Podcast Episodes

PMP:139 Building Stronger Collaboration – Interview with Diana Lebsack

Great teams understand the importance of depending on one another.
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7 years, 3 months ago

PMP:138 Middle Level Kindness Challenge – Interview with Daniel O’Donnell

Recently, Education Week shared a post, A Look at How Principals Really Drive School Improvement, with a summary of a study conducted by the Universi…

7 years, 4 months ago

PMP:137 Reaching and Teaching Students Exposed to Trauma with Dr. Barbara Sorrels

One day I was walking through one of my high school buildings when I heard the sound of a teacher yelling for help.

I sprinted toward the sound, and …

7 years, 4 months ago

PMP:136 Crucial Conversations for Reaching Targeted Destinations

I’ve been on the road a lot lately.

And as I travel, I often think about how to reach my destination while also making the experience a positive one.…

7 years, 4 months ago

PMP:135 Using FOMO for Positive School Culture with Kim Coody

In a recent conversation with author and generation expert Dr. Tim Elmore, he shared how many students are affected by “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out).

F…

7 years, 5 months ago

PMP:134 Creating Engaging Cultures with Dr. Tim Elmore

How do engage students while also understanding the unique challenges and strengths of Generation Z students?

Several years ago, I was introduced to …

7 years, 5 months ago

PMP:133 Three Reasons to be Thankful

Five years ago this month, our son Jack was diagnosed with a rare disease called Kawasaki that brought our normal world to a stand still as we circle…

7 years, 5 months ago

PMP:Encore043 What Can You Accomplish Together?

The European Space Agency’s historical comet landing of the spacecraft Rosetta in 2014 was an amazing feat.

Imagine organizing a team of scientists a…

7 years, 5 months ago

PMP:132 Frameworks for Managing Student Discipline

During my second year as a high school assistant principal, I received notice one morning that a number of students were missing items from their loc…

7 years, 6 months ago

PMP:131 School Without Walls – Interview with Richard Trogisch

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, I walked into a D.C. high school called School Without Walls, a four-story building interspersed with hallways full o…

7 years, 6 months ago