Outline and Show Notes

Show Title: What SPED Needs from You with Liz Capone

Guest: Liz Capone

Teaser:

It’s pretty typical for new assistant principals to be given fairly substantial responsibilities, related to special education, especially in terms of attending IEP meetings. This is fine if the assistant principal has a background in special education, but when they don’t, it can present complex and meaningful challenges in today’s episode will explore, at least at a surface level what it means to be a good and capable steward for special education, students, families, and their teachers.

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Show Intro:

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Guest Bio:

Liz Capone, M.S. is the co-founder of PD Ninja, which provides custom K-12 PD for buildings and districts. She is a former Special Education teacher who taught every grade level from pre-K to 12 in settings ranging from inclusion, self-contained, ESY, and a locked residential treatment center. Liz has also worked nationally as an expert witness in education and family law cases involving children with special needs.

Warmup questions:

• We always like to start with a celebration. What are you celebrating today?
• Is there a story that will help listeners understand why you are doing what you do?

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Closing questions:

• 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?
• Where can people learn more about you and your work…

Summary/wrap up

• Find an expert and don’t assume it is the teacher, leverage that expertise to support the teacher
• Relationships, check ins, self-care (for the T)
• Facilitate discussions on role clarity

Special thanks to the amazing Ranford Almond for the great music on the show. Please support Ranford and the show by checking out his music!

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Sponsor Links:

IXL: http://ixl.com/assistant 

Kaleidoscope Adventures: https://www.kaleidoscopeadventures.com/the-assistant-principal-podcast-kaleidoscope-adventures/

Close

• Leadership is a journey and thank you for choosing to walk some of this magical path with me.
• You can find links to all sorts of stuff in the show notes, including my website https://www.frederickbuskey.com/
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  • Ask reflective questions
  • And then just listen
  • Don’t overcomplicate it, the value is in the listening.
• Have a great rest of the week!
• Cheers!

Guest Links:

PDninja.com 

Frederick’s Links:

Email: [email protected]

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

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