How do you know when you're ready to be a principal? This is one of The Modern Principal's most-asked questions, and on this week's podcast, we're breaking down the ways you might know you're ready for the role! The principalship is hard and grueling but also one of the most fulfilling and fun - are you ready to make the jump! Tune in this week to find out! 

It's a new year, and we can't help but talk about the new habits we are trying to cultivate. Whether it's screen time, health habits, or how you spend your weeknights, we talk all about the habits that are helping us balance our work and personal lives. Check out this week's pod! 

Referenced:

How a Modern Principal Plans her Day

Laura Vanderkam's 168 Hours

Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit

InsideOut Mastery New Year's Resolutions Stats

Is it essential for a principal to be the first to arrive to campus and the last to leave? How do you remain visible while still balancing your actual work and personal life? This week on the pod, Karen and Christy talk through how a principal can find ways to be visible that are authentic to YOU! 

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An unregulated adult cannot support an unregulated student. We know it's true, and it's up to us as principals to support our teachers and staff when student behavior is hard. Check out this week's pod all about supporting the adults in the school who are supporting our students through crisis. 

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Do you have several students exhibiting escalated, maybe even physical, behaviors? What is a principal to do when there are more kids than adults available? Check out this week's pod all about how to respond when your building is trying to address multiple behavior crises at once. 

Referenced: Geoff Colvin and The Acting Out Cycle

Your teachers and staff are amazing. You appreciate everything they do but know you're not telling them enough. Check out this week's pod all about showing your teachers and staff how much you appreciate them! You'll find quick and easy tips to create a culture of gratitude in your school! 

This week on the pod, Karen and Christy do an overview of the elements to consider when planning for a student who needs Tier 3 behavior supports. The Modern Principal walks you through behaviors, antecedents, consequences, functions, and more! Check out this pod if you're struggling with student behaviors and need to get your team on the same page.

Have you noticed an increase in the need for student behavior supports? You're not alone. Students behaviors seem to have increased across the country, but you're in luck - we have Amanda and Danielle from Navigating Behavior Change here to help! They are passionate about providing supports to educators to help students change their socially significant behaviors for the better, and we need to start with Tier 1. 

Check out Navigating Behavior Change! 

What even is attendance anymore? We came from a world of perfect attendance awards then to a world where we forced students to stay home for two weeks or more when they had a runny nose. So, what do we need to do in our schools with attendance now that we are in this new era? In this week's pod, The Modern Principal talks all things student attendance! 

Check out the EdWeek article we referenced here! 

We started this podcast with a DISCLAIMER: All districts have their own approaches to special education, and even more important, there are a lot of laws and statutes of which we are not experts. However, with that being said, there ARE ways to grow your own knowledge of special education as a principal. You can be a confident leader who understands the processes and supports available and provide leadership to your staff, students, and families!