what? Your mentor teachers are as busy as you are!

Without further adieu, four things you should do this week:

1.     Check in with your ECTs

2.     Dig into your discipline data to look for patterns to tell you who, where, and when to focus on.

3.     Use the 5-minute coaching tool to conduct an informal culture check

4.     Reflect.

Okay, that’s today’s episode of….

Just kidding. I get goofy when I’m feeling sick and overwhelmed so just laugh with me. Let’s go into a bit more depth:

1.     Check in with your ECTs

a.     Why ECTs and not just first-years?

b.     Why aren’t mentors enough?

c.     3-point check in

                                               i.     Relationships

                                             ii.     Management

                                            iii.     Curriculum

2.     Dig into your discipline data to look for patterns to tell you who, where, and when to focus on.

a.     Who are your high-flyers (you probably already know) and is there a flight pattern? Do you have a morning check-in set up for them?

b.     Where and when do you have spikes? E wing restroom at the beginning of 4th period? Then ask why?

c.     What teachers are sending the most referrals – check their classroom management.

3.     Use the 5-minute coaching tool to conduct an informal culture check

a.     Walk down the hall and catch people in or by their rooms, position yourself side-to-side to lessen power differential, go through the pattern:

                                               i.     X-weeks into the school year, I can’t believe it!

                                             ii.     What’s going well for you so far?

                                            iii.     Have their been any surprises?

                                            iv.     Is there anything you would do differently? You could also ask, “Is there anything WE should do differently?” to focus more on the building.

                                              v.     I appreciate you sharing. I’m looking forward to all the great things you are going to do with kids this year!

4.     Reflect. 

a.     Carve out an hour. Maybe Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon, or Friday night. Whatever works for you. Find a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted, turn off your phone. Use an old-school paper notebook or journal and your favorite pen. If you are too techy, at least use a pad and stylus. The kinesthetic action will help in reflection.

b.     Just begin writing whatever comes into your mind. Be unfiltered. If you need an outline, you could do:

                                               i.     Celebrations

                                             ii.     Things you would do differently

                                            iii.     Frustrations

                                            iv.     Questions

                                              v.     Answers

                                            vi.     List actions that can have impact

                                           vii.     Identify patterns for important things

                                         viii.     Play with your priorities

       ...

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast!

Today’s shout out goes to… Mitchell Hall, Gifted and Talented Education Specialist, Garrett County Public Schools, Maryland who emailed me about the relationship matrix we featured on our August 30th daily email:

Hi Frederick,

I enjoy the relationship matrix!  As I looked over the different categories on it, I realized why my most effective leaders have taken an interest in my life outside of school.  I forwarded this email to three who have coached me, as opposed to simply advising or teaching me, and thanked them for making that investment.  

I just earned my administrator credential here in Maryland, and I really appreciate your podcast and online resources because they help me plan ahead for how I will lead when that opportunity arises.  Thanks for sharing your experiences and your expertise!  

Mitchell, thank you for your encouraging words and I’m happy to be supporting the important work you do.

Insert intro

Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of September 18-22, 2023. 

This week I’m sharing five strategies helping me be a better leader right now.

• Identify the next day’s priorities.
• Block off time in your calendar for important things and capture in your calendar what you do each day.
• Use a timer to create urgency and keep you laser focused.
• Morning routines are essential.
• Have strategies for ending your day.

That is this week’s Five for Friday rendition of The Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Thank you for including me on your leadership journey. 

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. As I record this, we have 17 ratings and 4 reviews. We seem stuck on those numbers so please help us move the needle!  Increasing those numbers helps others find the show. 

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Cheers!

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

You make it what you want with Sean Olson

Show Description:

It would be a trope if there wasn’t so much truth to it – become an AP and spend countless hours “doing” discipline. It’s hard to support and grow your teachers if you are handling discipline all day. But what if we could change this narrative? Would if we could invest some front end time in order to spend less time doing discipline AND flip the script so the “doing “ discipline actually helped kids? Today’s guest is going to help us learn how to do just that!

Today’s guest, Sean Olson, was born and raised in Southern New Jersey. He holds an undergraduate degree in Secondary Education (Mathematics) and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership, and Curriculum and Instruction. Sean is a husband, father, educator, coach and is always excited to learn and share new things. Currently, he’s the Assistant Principal at Cedar Creek High School in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, which is part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Sean has been in education since February 2010.

Key Quotes

Sean

·      “You make it what you want – it’s about how you want to write your own story.”

·      “I want to understand where the problem is.”

·      “As a new AP, this wasn’t something I had to ask permission to do. I was just dining into data.”

·      “Now I feel like I can manage this goal because I’m looking at 2 ½% of the population.”

·      “It was important to clean up our own house before addressing problems that weren’t caused by us.”

·      “We wanted to get to the point where the punishment fitted the crime.”

·      “Ultimately you [the kid] are writing your own story and I can help you do that.”

Frederick

·      “The real work happens afterwards.”

·      “Urgent leaders … deal with problems… taking the pause let’s us figure out the root problem.”

·      “Using the data is always a two-step process. Using quantitavie data we can see the connections and trends of what is happening. Gathering qualitative data we can understand the why behind the what.”

Show Outro

One thing we didn’t get to in our discussion was how to use data to identify other ways to get maximum gain with minimal pain. In addition to using your data to identify the students most in need of your support, you can use it to identify other variables related to discipline events. For example, maybe it is the boys’ restroom on the north hall at the beginning of 4th period, and by stationing someone outside the door, or talking with the three teachers who are releasing students to the bathroom, we can cut referrals. Alternatively, maybe it is one or two teachers, or a specific combination of students.

