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The Assistant Principal Podcast — 319 episodes

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Just say “YES” with Ronke Adetolu

2

Influence and Power

3

Our Morning Routines

4

AI Beyond the Talk with Dr. Rachelle Denê Poth

5

Stop, Drop, and Get Organized with Jeffrey Bradbury

6

Small Practices to Live and Lead Better with Mara Almond

7

Nurturing Collective Efficacy with Kurtis Hewson

8

Reimagining Leadership in the Age of AI with Jerry Almendarez

9

Motivation Deep Dive with Katie Powell

10

What SPED Needs from You with Liz Capone

11

Schools to Watch with Dr. Joe Coleman

12

My 11 Morning Affirmations

13

Reframing Resistance with Becca Silver

14

Urgency and Efficacy with Taylor Crosby

15

Leadership with Brian Martin

16

If I had One Day with You

17

Realistic Recharge with Dr. Julie Schmidt Hasson

18

What Does Burnout Mean? with Dr. Julie Schmidt Hasson

19

A Builder of People with Dr. Robert Maddox

20

The Power of Short Cycle Change Part 2

21

The Power of Short Cycle Change Part 1

22

WOW! 300!

23

The Systems Supporting Teacher Growth with Isiah Williams

24

Guiding Change with Dr. Christie Cooper

25

Leadership Styles with Dr. Christie Cooper

26

Five Change Lessons

27

Make Every Moment Count with POY Jason Johnson

28

Doing is Not Serving with Leah Marone

29

When There are I's in TEAM with Chad Dumas

30

What a Ford Mav-Wreck Can Teach Us About Leadership

31

Reimagining School Leadership with Dr. Lindsay Whorton

32

Bonus-Preview with Dr. Lindsay Whorton

33

The Five Gives

34

When Things Didn't Go Well in the Fall

35

Oh, They are Mad! with Darrin Peppard

36

Three Resolutions and One Word

37

Reflecting on Leadership with Darryall White

38

10 Things I Learned

39

5-Minute Coaching

40

Listen More, Speak Less with Chris Horton

41

Shared Leadership with Simone Lieschke

42

Thankfully Thinking with Frederick

43

We Don’t Know it All with Heidi Fagerness

44

Have Gratitude with AP of the Year Darryall White

45

Support Network Coaching Call with Penny Connors

46

Strive For Presence Not Perfection with Angela Maiers

47

SWOT

48

Strategies to Support Lateral Entry Teachers with Amber Coburn

49

When Work Follows You Home

50

When Your Work Follows You Home: Transitions

51

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

52

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

53

The Key Ingredient in New Teacher Support with Cathy Lacey

54

Building Bridges with Dr. Don Parker

55

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

56

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

57

Rich PD on Pauper’s Wages with Michele Mattoon

58

Listening as a Form of Empowerment with Elena Aguilar

59

What’s Your Story? with Elena Aguilar

60

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

61

Support and Grow (4 year anniversary episode)

62

Help Me Understand with Stand Tall Steve

63

The Listening Muscle with Elena Aguilar

64

The Pillar of Empathy with Jim Carlough

65

Uncovering Rocks with Will Lepech

66

Teacher-centric PD with Cathy Lacey

67

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

68

SAM I Am with Mark Shellinger

69

SWOT!

70

Just Say “No!” with Charles Williams

71

National High School AP of the Year Saani Perry

72

On Trust and Kindness with Dr. Chris Culver

73

They Want to be Heard with Principal Todd Shadley

74

A Culture of Connection with Erika and Tiffany

75

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

76

The Motivation Equation

77

(Teacher) Team Leadership with Dr. Chad Dumas

78

Follow up Questions for From Fires to Fulfillment

79

The First Step to Great Relationships with Joe Pettit

80

Final Questions First with Joe Pettit

81

From Fires to Fulfillment

82

8 Actions to Lift People Up

83

Turbulence

84

Be the Mirror with Tequila Lamar

85

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

86

Helping Teachers Call Home With Jamie Brown

87

Culture Questions From Claude Part II

88

Culture Questions From Claude Part I

89

Leading an Ethical School with Dr. Nason Lollar

90

Greatest Episode of All Time: Imposter Syndrome

91

2024’s BEST Podcast!

92

A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture

93

Email Sucks!

94

10 Awesome Time Hacks with Dr. Darrin Peppard

95

The Blueprint with Todd Bloomer

96

Should We Give Teachers Matches? With Alex Auriemma

97

Win the Morning, Win the Day with Johnathan Cranford

98

Silence is Golden

99

The Power of Reflection

100

Presence Shouldn’t Wait for Christmas With Frederick

101

How Will You Show Up?

