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Mafost Mashup
by Matt Foster
Insanely innovative ideas for school leadership and principals focused on people, culture, and impact.Lead Learning.Improve Schools.Check out the 3x's per week blog at https://mafost.com
Episodes
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Solopreneur Guide Part 1 (Bootstrapper Series)
Welcome to the Mafost Mashup reboot - this limited series is for small business owners and dreamers who are ready to bootstrap their way to brand growth and market domination. We'll cover everything you need to know about marketing a small business or startup. ...eventually, we'll polish up our...
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Our Duty to Subvert in Education
Maintenance pedagogy has it's place and so does subversive pedagogy. What mode does your school need in 2020?
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One Final Question
Why must we and when must we say stop? Continue receiving updates at the daily blog https://mafost.com
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Principal Interview Tips - Get The Gig!
Dig deeper at https://principalsseminar.com/courses/gig
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5 Reasons Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers is Plain Wrong
1) Correlation 2) Achievement 3) Student Discipline Policy 4) Programs and Initiatives 5) Construct Validity. Get more ideas and tips at https://mafost.com
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Innovation, Risks, and the Anchor
Often change or innovation appears risky to outsiders, but when done right, innovation is a natural part of successful school improvement.
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Moving into the Edupreneur Space
What's Your Next Step? A conversation with Vernon Wright (https://twitter.com/thewrightleader) and Matt Foster.
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What If Schools
Three What Ifs that could spur creativity in finding solutions for the challenges in your school.
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Time Management for Principals - Research, Tip, Concept (108)
Episode 108 is focused on time management for principals and provides recent research from new principals, a time management tip for power meetings, and an essential leadership concept - the circle of influence. Why is it that some principals always feel like there's a monkey on their...
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6 Ways to Lead Learning During The Struggle
Permission to Struggle. Survival Instincts. The amygdala. These are all tied up in the learning process and the school culture. In this, episode 107, you'll get 6 ways to lead learning in the struggle. Get insanely innovative school leadership ideas delivered to your inbox 3 days per week at...
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Two Pressures That Resist Change (Wall Building & Conformity Bias)
Understanding these two pressures can help any principals avoid plateaus and headaches associated with change resistance. Wall building and conformity bias are little known pressures that exert large influences on school cultures. Here's what to do about them. Read more on Conformity Bias at the...
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Two End of Year Announcements
1) I'm sending out the the year in review https://mafost.com/year-in-review-2019/ . 2) Inviting your input on a new project at https://principalsseminar.com
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Instructional Coaches, 4 Missed Opportunities
Clerical Work, Substituting, Intervention, Inner Circle. These are four common missed opportunities and missteps when utilizing the role of instructional coaching. Join the thousands of school leaders already receiving the Mafost Daily Blog straight to their inboxes - https://mafost.com/lead/
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Vision vs Vision Statements (Two Examples of Vivid Visions)
In this first live episode, typical school vision statements are put to the task of becoming visions. Sign up for the daily blog at https://mafost.com/lead/
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Bonus: Real Gift of Gratitude
Two Quotes on Gratitude, Special News, and a Thank You. Get the daily blog at mafost.com
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Three Communication Missteps (Rebroadcast)
These three communication missteps are essential to avoid as a principal and school leader. Your teachers, community, and students depend on it. Get the daily blog at mafost.com/lead Get the monthly blog at mafost.blog
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Clarity and Toxicity (Ep100 Rebroadcast)
Clarity and Toxicity, Matt sits with Hal Bowman and discusses real-life experiences with school cultures, including: -Shaping School Culture vs. Letting It Happen -Creating a Tribe -Bringing Clarity to the School Vision and Purpose -Uncertainty and Toxic Cultures that Result -The anxiety of the...
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Elisabeth Bostwick on Efficiency Problems, Emotional Safety, and Shaping Culture
Elisabeth Bostwick is the author of Take the LEAP: Ignite a Culture of Innovation. In this episode she shares actionable ideas related to the efficiency problem, building emotional safety in classrooms, and shaping classroom cultures. Get the book at https://amzn.to/2PPGJmD (paid link to Amazon)...
