Seven Favorite Things Today’s show covers seven favorite of my favorite parts of the book! One for the introduction and one for each of the six stages. The Strategic Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWRS2F6N?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520 Monthly nudges: A single email each month to highlight a single stage (link) Frede…

Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode Outline Show Description: In 2007 I lead a group of six professors at Western Carolina University in a total redesign of our masters of school administration principal licensure program. I was the coordinator of a program that had jest become fully online, our admissions were skyrocketing and our students…

Show Title: Presence and Passion for Living with Lindsay Titus Power Quote: “Emotions are energy in motion” Description: How do you take care of yourself when you are so busy taking care of others? How can you be present when there is so much to do? What’s the meaning of life? Okay, we won’t go quite that deep in today’s show, but we will explore i…

The Three Epiphanies Maybe you are a new admin this fall. Maybe you are headed to a new school. Maybe you are staying where you are, but new people are coming to you. In today’s abbreviated episode, we’ll play with this idea of newness. The Big Idea · What this podcast was going to be…. · BB King · 3 epiphanies · Can’t do everything on the front en…

Show Title: 42 and Stuff with Dr. Steve Miletto Description: Today’s conversation is like a meandering stream that is destined to end in a specific place. What are the meanders, and where do they lead? Stay tuned! Guest Bio: Dr. Steven Miletto has been an educator in Georgia(US) for 37 years. He has served public school families as a history teache…

Show Title: Authentic Parent Partnerships with Ari Gerzon-Kessler Power Quote: Description: Imagine that we have some time scheduled to meet together. What would you want to talk about? And how would I know what you wanted to talk about? You would either have had to tell me, or I would have had to ask. And if neither of those things happened before…

Supporting Early Career Teachers – a Systems Approach Show Description: With all the challenges we face, it can be difficult to focus on just one thing. In fact, it often feels like we do the opposite – throwing spaghetti on the wall to see what sticks. In today’s episode I detail how we can make important gains by focusing on one thing – helping e…

Show Title: “One-offs Matter” with Jen Manly Power Quote: “One-offs matter.” Description: Do you remember being a teacher? Or maybe you are an aspiring AP and you are still in the classroom. Either way, I want you to think about the relationship between the evaluation process, professional development days, and teacher growth. It seems like these a…

Show Title: Coaching and a Culture of Learning with Elena Aguilar Power Quote: “To normalize growth, we must normalize making mistakes.” Description: Before we get started, I need to give a shout out to Dr. Pam Buskey. Today is our anniversary and though the years have flown by too quickly, every one of them has been filled with special moments, bi…

Show Title: The Coaching Relationship with Elena Aguilar Power Quote: “We are social beings.” Description: In 2013 Elena Aguilar wrote The Art of Coaching. I came across the book soon after and it has shaped the way I view and do coaching. Today’s show is part 1 of my discussion with Elena in which we focus defining coaching and identifying the fou…

Ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the pain?) Show Description: Last week you listened to Chad Dumas and I discuss PLCs. When we began talking, I had in my head the idea of a PLC being a discrete thing – group of teachers collaborating around honing their teaching skills. I suspect that most of you listening also had similar ideas – that PLCs were thi…

Outline and Show Notes Show Title: Will the Real PLC Please Stand Up? with Dr. Chad Dumas Power Quote: “Clarity precedes confidence” Description: I’m giving you fair warning – today’s show is loaded with both big ideas and small techniques. The discussion will feel like it is meandering a bit but stay with us because it all comes together into a po…

Show Title: Celebrating 200 with Frederick and Mara Power Quote: People are the purpose Guest Bio: Frederick Buskey helps school leaders reclaim their purpose! Building on 33 years of k-12 and higher education leadership experience, Frederick provides simple frameworks and practical tools to help leaders make immediate incremental improvements. His…

Outline and Show Notes Show Title: Are You Okay? With Jamie Brown Power Quote: “Connection before correction” Jamie’s Student Debrief Protocol: 1. Are you okay? 2. What was the trigger? 3. How did the behavior impact others? 4. What could you have done differently? Description: Are you okay? Of course, your answer to that question may vary dependin…

This is a bonus episode done while I was hiking and reflecting on my own training facilitation. Frederick’s Links: Email: frederick@frederickbuskey.com Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/fdf37cbf3a The Strategic L…

Show title and release date: Who Should Drive Change? With Frederick Power quote: Lighter = faster and easier with less risk of injury Show Description: In a few weeks you will hear my discussion with Dr. Chad Dumas in which we dig into PLCs. We begin by noting the “PLC” is one of the most despised buzzwords by teachers and dig into the why. In my …

