The Empowered Principal® Podcast

You are here to change the world. That is why you signed up as an educator, to give your students and teachers the best possible chance of making an impact. However, so many school leaders believe they can't do this work without burning out. Tune in this week to discover the secret to being a successful school leader, without sacrificing all of your free time and feeling miserable. I'm sharing why...

Tune in this week to learn how to fully enjoy your Holiday break. This might sound fluffy to you, but stick with me here because it's more important than you probably believe. I'm sharing how to stop allowing work to weigh heavily on you while you're away from your school, and what you're subconsciously telling yourself when you neglect to prepare to enjoy your time off.   Get full show notes and...

Learn how to sell the vision that you've created for your school. I'm sharing why so many leaders struggle to sell their vision to the stakeholders that need to buy into it, and how to send a clear message with your school vision and start implementing it daily. If you follow the steps I'm outlining in this episode, you'll have clarity around the vision you've created, and you'll be able to articu...

The vision you have for your school is incredibly important. If you find that your staff and teachers don't follow your lead as a principal, it's possible that you don't have a clear vision, or you're not doing a great job of selling this vision. Well, after this episode and the next, you'll not only have a clear vision for your school, but you'll be able to sell that vision to your staff and your...

If you want your teachers to be coachable, you equally have to be open to it too. However, it's not as easy as we think. Positive feedback feels amazing, but being challenged or questioned? That brings up a ton of resistance, which is a totally normal human reaction. So, how can we develop more coachability? I'm sharing the four-step process I've developed to make myself more coachable and showing...

If you're ready for the teacher evaluation process to be fun, valuable, and enjoyable to you and your teachers, listen in. You'll hear why this aspect of your job deserves intentional planning, the purpose of teacher evaluations in the first place, and how to begin developing a clear and specific philosophy that's your own.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoachi...

Tune in this week to discover why the fall season for school leaders is like pushing a boulder up a hill, and why if you're feeling the effects of that, nothing has gone wrong. I'm sharing why this year's Fall Dip is hitting harder than ever before, and most importantly, what you can do to support yourself, your staff, and your students during this difficult time.   Get full show notes and more in...

Getting intimate with our emotions is the most vital tool you have access to as a human and school leader, and on this episode, you'll hear my three-step emotional processing practice to help you create space for allowing all your emotions. Hear how we're wired to think highly of some emotions while critical of others and how to leverage your emotions to achieve your biggest, boldest, most empower...

Tune in this week to discover the top 15 mistakes I see school leaders everywhere making. It doesn't matter how long you've been in the job, recognizing and addressing these mistakes is the magic sauce for up-leveling, having a bigger impact, and leaving a legacy you can be proud of as a principal.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/251

This week's episode is dealing with the sensitive topics of school shootings, loss, and grief. I have a long-time colleague and friend Krista St-Germain on the show who specializes in coaching around grief. Given some of the tragedies of the recent past on our school campuses, grief in our work as school leaders is something we need to be equipped to help ourselves and others deal with, and this e...

If you believe you already have the systems in place, you know yourself, and you know your school, but you still feel stuck as to how to move your school forward, listen in. My client Jami has something incredibly valuable to offer you today as she walks us through how she's worked on moving her mindset from good to great, helping a new school come to life, and doing so while balancing her time wi...

This week, I'm speaking to the life coach for working moms, Rebecca Olson. Rebecca specifically works with women who love working and describe themselves as career-driven women, and as a school leader, I know you're passionate about excelling in education as well as in your role as a parent. Both are truly possible, and today, we're diving into eradicating the idea that you can't be both a great l...

Like so many principals, I experienced overwhelm, stress, and confusion, and this led to me putting on weight during my time as a school leader. I know this is the case for many people in high-pressure situations, so I invited weight loss coach Paige Bowman onto the show to talk about gaining a new level of awareness around what you're eating, why you're eating it, and how these decisions are show...

I have a very dear friend and special guest on the podcast this week: Maggie Reyes. Maggie is a magical Master Certified Life Coach who works with women who are wildly successful in their professional lives, so that's all of you listening, and she's here to give us some practical education on how to feel better in your relationship, no matter what's going on at school.   Get full show notes and mo...

This week, I have my dear friend, colleague, and financial coach Nicole Stork-Hestad on the show because I want all of you listening to gain comfort when it comes to money. I've been coaching a lot over the last few months on the fear many school leaders experience around their professional budgets, and Nicole is here to help you get comfortable with all the layers of yours.   Get full show notes...

If you're looking high and low for nooks and crannies around campus so you can be productive for half an hour, listen in. You might have been told you should be out on campus, in classrooms, or on yard duty, and shouldn't just be a principal sitting in their office. But you have been provided an office for a reason, and we're diving into it today.   Get full show notes and more information here: h...

It's common for teachers to think that professional development training is something they have to endure as part of returning for a new school year. But it doesn't have to be this way. Tune in this week to get clear on how your thoughts about professional development are impacting your teachers' experience and the outcomes of your school's PD trainings, and how you can approach PD differently as...

Join me this week as I offer my insights on starting the year not fully staffed. You'll discover how to maintain perspective and see that this challenge is just one chapter of the entire school year, the importance of not diminishing how you feel right now, and my favorite thoughts for navigating what I know feels like a huge wave that's crashing down on you.   Get full show notes and more informa...

Tune in this week to hear from four of my clients as we discuss their accomplishments and how they've acknowledged and celebrated all the effort they've put in along the way. They're sharing how their personal lives have improved since we started working together, and how to stop making your job any harder than it already is.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoac...

Discover what instructional coaching is, why it works, and how you can set up your instructional coach for success. I'm discussing how to show your teachers that the instructional coach is there for everyone's benefit, your staff, your students, as well as you as the school leader, and how to come up with a clear and intentional strategy for your instructional coach to make a difference in your sc...

Having trust in your teachers is so important, and them trusting you is vital in creating the best environment for your students. Trust is an essential muscle that you as the leader of your school need to build up. Believe me, when you do the work I'm sharing in this episode, the impact it will have on your leadership and results will be truly mind-blowing.   Get full show notes and more informati...

Discover the extended value of coaching for your family and school community. Hear how coaching provides compounding benefits that impact every aspect of your life, and why the rate of return 10X's what you've invested not only for yourself, but for your friends, family, staff, students, and the district.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/239

Tune in this week as first-year principal Amy and I discuss the things that fueled her success as a first-year principal. We're discussing how good time management frees you up to focus on making the most of every day you have as a principal, managing your mind around leading a team, and how to let yourself be new during your first year of school leadership.   Get full show notes and more informat...

One problem I hear from every principal I work with is that they feel overwhelmed and behind, always trying to catch up. Well, I created an incredible process for my one-on-one clients and I'm sharing it with all of you this week. We're breaking down the year, thinking about it in a whole new way, and coming up with a system to help you plan your accomplishments and how you'll deal with problems o...

Those of you who have been listening for a while will know all about the STEAR Cycle. However, we've had a huge influx of listeners over the past year, so I'm taking this opportunity to go over it again, this time with some things I've learned since I first covered the concept. Learn what the improved and refined STEAR Cycle is, and how to use it to empower yourself to lead your school in the most...