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What are Principals Learning?
Principals Mark French, Lauren Higgins, Chris Chappotin, Heather Patterson, Cathy Jacobs, Chris Legleiter, and Jon-Eric Zaier join the episode to share what they are currently learning about: Leading Community with Purpose Creating a Sense of Community in a Large School Asking for Help Being a…
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Confrontation and Candor
If you're going to lead, there will be tough conversations. But that's not the same thing as tough confrontation. Get the Daily Blog straight to your inbox three days per week at mafost.com. ___ Check out these quality resources (*paid links from Amazon Affiliates) to help your candor skills:...
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Mistakes Made Lessons Learned Part 2
Elisabeth Bostwick, Chris Chappotin, Jon-Eric Ziaer, and Chris Legleiter share mistakes they made and lesson they learned from their experiences leading learning. Topics include: Asking for Help Context Switching - Finding Your Identity Priorities, Management vs Leadership Given the Right…
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What's A Mistake That Made You Better?
Mark French, Heather Patterson, Cathy Jacobs, and Lauren Higgins discussion four lessons. Assumptions. Student Discipline. Letting Go. Relationships. These amazing school leaders and principals share mistakes they made that made them better. Next week, we'll continue this conversation with...
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Emotional Hijackers and Problem Solving That Doesn't Work
Rational problem-solving doesn't work (most of the time). This episode shares a quick strategy that does. Are We Rational Thinkers? Four Steps to Rational Problem-Solving Actionable Empathy, Not Just Venting Who Controls the Conversation? 3 Tips to Communicate a Sense of Calm Get the research and...
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Culture Crafters
4 Leadership Tips for Culture Crafting. 4 Management Tips. Questions to evaluate your school culture. Starting points for building trust and solving problems. Get the research and show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup Get the Mafost daily blog three times per week at https://mafost.com/lead
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Bonus: Fear Equation for Decision-Making
What idea is held captive by fear? Use this equation to tackle fear.
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Phrases to Help with Tough Conversations
Tough conversations are an unavoidable part of life. In school leadership, having the right words to say will compound your leadership influence. Here are 9 phrases that can help you navigate difficult conversations in your work. Get the daily blog and the show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup/
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18 Questions in 8 Minutes
Every school leader needs questions. We lead with questions. We learn from questions. Here are 18 questions for school leadership, management skills, and instructional systems. Subscribe to the daily blog at https://mafost.com/lead/
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Brief History of Management
What do World War II, Peter Drucker, and School Principals have in common? That's the guiding question in this brief history of management. Leave your thoughts at https://mafost.com/pod/
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Innovation - Three Riffs
What do the Houston Texans, Stock Market, and School Innovation have in common? Plus, a special invite to go.822tribe.com
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Obstacles and Traits (Part 2)
In this episode, part 2 of "10 Obstacles and 10 Traits," we look into teacher obstacles 6-10, which are: Upward Mobility Perceived Disconnect Support Sabotage Cynicism Likewise, 5 leadership traits are offered to help tackle these obstacles in your school. Get the research at...
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10 Obstacles and 10 Traits
This is part 1 of 10 obstacles facing your school and 10 leadership traits that will remove those obstacles! Are you ready to level up your leadership? Visit https://mafost.com/lead/
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Emotional Labor of Teaching
The emotional labor of teaching - what is it and what can we do about it? Mismanaged and it leads to teacher stress, fatigue, and even burnout. Here are some questions and ideas to ponder. Share your thoughts on this topic at https://mafost.com/pod/ Read the full article "Teach Your Heart Out,...
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Bonus: Academics vs Life
A quick rant on the limitations of academics. Changes are coming to education. Is your school ready?
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Fear and Creativity, A Few Riffs
Fear and Creativity. They feel like opposing forces. Elizabeth Gilbert thinks so - as you'll hear in today's episode. Share your thoughts at https://anchor.fm/mafost/message Grade the show notes at mafost.com/mashup/ Episode Sponsor: PrincipalTribe.org
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Reflective Leadership
Actionable ideas for increasing reflective leadership in four different areas. Get the resources at mafost.com/resources and the show notes at mafost.com/mashup/.