Becca Merrill is a researcher and evaluator at Education Northwest. Her content expertise is in the teacher labor market, with methodological expertise in both quantitative and qualitative designs. Her recent work focuses on teacher working conditions as a lever for teacher retention, informed by work experience as a middle school teacher. Sign up …

Outline and Show Notes Show Title: Mastermind! With Dr. Nick Davies Power Quote: Be willing to fail Description: When I say the word “mastermind”, what thoughts spring into your head? Do you picture the head of a shadowy criminal enterprise, or the 1980’s colored-dot guessing game (think WORDL with colors). Or maybe you think about a special club f…

Outline and Show Notes Show Title: Three questions with Dr. Brandon Beck Power Quote: “Our ultimate goal is to unlock unlimited potential in others” Description: Today’s show is going to inspire you. It will take you deep into yourself, maybe places you go every day, but also to places within that you haven’t visited in a while. I guarantee after t…

Interview Tip: Tell the Story that Drives You! The Big Idea · Interview tips for aspiring APs (Dos vs. don'ts, or any stories of a successful interview or an interview that did not go well) o Remember you are interviewing them o Be authentic – if you compromise in the interview you can never get it back o Tell what you have done, not what you would…

A Human Approach to Schooling with Dr. Faiza Jamil Power Quote: We lose our ability to see the whole Description: You can think of today’s show as a bit of a thought experiment. What changes if we make relationships, at every level of the school, THE priority? It is a thought experiment, but we also have lots of experience that tells us how that ex…

Power quote: If you don’t have a relationship, you aren’t coaching… your telling. Show Description: The foundation of coaching. That’s today’s topic, although it wasn’t what I had planned. This episode was scheduled to be about coaching fundamentals, but as I began working on the first part of the show – I realized the foundation needed more than a…

Investing in Growth with Dr. Nick Davies Power Quote: Control What you can Description: If you don’t grow, how can you get better? Yet, in a job where you can’t ever get everything done, how do you find time to grow? Today we have the 2024 Washington State Elementary Principal of the Year here to help us figure out how to prioritize growth. Guest B…

Stephen was a middle school Social Studies teacher for 20 years before becoming Chief Learning Officer of a blended learning platform startup. His interests are ancient history, archaeology, and travel and he is an outspoken advocate for teachers, mental health, and LGBTQ equity in the classroom and beyond. Sign up for the DivingDeepEDU Newsletter …

Description: Today’s show is guest hosted by Mara Buskey, the Inclusion Strategist at Strategic Leadership Consulting. Frederick’s new book, A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, is out and we thought it would be fun to celebrate by turning the tables and having Mara be the guest host to interview Frederick about the book. Enjoy! Guest Bio…

Guest: Andrea Bitner Show Title: We Are the Ticket with Andrea Bitner Power Quote: “Lack of language does not equal lack of intelligence” Description: I love doing shows where you, my colleague, can walk away with concrete steps to use in making immediate incremental improvements. The only thing better than those shows are the ones offering a trans…

Dr. Dana Goodier has taught World Languages and English and has worked at the middle and elementary school level as an administrator. She often speaks professionally, writes blogs for the Teach Better Team, and is the author of Out of the Trenches: Stories of Resilient Educators. Sign up for the DivingDeepEDU Newsletter Post a DivingDeepEDU podcast…

Show Title: Run to the Complexity with Jason McKenna Power Quote: STEM is a mirror of our world” Description: STEM has been around for awhile, but I’ll be honest – I don’t actually know what stem is. It is a process? A product? A package? And who can do STEM? And, as school leaders, how do we know if STEM is worth encouraging and, if it is, how do …

Description: Today’s show is completely different from anything I’ve done in the past. Our guest took my free course on building a positive classroom culture and reached out to share how he used what he learned and to pick my brain about next steps, so what you are going to hear today is a coaching call of sorts. Before we dive into the call, I nee…

The Solution Starts with Us with Charle Peck Power quote: “The solution starts with us” Show Description: Is your school community thriving? How do you know? More importantly, how do you – how can you – be a powerful agent for building a thriving school community? The wonderful thing about the answers to these questions is they are so, so simple. W…

After navigating her own career transition from teaching in 2017, Daphne Gomez founded Teacher Career Coach to support other teachers thinking of making a change. She launched the first complete coaching program of its kind, the Teacher Career Coach Course in 2019 and also hosts the popular Teacher Career Coach Podcast each week. Daphne has created…

“Let’s do this together” with Dr. Nate Regier Power Quote: Conflict has a purpose Description: One of the most frequent things I’m asked about is how to have difficult conversation. I have some thoughts, but I’m not an expert. That’s why today’s guest is here. What if we looked at conflict as an opportunity? What if accountability was something we …

