Episode 50 - State POY Series - Shauna Haney (Utah) - Welcome and Wanted

Shauna Haney Principal of Ogden High School is the 2025 Utah State Principal of the Year and a 2025 NASSP National Principal of the Year Finalist.  Shauna Haney is the principal of Ogden High School in Ogden, UT. Previously, She was an assistant principal and exercise science, health, special education, and physical education teacher. A two-time Teacher of the Year (2008, 2013), she also received a Distinguished Leadership Award in 2014. Under her leadership, Ogden was one of Utah’s first schools to implement a no cell phone policy. Her leadership has also helped retain 90% of her teaching staff post-COVID, due to her focus on positive school culture and recognition of faculty and staff. Ogden is making strong progress on goals in literacy, graduation, PBIS, and talent development, and she credits its success to a dedicated faculty and staff, amazing students, and a supportive community. Shauna focuses her meaningful share on the following: - Making students and staff to feel welcome and wanted at Bogden - How to build back her staff by intentional approached of relationship building. - How she supports staff so they can support students.  - Interview practices to identify educators that care about others. - CompliMINT Cards - Tiger High Fives