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203 - Our Christian School SUED MARYLAND, AND WON! Principaling Through Litigation with Claire Dant - Part 2

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202 - Our Christian School SUED MARYLAND, AND WON! Principaling Through Litigation with Claire Dant - Part 1

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201 - How Schools Can Engage with STAR WARS and Other Controversial BLOCKBUSTERSControversial Franchises Without Compromising Faith

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200 - State of the Pod VI: THE 200th EPISODE!

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199 - Sharing A Classroom with a Sunday School

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198 - The Value of Fine Arts Competitions in Christian Schools

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197 - Coaching to Cancel Crucial Classroom Cleanup Conundrums

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196 - End of the Year Principal Checklist

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195 - Administrative Accessibility, Especially with Principal Lamb and his Mobile Cart in Mind!

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194 - A Conversation with Colson Educators Director, Billy Hutchinson

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193 - Celebrating National Student-Athletes in our Christian Schools

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192 - Top 5 MUST DOs for Christian School Admin on Spring Break

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191 - Matt Reacts to a Kindergarten reading REVOLUTION!

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190 - Reaction to the 2026 MACS Administrator's Retreat

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189 - The VALUE of a Christian College-Prepared Educator!

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188 - Our Top 5 Rules for Outdoor Learning

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187 - Is Failure Success in Christian Schools?

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186 - Follow-Up to the Episodes with the Public School Teacher

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185 - Faculty & Staff Casual Days

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184 - Top 3 Ways Principals Show Faculty They Are Appreciated

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183 - Literacy Rates: A National Review with a Christian School Focus

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182 - Why Incentivizing Students May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

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181 - Principals Lobbying Together for Christian Schools in Annapolis

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180 - Vain Prayers in Our Schools

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179 - Building the Perfect Playground - The next in our Building the Perfect Series

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178 - Gift Giving On Valentine's Day and Such

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177 - The Best Checklist for Faculty Classroom Observations

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176 - Axe the Bubble Language

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175 - The Top 5 Questions to Ask Interested Parents During Admissions Interviews #admissions

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174 - Free Money for Your School! One Big Beautiful Bill's School Choice Tax Credit

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173 - What Christian School Administrators Spouses Deal With! #spouse #christianhome #nationalspouseday

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172 - Delegation with Mark Minkus

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171 - Should Schools Close for MLK Day? Exploring MLK's Impact on Chrisitan Education

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170 - Emotional Toll Of Suspending Or Expelling Students

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169 - Revolutionizing Tuition: How to Align Fees with Your Mission

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168 - A Chat With a Public School Teacher - Part 2

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167 - A Chat With a Public School Teacher #conversation #differentviewpoints #christianeducation

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166 - Building the Perfect Bathroom and Other New Years Resolutions

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165 - Know Who You Are and Act Like It! #knowyourself #missiondriven

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164 - Christmas Day Episode

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163 - Principal's Timeline: January

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162 - The Best Class Size

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161 - Unlocking Instagram for Christian Schools with Rhiannan Burch #instagram #socialmedia

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160 - Christmas Shop

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159 - Government Overreach in Homeschool Education: Responding to MSDE Unbiblical Worldview

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158 - Vision Casting Workshop

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157 - DEMANDING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT! JURY DUTY-STYLE PARENT INVOLVEMENT! #christianeducation #whatif #rawreaction

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156 - Thanksgiving Episode

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155 - The Principal's Timeline: December

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154 - Reaction to the ODACS Educators' Convention

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153 - State of the Pod V: 150 episodes, 300 followers, 1K IG reel, and a new partner!

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152 - Reaction to the 2nd MACSA Convention

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151 - Celebrating the Military in Christian Schools #military #christianschools #christianeducation

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150 - Reaction to the Mid Atlantic Christian School Association Educators Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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149 - FREE Herzog Foundation Retreat and Professional Development Opportunities EMPOWER Christian School Leaders and Educators!

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148 - Reaction to the Herzog Foundation Teacher Retreat Professional Development at the Museum of the Bible

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147 - The Principal's Timeline: November - What No One Got Taught in College About Being a Christian School Principal

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146 - Comparing School Management Software Systems, Learning Management Systems, School Information Systems, and more!

