The Principal's Office Podcast

Director of EC Student and Related Services for K-12, Tara Richardson) was our guest today!

Learn the only four types of meetings you need, how to prepare for them, lead them and execute after them! You are going to need lots of paper to take notes on! Watch and listen to this teaching prepared JUST FOR YOU and your team. Email Tom@LBLeaders.com to get your checklist.

We kicked off our Empowered Teacher Community with a discussion on how do you move your goals into reality? Move from good intentions, to intentional action?

Charter School Leadership April 30 Community Call by Leaders Building Leaders

Learn the #1 strategy to better serving your students!

The focus of this call was to begin creating your "Return to School Committee" We heard from charter school experts in the field of finance, legal, insurance and technology to best support your school to MOVE forward with their planning.

Listen to our School Leadership Community call where charter leaders had the opportunity to share their concerns with local legislators. Key discussion topics: - Funding for schools - Licensure - Testing - School calendar flexibility - Equity and access for all Here was the order of speakers - Rhonda Dillingham, NCAPCS - Rep. Craig Horne - Rep. Aston Clemmons - Joy Warner, Community School of Davi...

Here were the key topics: School Updates (Law of Scoreboard) Webinars You Should Think about Attending 611 and 619 Grant Updates (Archive last three years) Communication: Keep it simple Today Matters Access the Google Drive with powerpoints here:https://www.leaders-building-leaders.com/blog/ec-team-collaborative

Dr. Tom Miller facilitates a training for members of the Teacher Leader Academy. Listen to over 20 years of evaluative experience and learn the 5 key characteristics that the most effective charter schools implement at the highest of levels. Sustaining their success for decades! Here are the Five I share Clear and sustained mission and vision Student focused instructional planning Multiple levels...

One of the most important pieces of advice we give to school leaders is to create clarity around their organization’s strategy and direction. We encourage them to use that clarity to keep them focused and to avoid distraction, and the best school leaders do this well. In the midst of this current crisis, we want to send a loud and clear message to leaders: know and communicate your priorities! We...

Charter Leaders from across NC learn and share! Here is an outline: - Five High School Principals share their thoughts on education plan and end of the year ceremonies. - Rhonda Dillingham gave strategies for enrollment - Acadia NorthStar on grading: GPA, CARES ACT Funding - Lisa Gordon Stella: Minimizing risk, and misconceptions about "layoff pay" - Steve Joyner Consulting: Internet Safety, digit...

EC Directors and Teachers share their best practices when it comes to serving students during COVID-19. Learn about low and no tech options. Hear what other schools are doing to build flexible service programs. Learn to build your Scoreboard to success!

Charter school leaders share and learn during the COVID-19 remote learning model. Experts weigh in on: Build is as we go, Tom Miller 5 minutes 154 Funding, Cory Draughn, 15 minutes CARES ACT, Legal and HR Update, Lisa Gordon Stella, 10 minutes State Emergency Leave, Acadia North Star 10 minutes Education Plan Updates, 10 minutes Grading and Legislation, Rhonda Dillingham, 10 Minutes Call to Action...

Three EC Directors from different schools share how their schools are serving students with disabilities. We also learned about the extended opportunities for Federal Position reporting and how the April 1 Headcount will be counted.

Key Topics Discussed on this call: - Unemployment Laws/Hourly Staff - Education Plan and Oversight - Serving Students with Disabilities -Powerschool (Attendance Guidelines) - Funding Resolutions - Teacher Development Opportunities

School leaders discuss John Maxwell's leadership lesson on the final 8 practices and principles of leading through adversity. 4. Develop a positive life stance, 5. Feed your faith, starve your fears, 6. Realize that motions influence emotions 7. Today Matters, 8. Reflect instead of React to adversity 9.Adversity brings you closer to people 10. Always look to the big picture 11. Adversity makes peo...

A group of school leaders discussed the first three Leading Through Adversity principles: 1. Everything worthwhile is uphill, 2. There is always an answer, 3. Allow adversity discover who you really are,

John Maxwell is leading a three day leadership summit focused on how to lead in times of crisis. Our community is watching John live and then coming together to discuss what we learned and our next steps. Join our group here and gain access to John's sessions:https://www.leaders-building-leaders.com/Leadership%20Summit

NC Charter Leaders Discuss: Human Resources Serving Students with Disabilities Education Plan Updates Extended Calendar Testing Preparing for long closing

I take school leaders through John Maxwell's PLAN AHEAD model to best think through how to thrive through this opportunity!

School leaders discuss their plans to serve their students here in NC. Here is the Google Doc Link with the resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tej3KudryvHz417KnvjhpKrxtKDTVHXr5_HrReSRFuM/edit?usp=sharing

Business and charter school leaders discussed what they are doing to best prepare for their schools and community in this time of confusion and uncertainty. Listen to the archive so you can get caught up and best prepare. You can gain access to the Google Document resources here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tej3KudryvHz417KnvjhpKrxtKDTVHXr5_HrReSRFuM/edit?usp=sharing We look to host at lea...

Most people struggle with empowerment, but what I learned from a group of principals about what they worry about when they go to empower really concerned me. Check out two key strategies to effectively empower your team overcome any fears or worries you may have!

This edition of the Principal's Office Podcast will take you through my story of how I got here and the changes I needed to make if I aimed to be the difference-maker in the leadership development of others that I aimed to be.

We have difficult communications every day. The difference in whether they are difficult or not relies on one thing. Take a listen and begin growing your communication skills today!