Show Notes, Episode 184: The Power of Presence with Kelly Scarbrough It’s always fun to sit down with another consultant or author and dive into their field of expertise to find powerful ideas and tools you can use to improve your life and leadership. However, some of the best ideas come, not from experts, but from you, and our other colleagues who…

Outline and Show Notes Guest: Tomeka Love Links and promo stuff? Preferred name/title? Relax and laugh Will be video recording and may use small or big pieces Small things won’t be edited If there is a gaff – long pause Intro-interview-outro Questions for me? FB hit record Show Title: South Carolina Assistant Principal of the Year Tomeka Love Power…

Melissa Arnold Lyon is an assistant professor of public policy at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY. Melissa studies the political economy of education policy, focusing on inequality, governance, and teacher politics and policy. She's interested in how political structures shape and get shaped by…

Lindsay Donikian is the Executive Vice President of Teacher Growth at Elevate K-12. Lindsay focuses much of her time on teacher shortage, how to retain teachers, and live teaching as a potential solution. Sign up for the DivingDeepEDU Newsletter Post a DivingDeepEDU podcast review Subscribe to DivingDeepEDU Music: Believin Stephen Links: elevatek12…

Grace is a doctoral student at the University of Washington Evans School for Public Policy and Governance where she studies urban policy and the impact of segregation on social equity. She has a bachelor's degree in economics and English from Davidson College and worked at Brown University as a pre-doctoral researcher with Prof. Matt Kraft before a…

Originally aired as episode 125 on May 16, 2023. This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. Enjoy! Frederick’s Links: Email: frederick@frederickbuskey.com Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-3588.ck.page/fdf37cbf3a Tequila's…

Description: Back in episode 141, Dr. Helen Kelly and I talked about burnout and the things school leaders can do to help recover from work and avoid burnout. Helen noted in that show, that recovery was only 20% of the antidote, because the problem of burnout is not an individual problem – it is an organizational problem. So, if 80% of burnout is d…

Today’s show begins with a 40,000-foot view of student voice and then takes us right to ground level to break down implementation of a specific practice for elevating not only student voice, but also teacher voice. Are you ready? Connect with Lyndsay: Website: https://www.lindsaybethlyons.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/@lindsaybethlyons LinkedIn: www…

Hello Colleagues and welcome to this week’s 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! Actually, this will be our last episode of 5fF and instead of recapping… explain how I reached this decision. Lens of 3 epiphs: 1 2 3 Here’s the story: MM complaining too much to do… Jeff asked, I said… Daily em 2 pod episodes Ldr program Course dev…

Culture, specifically, organizational culture. It’s part cliché, part elusive whale, and part obsession. We all work (or have worked in my case) within schools or educational organizations which have a culture and we all know how powerfully that culture influences what happens within the school. The cliché: Culture is the key to a great school The …

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! Today’s shout out goes to… Those of you reaching out to me via email and LinkedIn! It inspires me to keep going. Specifically, I’d like to thank: Darius Coulibaly Kelly Scarbrough Valerie Jones Annette Brown And a special thanks to Tammi Barker who wrot…

177: Leaning In and Listen with Alex Auriemma About this show (Teaser from outline) I am keeping this teaser short because I cannot wait to get into today’s conversation. Back in August I encouraged listeners to ask their veteran teachers three questions. The questions were designed to help you learn more about your teachers and to help them feel l…

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! Today’s shout out goes to… my incredible book reviewers. My book on how to move from spending time on tasks to investing time in people id tentatively scheduled for publication in March. One way to tell if people really care about you is to ask for crit…

For years I have done management and discipline trainings for new teachers. For years, those trainings changed little. Recently though, by approach has shifted. I’m now focusing on helping teachers build positive classroom cultures, by attending to three elements: 1. First and most importantly are relationship 2. Second is classroom management 3. T…

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! The week’s emails: What makes a good hike? The impact of alignment on culture The 3-day pocket door series Made a mistake – what should I do? The importance of information, especially opportunity cost We must know others to understand their opportunity …

Today’s show will touch on a number of important things:· Why do great teachers leave their schools, or education? What makes a great leader? If you don’t trust a teacher to manage their own growth, what can you do about it? What do teachers want?If any of those sound interesting to you, then you should definitely enjoy today’s show! Notable Quotes…

Hello Colleagues and welcome to another 5 for Friday episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! Today’s shout out goes to Matthew Downing, host of the DivingDeep EDU podcast. Matthew was recently promoted to the role of Supervisor of elementary Instructional Technology wih the Upper Darby School District in Pennsylvania. Matthew has also been havi…

In this episode I discuss three important things I'm teaching a group of teaching interns about building a positive classroom culture. Frederick’s Links: Email: frederick@frederickbuskey.com Website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/strategicleadershipconsulting Daily Email subscribe: https://adept-experimenter-…