102

What is Leadership? with Mara and Frederick

103

Why be great when you can be good enough?

104

If you want to help Western North Carolina please listen!

105

Teacher Evaluation is Broken with Frederick

106

O Captain, My Captain with Mike Miller

107

The Principal’s GREAT Assistant Principal with John Hinds

108

10 Ways in 10 Days Part 2

109

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

110

Seven Favorites with a Special Guest!

111

Vision with Frederick

112

Presence and Passion for Living with Lindsay Titus

113

The Three Epiphanies

114

42 and Stuff with Dr. Steve Miletto

115

Authentic Parent Partnerships with Ari Gerzon-Kessler

116

A Path Forward - Classroom Culture and Early Career Teachers

117

“One-offs Matter” with Jen Manly

118

Coaching and a Culture of Learning with Elena Aguilar

119

The Coaching Relationship with Elena Aguilar

120

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

121

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

122

Celebrating 200 Episodes!

123

"Are You Okay?" With Jamie Brown

124

Can Frederick Hike and Coach at the Same Time?

125

Who Should Drive Change? With Frederick

126

Mastermind! With Dr. Nick Davies

127

Three Questions with Dr. Brandon Beck

128

Interview Tip: Tell the Story that Drives You!

129

A Human Approach to Schooling with Dr. Faiza Jamil

130

The Foundation of Coaching

131

Investing in Growth with Dr. Nick Davies

132

Reclaiming Purpose with Frederick and Mara

133

We Are the Ticket with Andrea Bitner

134

Run to the Complexity with Jason McKenna

135

CRABS – A Coaching Call with Mitchell Hall

136

The Solution Starts with Us with Charle Peck

137

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

138

The Power of Presence with Kelly Scarbrough

139

South Carolina Assistant Principal of the Year Tomeka Love

140

Favorite episode: Imposter Syndrome with Tequila Lamar

141

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

142

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

143

Five for Friday Farewell

144

The Six Dimensions of Organizations with Frederick

145

Five for Friday November 13-17, 2023

146

Lean in and Listen with Alex Auriemma

147

Five for Friday Nov. 6-10, 2023

148

Four Classroom Culture Breakdowns

149

Five For Friday October 30-Nov 3, 2023

150

What’s Getting in the Way? with Caitlin Mitchell

151

Five For Friday October 23-27, 2023

152

Building a better classroom culture with Frederick

153

Five For Friday October 16-20, 2023

154

The why and how of meetings with Michele Matoon

155

Five for Friday October 9-13, 2023

156

Tech as a tool for supporting teachers with Jessica Preisig

157

Five for Friday October 2-6, 2023

158

Being a human is being imperfect with Dr. Efraín Martínez

159

Five for Friday September 25-29, 2023

160

Four Things You Should Do This Week!

161

Five for Friday September 18-22, 2023

162

You make it what you want with Sean Olson

163

Five for Friday September 11-15, 2023

164

Presence with Frederick

165

Five for Friday September 4-8, 2023

166

Making Deposits with Lisa Parry

167

Five for Friday August 28-Sept. 1, 2023

168

Dancing on the Periphery with Frederick

169

Five for Friday, August 21-25, 2023

170

Holding Up the Mirror with Frederick

171

Five for Friday, August 14-18, 2023

172

Strive for presence, not perfection with Angela Maiers

173

Five for Friday, August 7-11, 2023

174

Being Present for the Long Game with William D. Parker

175

Five for Friday July 31-August 4, 2023

176

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

177

Five for Friday July 24-28, 2023

178

Building a Support Network with Frederick

179

Five for Friday July 17-21, 2023

180

Compassionate Accountability with Dr. Nate Regier

181

Five for Friday July 10-14, 2023

182

Something we do together with Dr. Helen Kelly

183

Five for Friday July 3-7, 2023

184

The difference between good and great leaders with Darrin Peppard

185

Five for Friday June 26-30, 2023

186

Making Mandates Motivating with Mike Anderson

187

Five for Friday June 19-23, 2023

188

Retribution Versus Restoration with AJ Crabill

189

Five for Friday June 12-6, 2023

190

Deeper Learning with Dr. Sarah Fine

191

Five for Friday June 4-9, 2023

192

New to the game?

193

Five for Friday May 29 – June 2, 2023

194

*Secrets* of Teacher Retention with Dr. Luke Simmering

195

Five for Friday May 22-26, 2023

196

Pause, breathe, flourish with William D Parker

197

Five for Friday May 15-20, 2023

198

Are you worthy? With Tequila Lamar

199

Five for Friday May 8-12, 2023

200

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

201

Five for Friday May 1-5, 2023

202

10 Simple Steps to a Better School

203

Five for Friday April 24-28, 2023

204

It is simpler than you think!