Using the data is always a two-step process. Using quantitative data, we can see trends and connections in what is happening. Gathering qualitative data from teachers, students, and families, we can understand the why behind the what, and at that point we can move towards supporting our students instead of punishing them.

I look forward to seeing you again on Friday when we recap the week’s daily emails.

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. Rating the show helps others find it, and if you want to be a superfan, consider leaving a review. Again, you’ll be helping others find the show and you’ll be making me smile. And maybe you will even find yourself getting a shoutout at the top of the episode.

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Sean Olson’s email: [email protected]

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840 

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast!

Today’s shout out goes to Caitlin and the whole team at EB Academics. Caitlin was kind enough to interview me on episode 243 of the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast. Caitlin is a wonderful interviewer, and we had a powerful conversation about the four essentials:

• Your support network
• Healthy morning routine
• Transition from work
• Reflection

I’ll put a link to the show in the notes. Again, Caitlin, thanks for a wonderful discussion.

Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of September 11-15, 2023. 

After several weeks of themed messages, I was back to my more usual pattern of diverse thoughts. Maybe this is a good time to provide a peek into my processes. When I began the daily email in April 2020, and through 2021, I wrote a daily message whenever it came to me. In 2022 I began writing a week at a time, which led to an increased number of themed weeks. As this school year kicks off I’ve booked time every Monday to do the following week’s emails so that we can be further ahead in case something happens and to give Mara more time to schedule things as her schedule has become more intense.

These changes have led to more themed weeks as it is easier to write five messages around a central theme. It also makes for an easier podcast episode, but I do miss capturing an idea that I get during the week and expanding it into a meaningful leadership lesson and intention.

Over the past two weeks I had multiple things stimulate thoughts and I was able to plan ahead and come up with this week’s random thoughts. The fun thing about doing it this way is that when I record the podcast, I challenge myself to find some central them or message and often times there is something unexpected which pops up.

Okay, let’s roll through this week’s messages…

Is there a central theme in these messages? Remember, I didn’t plan a theme this week, but what emerges as I write this script is the importance of beginning with ourselves.

It may sound selfish at first, especially as much as I advocate that people are the purpose, but you cannot take care of others without taking care of yourself. This week you received five lessons about caring for yourself:

• When breakdowns occur, pause and reflect.
• Check your purpose as a first step to checking your school culture.
• As part of working hard, attend to your own revery – that’s where you will nurture greatness.
• Tap your creativity and avoid the prescriptive, rut inducing approach to leadership.
• Clean out the mental clutter which takes up space without serving you.

Take care of yourself this weekend. Engage in recovery and feed your soul.

That is this week’s Five for Friday rendition of The Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Thank you for including me on your leadership journey. 

You can learn more about what I do on my website at https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

Please remember to subscribe and rate this podcast. Rating the show helps others find it, and if you want to be a superfan, consider leaving a review. Again, you’ll be helping others find the show and you’ll be making me smile. And maybe you will even find yourself getting a shoutout at the top of the episode.

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. Cheers!

Link to my interview on the Teaching Middle School ELA Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-middle-school-ela/id1458448897?i=1000626080589 

Danny Bauer’s LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielevanbauer_fundamentals-education-blbs-activity-7100109406238830592-pGxN 

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

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Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode Outline

Show title and release date: Presence

Show Description:

Ask 100 school leaders for their best piece of wisdom and the majority of respondents will likely tell you that it is all about relationships. That’s great, but how do you turn “its all about relationships” into a strategy you can execute every day? It is surprisingly simple, and if you are a regular listener, you may already know the answer. I’ll be sharing some experiences from my summer hiking trip and if you make it to the end you’ll hear three specific techniques for executing this simple strategy.  

Inset Show Intro

Celebrations:

A wonderful podcast with Efrain Martinez’s Wisdom and Productivity Podcast. Efrain asks some great questions, beginning with “Who are you?” which is one of those questions that is like an onion. The podcast episode isn’t out yet, but I’ll put a link to the YouTube broadcast in the show notes.

The Big Idea

The past week has been bumpy here at Strategic Leadership Consulting and I’ve had trouble choosing a topic for this week. I’m now recording this on Monday afternoon, which means I am way behind schedule, and so I have had to make a decision. I’m not sure if I made the best choice, but regardless of the timing this should be valuable.

·      Recap PW

·      Highlight that I keep sharing

·      Being fully present

·      Malham Cove

·      High Cup to Garrigil via Cross Fell, Great Dunn Fell, and Knock Fell, 20 miles, 3000 meters

·      The moors

·      Contentment

·      The power of presence:

o   See and hear what is there

o   Appreciate the small beauties

·      When we can see and hear people… we can serve them

·      When we appreciate the small beauties… we can celebrate them

·      Without any other interventions, growing others, and celebrating the numerous wins we have every day, will have powerful positive impacts on teaching. Learning, and your building culture.

·      Simple, but hard

·      Practices to sustain presence:

o   Morning grounding and intention

o   Asking the second question

o   5-minute coaching

Show Outro

Thank you for being present with me.

You can learn more about walking your leadership journey with me at https://www.frederickbuskey.com/

I look forward to seeing you again on Friday when we recap this week’s daily emails. Remember to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode.

I’m Frederick Buskey and thank you again for joining me on this episode of the Assistant Principal Podcast. 

Cheers!

Wisdom and Productivity YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y717xIQNf0I

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ 

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting 

Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/ff61713840