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Sep 02, 2022•1 min•Ep. 55
The Assistant Principal Podcast
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Five for Friday, August 29 - September 2, 2022
Assistant Principal Podcast Five for Friday Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of assistant principals. Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 29-September 2, 2022. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope you’ll find some added value here and if you don’t already subscribe you can find a link...
Sep 02, 2022•10 min•Ep. 54
Supporting New Teachers
Show Notes, Episode 53: Supporting New Teachers, August 30, 2022 About this show: In my teacher education program at The Ohio State University, I had two professors who literally wrote the book on managing students and spaces in physical education. Some of our student teaching lessons were taped, and the video was analyzed in six-second increments. Time was coded based on what a specific student was doing and the codes, as I remember them, were: Listening to content, listening to instructions, w...
Aug 30, 2022•22 min•Ep. 53
Five for Friday, August 22-26, 2022
Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help improve the life and leadership of assistant principals. Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 22-26, 202. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope you’ll find some added value here and if you don’t already subscribe you can find a link on my home page at frederickbuskey.com. Many readers ...
Aug 26, 2022•12 min•Ep. 52
Who Are You? with Craig Martin
Show Notes, Episode 51: Who are you? With Craig Martin About this show: Last spring several of the assistant principals in our APEx group asked if we could work on how APs can influence school culture without over-stepping their boundaries. One AP noted that this could be especially problematic if you and your principal had very different styles. Back then I approached this as a culture question, but today I’m looking at it differently. Today, I’m thinking about this through two lenses. The firs...
Aug 23, 2022•48 min•Ep. 51
Five for Friday - 50th Anniversary Edition!
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 15-19, 202. Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of August 15-19, 202. We also celebrate out 50th episode by listening to five of our favorite outtakes from the pod. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope you’ll find some added value here and if you don’t already subscribe you can find a link on my home page at frederickbuskey.com....
Aug 19, 2022•26 min•Ep. 50
The ILT
Show Notes, Episode 49: The Instructional Leadership Team About this show: This episode is titled THE Instructional Leadership Team. Why “THE Instructional Leadership Team” ? Why not the instructional leadership team? The fun reason is because I’m an Ohio State grad, and The Ohio State University sounds way cooler than Ohio State. But the real reason is because “THE Instructional Leadership Team” is the fundamental building block of school improvement. Most schools have instructional leadership ...
Aug 16, 2022•20 min•Ep. 49
Five for Friday, August 12, 2022
Episode 38, Dr. Maddie Jurek Quadrant2 micro-journal subscribe link here
Aug 12, 2022•11 min•Ep. 48
From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2
Show Notes, Episode 47: From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2 About this show: What does it mean to be an assistant principal? What is your job? What are the essential skills? One of the reasons being an AP is so challenging is because there aren’t really clear answers to these questions. Outside of busses, books, and butts, there isn’t a strong consensus for what makes a great AP. This is one of my motivations in starting this podcast – it sometimes feels like the assist...
Aug 11, 2022•29 min•Ep. 47
From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1
Show Notes, Episode 46: From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1 About this show: What does it mean to be an assistant principal? What is your job? What are the essential skills? One of the reasons being an AP is so challenging is because there aren’t really clear answers to these questions. Outside of busses, books, and butts, there isn’t a strong consensus for what makes a great AP. This is one of my motivations in starting this podcast – it sometimes feels like the assist...
Aug 09, 2022•30 min•Ep. 46
Five for Friday, August 5, 2022
Summary of the daily leadership emails from the week of August 1-5.
Aug 05, 2022•12 min•Ep. 45
The Story That Drives Me
Show Notes, Episode 44: The Story That Drives Me About this show: Many of us have a story that drives what we do. We had a special teacher, or a great mentor, or even a horrible experience. Whichever it might have been, there is a story that is so deeply rooted in our psyche, that it drives what we do and how we do it. Today… my story. Notable Quotes Frederick “The problem is, what we focus on is the urgency more than the importance” “The first principle is focusing on purpose, or what is import...
Aug 04, 2022•12 min•Ep. 44
Five for Friday, July 29, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of July 25-29, 2022.
Jul 29, 2022•13 min•Ep. 43
The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis
Show Notes, Episode 42: The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis About this show: When we talk about teachers resisting change, we often conjure up images of the curmudgeon – the 30-year veteran teacher who hasn’t changed and refuses to “get with the program.” However, often times there are good reasons to resist change. Just as importantly, our veteran teachers can be great allies in building and improving school culture. Today, we learn from Nat Ellis, my favorite curmudgeon and a teacher whose passion a...
Jul 28, 2022•54 min•Ep. 42
Five for Friday, July 22, 2022
“Every day I do what I’m best at, and every day I do my best. Some days my best is better than others.” Paraphrase from BB King
Jul 22, 2022•9 min•Ep. 41
Team Coaching with John Willis
Show Notes, Episode 40: Team Coaching with John Willis About this show: Today, I am joined by John Willis, the founder of the Teaming Edge. John is here with us today to explore Team Coaching. Notable Quotes John Willis “We’re not trying to fix anybody, because nobody is broken” “Team coaching is a team leader who has the expertise of the best practices in coaching to help a team meet their goal” “Once you are sitting down in front of the team, you are not coaching individuals, you are coaching ...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
Five for Friday, July 15, 2022
If relationships, with others, but also with ourself, is really what it is all about, how should we be living? This weekend, and into next week, please be intentional about one thing: being fully present with others. Focus, ask questions, listen to the answers, look, smile, and laugh. Give 100% of yourself when you are with another person. Try it. It isn’t easy, but it is oh so rewarding.
