Dr. Jerry R. Burkett

School Rules Podcast

Education EN ↓ 62 episodes

The School Rules Podcast talks about the real issues facing educators, teachers, and school leaders today. Podcast host, Dr. Jerry Burkett, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Texas Woman's University, serves up real talk for educators. The podcast focuses on parents, community, politics, and breaking school news. This is also the home of course lectures and seminars produced for Dr. Burkett's masters and doctoral courses.

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Dr. Jerry R. Burkett

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ELDR 6513: Podcast Lecture: Developing Teacher Capacity 07.06.2023 16:02

In this podcast lecture, Dr. Burkett discusses 6 ways you can develop your teachers on your campus. Highlights include: 1. Helping teachers learn new skills and dispositions to learn new ways of thinking so they can accomplish their work 2. Finding and encouraging existing teacher leaders 3. Teacher morale – Believe in your teachers, tell them you believe in them, trust in their knowledge of stude...

PSL: E1:2023: School Shooting and Teacher Shortages 12.04.2023 20:51

In this episode of Project: School Leadership, Dr. Burkett tackles some of the proposed solutions to school shootings in America. He also discusses teacher contract ideas that superintendents and human resources directors should explore to address teacher shortages.

ELDR 5323: Podcast Lecture: Employee Documentation 29.03.2023 12:04

In this podcast lecture, Dr. Burkett discusses the process of collecting documentation for the purposes of managing employee discipline.

ELDR 5323: Podcast Lecture: Campus Crisis 09.03.2023 9:58

In this podcast lecture, Dr. Burkett discusses the different types of campus crisis a school leader could face and the best ways to handle crisis on your campus.

268 Exam Preparation: Selected-Response Questions 01.03.2023 13:12

This video covers the strategies and breakdown of the Selected-Response Questions from the 268 Principal as Instructional Leader exam. Strategies covered include Think Best Practices, Perfect World Scenarios, and Relying on Your Own Knowledge of Education.

ELDR 5323: Administrative Process in Schools: Student Discipline 28.02.2023 10:46

In this lecture podcast for ELDR 5323: Admin Process in Schools, we discuss the 3 main aspects of conducting student discipline as a school administrator.

268 Training: Domains and Competencies 15.02.2023 5:29

A breakdown of the domains, competencies, and strands that are used to develop the 268 Principal as Instructional Leader Exam.

ELP: High-Stakes Testing: Why Everyone Involved is Complicit in this Horrible Practice 02.02.2023 32:22

In this episode, Dr. Jerry R. Burkett shares his thoughts on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test also known as the STAAR test.  This test given by the State of Texas each year is filled with flaws and causes major anxiety in students, teachers, and parents.  Dr. Burkett shares how each stakeholder responsible for this test is complicit in how the exam is given each y...

ELDR 6503: School Finance: Education. Whose Responsibility Is It? 02.02.2023 4:19

In this episode, Dr. Burkett discusses the concept of education, who should access, and who should be responsible for funding education 

ELDR 6503: School Finance: School Funding Inequities 02.02.2023 13:30

In this episode, Dr. Burkett discusses where school funding comes from and why there are natural inequities in the funding system.

ELDR 6503: School Finance: The Principal as a Marketing Director 02.02.2023 5:42

Have we entered an era where the principal needs to serve as a marketing director for their school? In this episode, Dr. Burkett discusses his experience with charter school competition and advocating for his students and school community.

ELP: The Education Gap 21.09.2022 9:37

In the first episode of the season for the Leadership 21 Podcast, Dr. Burkett talks about the Education Gap and how it's not the fault of the educator to solve it.