Leaders Building Leaders

The Principal's Office Podcast

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Dr. Tom Miller understands the unique set of challenges facing both aspiring and experienced charter school leaders today. Tom has spent more than two decades at the forefront in school leadership. First as an exceptional children’s teacher who worked his way into a middle school principal position. When he wrote his dissertation on the Characteristics of Effective Charter Schools, he was recruited by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to be a statewide consultant. Through his certification through the John Maxwell Team, he started his own business facilitating elite-level lea...

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Episode 4 - Buffy Fowler 18.08.2016 55:20

For this episode we recorded at Francine Delaney New School for Children, with School leader Buffy Fowler. She welcomed me onto their campus to talk about what makes their public charter school unique. And let me tell you, their approach is unique. During our conversation, Buffy tells us exactly how they ensure diversity among the student body through the state’s only dual lottery, why all of thei...

Episode 3 - Mark Tracy 21.04.2016 51:12

This month, we have the opportunity to learn from a dynamic leader, Dr. Mark Tracy. Mark is currently the executive director of Kestrel Heights School, a K-12 public charter school of 1000 students in Durham, North Carolina. Before entering the charter world, Mark spent time working in traditional schools and in higher ed, so he brings a unique perspective to his current mission, which is to refor...

The Principal's Office Podcast - Episode 2 - Eric Sanchez 08.03.2016 56:31

The Principal's Office Podcast- a podcast dedicated to teaching and accelerating the principals of school leadership. Today we have arrived at Henderson Collegiate, in Henderson North Carolina and have been welcomed into the school by Executive Director and Co-founder of the school, Mr. Eric Sanchez. Eric also serves on North Carolina’s Charter School Advisory Board, where a group of school leader...

The Principal's Office Podcast - Episode 1 - Zack Perfitt 16.02.2016 43:00

The Principal's Office Podcast- a podcast dedicated to teaching and accelerating the principals of school leadership. In this episode we visit Wake Forrest Charter Academy in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This school is only in their second year of operation and serve almost 600 students in kindergarten through 6th grade. Zack Perfitt, the founding principal, has welcomed us into his office to talk...