Jul 15, 2022•11 min•Ep. 39
Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek
Show Notes, Episode 38: Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek About this show: Yay! You finally found time to get into a classroom and do a big observation! You sit down, congratulating yourself for prioritizing, and the teacher and students dive into a lesson on quantum physics. Wait! What? Of course, this is an exaggeration, but most of us have found ourselves tasked with observing a teacher whose content we did not fully understand. We dive into this topic today with our guest, Dr. M...
Jul 14, 2022•52 min•Ep. 38
Five for Friday, July 4-8, 2022
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the week’s daily leadership emails for the week of July 4-8, 2022. If you already get my daily leadership emails, then I hope you’ll find some added value here and if you don’t already subscribe you can find a link on my home page at frederickbuskey.com. Many readers like to begin their mornings by reading the email and setting a leadership intention for the day, but please don’t feel any pressure to subscribe. You are already doing more to grow yourself...
Jul 08, 2022•10 min•Ep. 37
Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith
Show Notes, Episode 36: Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith About this show: “We talk a lot about social emotional learning and the whole child, but the whole child includes the family.” These aren’t my words. They came from today’s guest when she appeared on the show back on episode 25. We went on to discuss what a partnership is, and how teachers’ thinking needed to change. We concluded by noting that the first step in building better partnerships was to view parents as equal p...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 36
Recapping the Daily Emails, June 27-July 1, 2022
A recap of the week's five Strategic Leader emails. This week featured a sequence around the theme of "five things you can do now for a more productive fall." A bonus at the end is how I turned some negative thinking around to rewrite my own (flawed) story.
Jul 01, 2022•15 min•Ep. 35
Persistent Growth with Emily Parks
Show Notes, Episode 34: Persistent Growth with Emily Parks About this show: We are all teachers here, right? So, I can be honest, Right? We love all children equally and we have no favorites. That said, there are always those students who give us energy. They bring a passion for learning that inspires us to be at our best. I had those kinds of learners when I was a middle school teacher, when I was a professor at Clemson University, and I have them now as I work with APs in the APEx program. In ...
Jun 30, 2022•27 min•Ep. 34
Recapping the daily emails 6-20-24
Link to the daily email: https://mailchi.mp/c15c68e6df32/specialedition
Jun 24, 2022•9 min•Ep. 33
The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns
Show Notes, Episode 32: The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns About this show: In Jim Collins’ Iconic book, “Good to Great”, he describes the flywheel. An organization’s flywheel consists of some core practices that, when executed consistently, drive organizational excellence. If you’ve been listening for a while, you ‘ve heard me reference the flywheel, but we’ve never done a deep dive. The basic flywheel for schools goes like this: provide professional development for teachers, follow up with ta...
Jun 23, 2022•41 min•Ep. 32
Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner
Show Notes, Episode 31: Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner About this show: Dealing with discipline, being the test coordinator, and taking care of a million things for everyone else. Somehow you find the time. But do you find – or make – that time for yourself? What are your strategies for nurturing your own growth? Today, Maria Werner talks with us about how she juggles school, kids, and even dogs, and manages to still prioritize her own growth. We also discuss how ...
Jun 16, 2022•57 min•Ep. 31
Six Ways to Eliminate Interruptions
Show Notes, Episode 30: Six Ways to Eliminate Interruptions About this show: In a noisy world, is it possible to find the quiet necessary to do work that moves us forward? In this episode, we cover six suggestions for creating a saner and more productive leadership life Notable Quotes Frederick: “I have been out of higher ed for three years now, and I had just forgotten how disruptive and really how grueling it is to be faced with those constant interruptions, and not just the notifications and ...
Jun 09, 2022•15 min•Ep. 30
Culture with Brad Coleman
Show Notes, Episode 29: Culture with Brad Coleman About this show: Culture. What is it? How do we shape it? Why is it so critical? You could fill an entire library with books related to culture and how leaders influence it. Or you could listen to this episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast with our special guest, Brad Coleman. Notable Quotes Brad Coleman: “it’s okay to complain and be frustrated, but you need to come with some solutions as well” “I tell our teachers, I tell our students, sch...
Jun 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 29
The Ship is Sinking
Show Notes, Episode 28: The Ship is Sinking About this show: Imagine you’re on a nice little boat, floating along a gentle river or out on a calm lake. Everything is fine until you hear a gurgling sound. You look down and are astounded to see water pouring in from a how in the bottom of the boat. You grab your red Solo cup and begin scooping out water, but it isn’t enough. You look around for something to patch the hole with – nothing. As you look around despondently, you notice a faded plastic ...
May 26, 2022•22 min•Ep. 28
Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard?
Show Notes, Episode 2: Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard? About this show: Have you noticed how many first-year teachers have trouble managing their classrooms? And if they never receive really good support, they become 5 and 10-year teachers who can’t manage their classrooms. And then they leave the profession. But guess what? We have a similar problem in the principalship. Most (not all) principals are not fully prepared to meet the challenges of instructional leadership. And if they nev...
May 19, 2022•26 min•Ep. 27
Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill
Are you living your leadership journey courageously? Before Dr. Mary Hemphill became the Director of Academic Standards for the North Carolina Department of education she was a passionate and innovative principal. Before that, she was an assistant principal with the courage to stand up for her convictions. The assistant principalship is loaded with values conflicts. How do you stay true to your values amidst complex power dynamics and competing interests? Mary helps us figure it all out in this ...
May 12, 2022•47 min•Ep. 26
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