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The Assistant Principal Podcast — 312 episodes

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Reimagining Leadership in the Age of AI with Jerry Almendarez

2

Motivation Deep Dive with Katie Powell

3

What SPED Needs from You with Liz Capone

4

Schools to Watch with Dr. Joe Coleman

5

My 11 Morning Affirmations

6

Reframing Resistance with Becca Silver

7

Urgency and Efficacy with Taylor Crosby

8

Leadership with Brian Martin

9

If I had One Day with You

10

Realistic Recharge with Dr. Julie Schmidt Hasson

11

What Does Burnout Mean? with Dr. Julie Schmidt Hasson

12

A Builder of People with Dr. Robert Maddox

13

The Power of Short Cycle Change Part 2

14

The Power of Short Cycle Change Part 1

15

WOW! 300!

16

The Systems Supporting Teacher Growth with Isiah Williams

17

Guiding Change with Dr. Christie Cooper

18

Leadership Styles with Dr. Christie Cooper

19

Five Change Lessons

20

Make Every Moment Count with POY Jason Johnson

21

Doing is Not Serving with Leah Marone

22

When There are I's in TEAM with Chad Dumas

23

What a Ford Mav-Wreck Can Teach Us About Leadership

24

Reimagining School Leadership with Dr. Lindsay Whorton

25

Bonus-Preview with Dr. Lindsay Whorton

26

The Five Gives

27

When Things Didn't Go Well in the Fall

28

Oh, They are Mad! with Darrin Peppard

29

Three Resolutions and One Word

30

Reflecting on Leadership with Darryall White

31

10 Things I Learned

32

5-Minute Coaching

33

Listen More, Speak Less with Chris Horton

34

Shared Leadership with Simone Lieschke

35

Thankfully Thinking with Frederick

36

We Don’t Know it All with Heidi Fagerness

37

Have Gratitude with AP of the Year Darryall White

38

Support Network Coaching Call with Penny Connors

39

Strive For Presence Not Perfection with Angela Maiers

40

SWOT

41

Strategies to Support Lateral Entry Teachers with Amber Coburn

42

When Work Follows You Home

43

When Your Work Follows You Home: Transitions

44

Three Leadership Things You Should Be Doing Now with Frederick and Mara

45

Three Things You Should Be Doing for Yourself Right Now with Frederick and Mara

46

The Key Ingredient in New Teacher Support with Cathy Lacey

47

Building Bridges with Dr. Don Parker

48

This is Going to be Difficult with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns

49

Bolstering New and Veteran Teacher Agency (with Natalia Mejia and Xavier Adams)

50

Rich PD on Pauper’s Wages with Michele Mattoon

51

Listening as a Form of Empowerment with Elena Aguilar

52

What’s Your Story? with Elena Aguilar

53

Your First Year as an AP: Real Talk from the Trenches

54

Support and Grow (4 year anniversary episode)

55

Help Me Understand with Stand Tall Steve

56

The Listening Muscle with Elena Aguilar

57

The Pillar of Empathy with Jim Carlough

58

Uncovering Rocks with Will Lepech

59

Teacher-centric PD with Cathy Lacey

60

Two for the Price of One (!) with Frederick and Darrin

61

SAM I Am with Mark Shellinger

62

SWOT!

63

Just Say “No!” with Charles Williams

64

National High School AP of the Year Saani Perry

65

On Trust and Kindness with Dr. Chris Culver

66

They Want to be Heard with Principal Todd Shadley

67

A Culture of Connection with Erika and Tiffany

68

Is Your Best Good Enough? With Leigh Ann Alford-Keith

69

The Motivation Equation

70

(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas

71

Follow up Questions for From Fires to Fulfillment

72

The First Step to Great Relationships with Joe Pettit

73

Final Questions First with Joe Pettit

74

From Fires to Fulfillment

75

8 Actions to Lift People Up

76

Turbulence

77

Be the Mirror with Tequila Lamar

78

#238: Can Adults Just Act Like Adults? With Frederick

79

Helping Teachers Call Home With Jamie Brown

80

Culture Questions From Claude Part II

81

Culture Questions From Claude Part I

82

Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar

83

Greatest Episode of All Time: Imposter Syndrome

84

2024’s BEST Podcast!

85

A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture

86

Email Sucks!

87

10 Awesome Time Hacks with Dr. Darrin Peppard

88

The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer

89

Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma

90

Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford

91

Silence is Golden

92

The Power of Reflection

93

Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas With Frederick

94

How Will You Show Up?

95

What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick

96

Why be great when you can be good enough?

97

If you want to help Western North Carolina please listen!

98

Teacher Evaluation is Broken with Frederick

99

O Captain, My Captain with Mike Miller

100

The Principal’s GREAT Assistant Principal with John Hinds

101

10 Ways in 10 Days Part 2

102

10 Ways in 10 Days: Easy Activities for Supporting New Teachers, Part 1

103

Seven Favorites with a Special Guest!

