Ep #257: Selling Your School Vision (Part 2)

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Selling Your School Vision (Part 2)

Last week, we discussed the troubles so many principals have around their school vision, why many of you don’t have one, why this is a problem, and how to create a clear vision for your school. This week, we’re taking it a step further and talking about how to get people on board and sell your school vision to your community.

The first step here is communication. To create buy-in from your staff, you need to make your school vision understandable, compelling, and interesting. This isn’t going to be easy, but if you follow the steps I’m outlining in this podcast, you’ll have clarity around the vision you’ve created, and you’ll be able to articulate it to your superiors, your staff, and your whole school community.

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Ep #256: Selling Your School Vision (Part 1)

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Selling Your School Vision (Part 1)

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 district. 

This episode is the perfect opportunity to grab yourself a drink, snuggle in with your favorite journal, and take notes because I’m diving into the problems leaders commonly encounter when creating a school vision and how to create a vision for your school, before next week where I take it a step further by working on how you to compel others and sell your whole school community on what you have planned.

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Ep #255: Coachability

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Coachability

Last week, we dove into teacher evaluations and making the process one that both you and your teachers find enjoyable and valuable. Well, one of the keys to effectively giving feedback is having your teachers be open to it. In other words, they have to be coachable. And as a school leader, you’ve got to consider how you do the very same thing you’re asking them to do. 

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?

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Ep #254: Teacher Evaluation Philosophy

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | Teacher Evaluation Philosophy

Teacher evaluations at the school leadership and district level are often seen as a compliance issue. There needs to be a formal process for observing and evaluating our teachers’ performances to best serve your school and community, and every industry has its own way of measuring employee performance.

However, if you’re dreading or procrastinating on your teacher evaluations and often find that they’re not particularly valuable or engaging to you or your teachers, you’re most definitely not alone. The good news is that you as a school leader can dive deeper and go beyond the surface of just checking boxes and aiming for ambiguous goals, and this is where your teacher evaluation philosophy steps in. 

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Ep #253: The Fall Dip

The Empowered Principal™ Podcast Angela Kelly | The Fall Dip

We are in November, which means you’re fresh off of the most difficult month of the school year. October is such a challenging month, and most school leaders are ready for a break right about now. The Fall Dip is real and you are not alone. So, if you’re feeling the burn and you’ve already got one eye on Thanksgiving break, this episode is for you.

The Fall Dip is the mental, physical, and emotional fatigue that comes with starting up a brand-new school year. You’ve been onboarding, preparing schedules, dealing with professional development for yourself and your teachers, you’ve been to all the meetings, and it’s no surprise you’re exhausted. So, what can we do about the Fall Dip?

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