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145 - Grading Mistakes Teachers Make in Middle and High School

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144 - Effective Spiritual Leadership in Christian School Administrators

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143 - Balancing Act: Education, Leadership, and Life Christian Education

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142 - Grading Mistakes Elementary Teachers Make

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141 - Strong Christian School Scholarship Guidelines - GIVING AWAY MONEY!

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140 - Empowering Educators and Principals of Christian Schools: The Mid-Atlantic Christian School Association Teachers Conference

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139 - 2025 KCEA Educators Conference Reaction and PRINCIPAL APPRECIATION HOT MIC SHOUT OUTS!

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138 - Principal's Timeline: October #October #christianeducation

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137 - From the Ballpark to Your Office: Handling the Phillies Karen #whatif #hypothetical

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136 - Hearing From An Expert Who Founded Two Christian Schools

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135 - The Principals Unplugged: A Honest Look Behind the Scenes

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134 - A Reaction to Charlie Kirk's Shooting and More from a Couple of Christian School Principals

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133 - Speaking with a Christian School Principal on the Rural Eastern Shore of Virginia

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132 - Revisiting Dancing at a Christian School Prom

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131 - Morning Announcements in Christian Schools

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130 - First Day Logistics at a Chistian School

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129 - Being a Skinny Administrator

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128 - Principal's Timeline: August

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127 - Discussing Suicide and Mental Health in Christian Schools

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126 - Thoughts From a Rookie Christian School Administrator

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125 - State of the Pod IV - Year One Down, Year Two Begins

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124 - Building the Perfect - Hallway

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123 - Changing a Christian School's Bible Curriculum

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122 - Christian School Back to School Parent Orientation

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121 - Christian School Faculty AI Policy

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120 - Cell Phones in Christian Schools - Revisited

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119 - The Principal's Timeline - August

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118 - Entrepreneurship in Christian Schools with Dana Roefer of Faith Driven Entrepreneurship FOR TEENS

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117 - Let's Hear What You Have to Say - An Inbox & Ratings Review!

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116 - Dancing at Christian School Proms

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115 - Christian School Couples

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114 - When Servant Leadership Goes Too Far

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113 - Sex Education in Christian Schools: A Case Study

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112 - Sex Education in Christian Schools : What Is the School's Place?

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111 - Sex Education in Christian Schools: Hear Us Out Please!

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110 - Burnout and Stress Management for Christian School Leaders with Mark Minkus

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109 - Burnout and Stess Management for Christian School Leaders with Mark Minkus

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108 - Principal's Timeline: July

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107 - The Attic and an Inbox Review

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106 - End fo the Year Awards Ceremony

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105 - The Minnesota Association of Christian Schools with Alan Hodak

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104 - Time Saving AI Tools for Christian School Administrators

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103 - Homeschoolers in Christian Schools : Part 2

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102 - The Christian School Yearbook

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101 - What it's Like Running a Christian School on Maui!

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100 - The FERMIUM PODCAST #100!

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99 - Principal's Timeline : June

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98.5 - MACS Spring Meeting REACTION

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98 - Why Parents Choose a Christian School with Craig Castle

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97 - Homeschoolers in Christian Schools Part 1

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96 - School Branding with Madison Carr of the Creative Chameleon Studio

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95 - Matt Reacts to His School's Accreditation Site Visit!

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94 - Taking Your Students on a Missions Trip with guest Lesli Nichols

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93 - Accreditation Documentation: Editing

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92 - Principal's Timeline: May

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91 - Improving the Discipleship of Student-Athletes with guest Joshua Horning

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90 - The Value of Recurring Field Trips

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89 - Building Biblical Worldview Purposefully with Dr. Maggie Pope of Summit Ministries

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88 - Accreditation Documentation: Providing Evidence

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87 - Handling Pranks in a Christian School

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86 - Brand Refresh Reveal

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85 - STATE OF THE POD III

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84 - Accreditation Documentation: Process of Writing

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83 - Raw Reaction to Completing an Accreditation Site Visit!