104

Vision with Frederick

105

Presence and Passion for Living with Lindsay Titus

106

The Three Epiphanies

107

42 and Stuff with Dr. Steve Miletto

108

Authentic Parent Partnerships with Ari Gerzon-Kessler

109

A Path Forward - Classroom Culture and Early Career Teachers

110

“One-offs Matter” with Jen Manly

111

Coaching and a Culture of Learning with Elena Aguilar

112

The Coaching Relationship with Elena Aguilar

113

Ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the pain?)

114

Will the Real PLC Please Stand Up? with Dr. Chad Dumas

115

Celebrating 200 Episodes!

116

"Are You Okay?" With Jamie Brown

117

Can Frederick Hike and Coach at the Same Time?

118

Who Should Drive Change? With Frederick

119

Mastermind! With Dr. Nick Davies

120

Three Questions with Dr. Brandon Beck

121

Interview Tip: Tell the Story that Drives You!

122

A Human Approach to Schooling with Dr. Faiza Jamil

123

The Foundation of Coaching

124

Investing in Growth with Dr. Nick Davies

125

Reclaiming Purpose with Frederick and Mara

126

We Are the Ticket with Andrea Bitner

127

Run to the Complexity with Jason McKenna

128

CRABS – A Coaching Call with Mitchell Hall

129

The Solution Starts with Us with Charle Peck

130

“Let’s do this together” with Dr. Nate Regier

131

The Power of Presence with Kelly Scarbrough

132

South Carolina Assistant Principal of the Year Tomeka Love

133

Favorite episode: Imposter Syndrome with Tequila Lamar

134

It’s About the Small Things with Dr. Helen Kelly

135

How can I co-create today? With Dr. Lindsay Lyons

136

Five for Friday Farewell

137

The Six Dimensions of Organizations with Frederick

138

Five for Friday November 13-17, 2023

139

Lean in and Listen with Alex Auriemma

140

Five for Friday Nov. 6-10, 2023

141

Four Classroom Culture Breakdowns

142

Five For Friday October 30-Nov 3, 2023

143

What’s Getting in the Way? with Caitlin Mitchell

144

Five For Friday October 23-27, 2023

145

Building a better classroom culture with Frederick

146

Five For Friday October 16-20, 2023

147

The why and how of meetings with Michele Matoon

148

Five for Friday October 9-13, 2023

149

Tech as a tool for supporting teachers with Jessica Preisig

150

Five for Friday October 2-6, 2023

151

Being a human is being imperfect with Dr. Efraín Martínez

152

Five for Friday September 25-29, 2023

153

Four Things You Should Do This Week!

154

Five for Friday September 18-22, 2023

155

You make it what you want with Sean Olson

156

Five for Friday September 11-15, 2023

157

Presence with Frederick

158

Five for Friday September 4-8, 2023

159

Making Deposits with Lisa Parry

160

Five for Friday August 28-Sept. 1, 2023

161

Dancing on the Periphery with Frederick

162

Five for Friday, August 21-25, 2023

163

Holding Up the Mirror with Frederick

164

Five for Friday, August 14-18, 2023

165

Strive for presence, not perfection with Angela Maiers

166

Five for Friday, August 7-11, 2023

167

Being Present for the Long Game with William D. Parker

168

Five for Friday July 31-August 4, 2023

169

“I’m so glad you are here!” with Natalia Meija

170

Five for Friday July 24-28, 2023

171

Building a Support Network with Frederick

172

Five for Friday July 17-21, 2023

173

Compassionate Accountability with Dr. Nate Regier

174

Five for Friday July 10-14, 2023

175

Something we do together with Dr. Helen Kelly

176

Five for Friday July 3-7, 2023

177

The difference between good and great leaders with Darrin Peppard

178

Five for Friday June 26-30, 2023

179

Making Mandates Motivating with Mike Anderson

180

Five for Friday June 19-23, 2023

181

Retribution Versus Restoration with AJ Crabill

182

Five for Friday June 12-6, 2023

183

Deeper Learning with Dr. Sarah Fine

184

Five for Friday June 4-9, 2023

185

New to the game?

186

Five for Friday May 29 – June 2, 2023

187

*Secrets* of Teacher Retention with Dr. Luke Simmering

188

Five for Friday May 22-26, 2023

189

Pause, breathe, flourish with William D Parker

190

Five for Friday May 15-20, 2023

191

Are you worthy? With Tequila Lamar

192

Five for Friday May 8-12, 2023

193

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Dr. Jacque Jacobs and Dr. Kevin O’Gorman, May 9, 2023

194

Five for Friday May 1-5, 2023

195

10 Simple Steps to a Better School

196

Five for Friday April 24-28, 2023

197

It is simpler than you think!