205

Five for Friday April 17-21, 2023

206

Crisis Prevention with Dr. Kevin Mabie

207

Five for Friday April 10-14, 2023

208

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

209

Five for Friday April 3-7, 2023

210

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

211

Five for Friday March 27-31, 2023

212

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

213

Five for Friday March 20-24, 2023

214

Examples of Five-Minute Coaching

215

Five for Friday March 13-17, 2023

216

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

217

Five for Friday, March 6-10, 2023

218

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

219

Five for Friday February 27-March 3, 2023

220

The Journey and The Guide

221

Five for Friday February 20-24, 2023

222

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

223

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

224

Mentor Me

225

Five for Friday February 6-10, 2023

226

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

227

Five for Friday January 30-February 2, 2023

228

All Other Duties as Assigned with Dr. Ryan Donlan

229

Five for Friday January 23-27, 2023

230

Cultivating Motivation with Mike Anderson

231

Five for Friday January ​16-20

232

Meet the New Principal with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 2

233

Five for Friday January 9-13, 2023

234

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

235

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

236

People Before Purpose

237

Five for Friday December 26-30, 2022

238

Bonus: Who are you? With Craig Martin

239

Five for Friday December 19-23, 2022

240

BONUS: Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill

241

Five for Friday December 12-16, 2022

242

The APs Journey with Maria Werner

243

Five for Friday December 5-9, 2022

244

What’s your problem?

245

Five for Friday November 28-December 2, 2022

246

Just Be Visible with Dr. David Franklin

247

Five for Friday November 21-25, 2022

248

The Flywheel Part 2

249

Five For Friday November 14-18

250

The Flywheel Part 1

251

Five For Friday November 7-11

252

Professional Development

253

Five For Friday October 31 - November 4

254

Restorative Justice Through the Heart with Josh Stamper

255

Five For Friday October 24-28

256

Procedures - Small Tweaks, Big Gains!

257

Five for Friday, October 22-28, 2022

258

Blooming Where You Are Planted with Robyn Jackson

259

Five for Friday 17-21

260

The Four Patterns of Observation

261

Five for Friday October 3-7, 2022

262

Productive Disruption with Dr. Mary Hemphill

263

Five for Friday, September 26-30, 2022

264

The Three Epiphanies

265

Five for Friday, September 19-23

266

What Do Your Big Initiatives Actually Cost?

267

Five for Friday, September 12-16, 2022

268

Supporting New Teachers with John Schembari

269

Five for Friday, September 2-9, 2022

270

The Black Hole of Urgency

271

Is your journey like mine?

272

Five for Friday, August 29 - September 2, 2022

273

Supporting New Teachers

274

Five for Friday, August 22-26, 2022

275

Who Are You? with Craig Martin

276

Five for Friday - 50th Anniversary Edition!

277

The ILT

278

Five for Friday, August 12, 2022

279

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

280

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

281

Five for Friday, August 5, 2022

282

The Story That Drives Me

283

Five for Friday, July 29, 2022

284

The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis

285

Five for Friday, July 22, 2022

286

Team Coaching with John Willis

287

Five for Friday, July 15, 2022

288

Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek

289

Five for Friday, July 4-8, 2022

290

Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith

291

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

292

Persistent Growth with Emily Parks

293

Recapping the daily emails 6-20-24

294

The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns

295

Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner

296

Six Ways to Eliminate Interruptions

297

Culture with Brad Coleman

298

The Ship is Sinking

299

Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard?

300

Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill

301

Parents and Community with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith

302

The Four Patterns of Observation

303

Testing Coordination with Carrie Prochaska

304

Growth Mindset with Becca Silver

305

Meeting the Needs of New Teachers

306

Change Starts from Within with Gabby Grant

307

Exceptional Student Support with Elizabeth Schumpert

308

The Math of Leverage

309

The Four Principles of Leverage

310

Becoming Strategically Reactive!

311

Teacher Leadership with Melissa Burns

312

The Teacher Tracking Document

313

What Makes a Great AP with Brenda Byrd

314

Episode 12: Becca Silver and Instructional Coach Relationships

315

Episode 8: Who Should I Coach?

316

Episode 7: Dr. Sam Sircey and Perspectives

317

Episode 6: A Coaching Grab Bag

318

Episode 5: Your relationship with Email

319

Episode 4: 5-Minute Coaching DEEP Dive