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Bonus: Shared Accountability (4 Steps)
A riff on 4 steps to building shared accountability within your school's culture. Get the Mafost Blog three times per week in your inbox >> https://mafost.com/lead/
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Team Entropy
Ever wonder why some teams are wildly successful and others struggle to solve problems? Team problem-solving is not that straightforward - it involves team entropy. What is team entropy? What are the 4 phases of team problem-solving? What leadership moves can you take to prevent team entropy? Get...
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Back to School Transformed
Transform basic back to school principal tasks into vehicles for crafting school culture. In episode 79, we explore: Back to School Letter 2.0 Pre-Videos for Meet and Greets First Day back with Staff Edcamps Micro Emails Delegation Insider/Outsider Focus 5 Visibility Techniques Get the research…
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Dam Capacity
How does a school leader or principal build collective efficacy? In this episode of the Mafost Mashup: Floods The Metaphor A Rant on Effective Balance Between Leadership and Capacity Places to Build Collective Efficacy Smart Data Methods Building Communication Capacity Teachers Giving and…
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Staying Focused as a School
If you’ve sat behind the principal’s desk for more than 6 hours, you know it’s difficult, and in some cases impossible, to stay focused on any single task. Magnify that challenge across days, weeks, and semesters, and you have the daunting challenge of staying focused as a school principal or...
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Houston, We've Had A Problem
Problem-Solving on Teams is not as easy as it looks. Teacher teams, school leadership teams, and district leadership teams can get distracted by sophisticated problems. In this episode, you'll find the role leaders can play in improving the performance of teams in educational improvement.…
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Bonus: Say No This Summer
Bonus Episode: Saying No This Summer. It really is the only way to open the space for improvement. Why must we say no? How does it benefit the school? Get the monthly article at mafost.blog Need help with a topic? Have a question I can answer for you? Send me a comment at mafost.com/pod/ or tap…
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How To Increase Your School Leadership Network (Blog Crawl)
What is a blog crawl? This strategy will increase your school leadership network, your professional learning, and your contribution to the profession. A blog crawl is a great way for school leaders and principals to collaborate and generate new ideas and solutions. This episode will examine the...
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How to Scale A/B Testing in Your School
This is the single most important strategy to improve learning in any school, and here's a simple 3 step process for scaling A/B Testing (split testing) in your school. Plus: - The Fallacy of Waiting on Proof - - John Hattie Misunderstood and Misused - - An Example of A/B Testing - - 3 Steps to...
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5+ Strategies: How to Jump Start the Next School Year
Now is the time to jump start the next school year. Here are 5 strategies to help you with this, plus bonus ideas from a few friends. School Leadership Strategies in this episode: Plan Out Your Summer Collaborations. Address August Amnesia. Create Outlier Policies. Visit With Your People. Manage...
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Bonus: Action and the Planning Fallacy
In this bonus episode, we briefly look into the planning fallacy and why it makes action so difficult for strategic plans or improvement plans.
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5 Ways to Initiate Change in School Culture
It takes more than spreading the narrative, using social media, or creating a "brand" to make change happen in school culture. As a matter of fact, there are three categories for leadership behaviors that can impact school culture. In this episode, I'll share 5 ways to initiate change that can...
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6 Tactics for Empowering Your School
Let's get concrete on the topic of empowerment. Here are 6 ways to empower your teachers, teams, and staff members. Download the research for this episode at mafost.com/mashup/
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Personalized Learning with and without Technology (Marci Houseman Part 2)
In part 2 of this discussion, we talk about the core concepts and practices in personalized learning, both with and without technology. Several metaphors are given for personalized learning, and Marci shares insights into how Lexia Learning uses technology to enhance teaching. Get the show notes…
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Insanely innovative ideas for school leadership and principals focused on people, culture, and impact.Lead Learning.Improve Schools.Check out the 3x's per week blog at https://mafost.com
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Who hosts Mafost Mashup?
Mafost Mashup is created and hosted by Matt Foster.
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