198

Five for Friday April 17-21, 2023

199

Crisis Prevention with Dr. Kevin Mabie

200

Five for Friday April 10-14, 2023

201

All the Answers Are Already in the Room with Dr. Tiffany Brunson

202

Five for Friday April 3-7, 2023

203

Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall Part 2, 4/4/2023

204

Five for Friday March 27-31, 2023

205

Trust-Based Observations with Craig Randall, 3/27/2023

206

Five for Friday March 20-24, 2023

207

Examples of Five-Minute Coaching

208

Five for Friday March 13-17, 2023

209

The Keys to Greatness with Dr. Todd Whitaker, March 14, 2023

210

Five for Friday, March 6-10, 2023

211

You Are the Master of Time with Danny Bauer, March 7, 2023

212

Five for Friday February 27-March 3, 2023

213

The Journey and The Guide

214

Five for Friday February 20-24, 2023

215

Wisdom in Two Parts with Dr. Jan Osborn, Part 2

216

Without People, We Have No Purpose with Dr. Jan Osborn

217

Mentor Me

218

Five for Friday February 6-10, 2023

219

Every building, every class, every day! with Eleanor MaCauley

220

Five for Friday January 30-February 2, 2023

221

All Other Duties as Assigned with Dr. Ryan Donlan

222

Five for Friday January 23-27, 2023

223

Cultivating Motivation with Mike Anderson

224

Five for Friday January ​16-20

225

Meet the New Principal with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 2

226

Five for Friday January 9-13, 2023

227

It won't work! with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 1

228

Five for Friday December 31-January 6, 2022 and 2023

229

People Before Purpose

230

Five for Friday December 26-30, 2022

231

Bonus: Who are you? With Craig Martin

232

Five for Friday December 19-23, 2022

233

BONUS: Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill

234

Five for Friday December 12-16, 2022

235

The APs Journey with Maria Werner

236

Five for Friday December 5-9, 2022

237

What’s your problem?

238

Five for Friday November 28-December 2, 2022

239

Just Be Visible with Dr. David Franklin

240

Five for Friday November 21-25, 2022

241

The Flywheel Part 2

242

Five For Friday November 14-18

243

The Flywheel Part 1

244

Five For Friday November 7-11

245

Professional Development

246

Five For Friday October 31 - November 4

247

Restorative Justice Through the Heart with Josh Stamper

248

Five For Friday October 24-28

249

Procedures - Small Tweaks, Big Gains!

250

Five for Friday, October 22-28, 2022

251

Blooming Where You Are Planted with Robyn Jackson

252

Five for Friday 17-21

253

The Four Patterns of Observation

254

Five for Friday October 3-7, 2022

255

Productive Disruption with Dr. Mary Hemphill

256

Five for Friday, September 26-30, 2022

257

The Three Epiphanies

258

Five for Friday, September 19-23

259

What Do Your Big Initiatives Actually Cost?

260

Five for Friday, September 12-16, 2022

261

Supporting New Teachers with John Schembari

262

Five for Friday, September 2-9, 2022

263

The Black Hole of Urgency

264

Is your journey like mine?

265

Five for Friday, August 29 - September 2, 2022

266

Supporting New Teachers

267

Five for Friday, August 22-26, 2022

268

Who Are You? with Craig Martin

269

Five for Friday - 50th Anniversary Edition!

270

The ILT

271

Five for Friday, August 12, 2022

272

From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2

273

From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1

274

Five for Friday, August 5, 2022

275

The Story That Drives Me

276

Five for Friday, July 29, 2022

277

The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis

278

Five for Friday, July 22, 2022

279

Team Coaching with John Willis

280

Five for Friday, July 15, 2022

281

Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek

282

Five for Friday, July 4-8, 2022

283

Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith

284

Recapping the Daily Emails, June 27-July 1, 2022

285

Persistent Growth with Emily Parks

286

Recapping the daily emails 6-20-24

287

The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns

288

Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner

289

Six Ways to Eliminate Interruptions

290

Culture with Brad Coleman

291

The Ship is Sinking

292

Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard?

293

Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill

294

Parents and Community with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith

295

The Four Patterns of Observation

296

Testing Coordination with Carrie Prochaska

297

Growth Mindset with Becca Silver

298

Meeting the Needs of New Teachers

299

Change Starts from Within with Gabby Grant

300

Exceptional Student Support with Elizabeth Schumpert

301

The Math of Leverage

302

The Four Principles of Leverage

303

Becoming Strategically Reactive!

304

Teacher Leadership with Melissa Burns

305

The Teacher Tracking Document

306

What Makes a Great AP with Brenda Byrd

307

Episode 12: Becca Silver and Instructional Coach Relationships

308

Episode 8: Who Should I Coach?

309

Episode 7: Dr. Sam Sircey and Perspectives

310

Episode 6: A Coaching Grab Bag

311

Episode 5: Your relationship with Email

312

Episode 4: 5-Minute Coaching DEEP Dive