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82 - Reaction to the Maryland Asociation of Christian Schools 2025 Administrators Retreat

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81 - Principal's Timeline: April

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80 - Free Christian School Marketing Training from Herzog Foundation Partner Jim McKenzie

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79 - College Tours for Senior High Students in Our Christian Schools

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78 - Building the Perfect: Principal's Office: Ceiling, Walls, Floor

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77 - Grandparents Day in Christian Schools

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76 - Senior Trips - Diving Deep Into This Christian School Tradition

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75 - FREE Christian School Administration Training with the Herzog Foundation

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74 - Building the Perfect Principal's Office: Seating

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73 - Principals Timeline: March

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72 - The Changing Definition of Bullying

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71 - Building the Perfect: Principal's Office: Desk

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70 - What We Love About Leading Maryland Christian Schools on Valentines Day

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69- Cost-Effective Celebrations of Faculty Successes

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68 - Military Recruitment: Coast Guard

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67 - In-Person Professional Development

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66- Principal's Timeline: February

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65 - National School Choice Week

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64- Appreciating Celibate, Influencer Teacher Syndrome

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63- Inclement Weather Days: Always Upsetting Someone!

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62- Keeping a Mission-Minded Lost and Found

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61- Come At Us! Responding to a Listener's Comments on Episode 55

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60- Lightning Pod: Herzog Foundation Announcement

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59- Group Membership Benefits with Returning Guest Brad Parker

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58- Casual Days

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57- Building the Perfect- Vision Session

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56- Lightning Pod: 2025 CPP Resolutions

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55-Answering an Interested Parent

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54- Faculty Raise or More Staffing

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53- Christmas Gift to CPP

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52- Christmas Bonuses

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51.5- Lightning Pod: Staplers

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51- Different Since Covid

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50- The Golden Pod

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49-State of the Pod II

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48-Reaction to Serving on an Accreditation Team

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47- Pickup Lines

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46-Responding to a Response

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45- Tough Conversations with Faculty: Letting Them Go

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44- Tough Conversations with Faculty- Policy Enforcement

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43- Tough Conversations with Faculty- Instructional Improvement

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42- Communicating with Faculty and Staff During a Lockdown, Part 1

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41- Reacting to the NEA’s Impact of Social Media and Personal Devices on Mental Health 8.12.24 Report

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40- Thanksgiving Traditions

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39 - Lightning Pod Reaction to President-elect Trump’s 10-point Plan for Education

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38 - A Principal's Journey with guest Lesli Nichols

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37- Building a Biblical Worldview with guest Maggie Pope, Ph.D.

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36- LIGHTING POD- Scheduling and Absenteeism Post-COVID

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35- Promoting Ministry Focused Students Follow Up - with guest Josh Moore

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34- LIGHTNING POD- Reaction to the 2024 Election Night

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33-Actively Retaining Teachers- Follow up

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32- Promoting Ministry-Focused Students in Our Christian Schools

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31- Drop Off Line

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30- Dealing with Halloween in a Christian School

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29- Office to Home Communication

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28- Teacher Titles- Followup

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27- Pursuing Higher Ed While Principal'n with guest, Stuart Rodgers

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26- Administrator - School Board Relationship with guest expert, Dr. Roger Erdvig

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25- Responding to the Ed Choice Annual Report

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24- Part 1: Cost Conscious Cybersecurity - Faculty and Staff Training Workshop

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24- Part 2: Cybersecurity on a Shoestring Budget

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23- State of the Pod I

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22- Actively Retaining Teachers

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21- KCEA Live Episode

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20- Teacher Non-Contract Hours with Guest, Hope Cupery

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CPP @ KCEA Announcement

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19- Administrators' Personal Social Media Accounts

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18- School Cybersecurity with guest, James Rabe

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17- The Perfect PTF

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16 - Teacher-Student Familiarity

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15- A Response to Recent School Shootings

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14- Building the Super Sub

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13- Athletic Coaches- Just the Start

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12- Faculty Devotions

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11- Dress Code Enforcement

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10 - First Day Traditions

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9 - Back to School Orientation - Content - with guest, Brad Parker

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8 - Lobbying in DC - BONUS POD - Mark solo hosts

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7: Back to School Orientation - Layout and Atmosphere

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6 - Faculty and Staff Recruitment on LinkedIn and Indeed with guest Matthew Zockoll

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5 - Staff Kids on Campus

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4 - Student Cell Phone Usage in School

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3 - Small Group Fundraising

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2 - Bathroom Monitoring

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1 - Intro & Networking