Episode Details

Hey School Success Makers!

Listen as we chat with Karl Simon, Upper School Principal at Christian Heritage School, who shares his thoughts on the importance of "Your Why" in doing what you do to impact those around us.

He also talks about how building a culture that fosters trust among professionals and supports one another will help make for better leaders!

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Highlights of the Episode

• [01:58] we need to go fun shirt shopping


• [03:02] thoroughly enjoyed our time in Connecticut


• [04:14] I love growing up in New England


• [06:13] this is my first year as the upper school principal


• [07:31] to teach with excellence and to teach with rigor


• [09:41] our student enrollment rise a little bit during COVID


• [11:39] we had a lot of kids that have never been to school


• [15:47] our kids would stand outside in high 20s, low 30s degree


• [17:43] my 22nd 21st year in Christian ed


• [20:04] COVID force us into a lot of those questions


• [22:49] I was slugging into work


• [24:51] we went through a SWOT analysis


• [27:14] I think and now we're in 2022


• [34:20] We don't do room checks at 330


• [35:49] subs are getting COVID


• [38:12] I will say they climbed Mount Katahdin


• [39:38] this job is really tough


• [41:16] biggest piece of advice is build your teams

YouTube Video Podcast Link:
https://youtu.be/FsiE3hxtTI4