Ep #297: Mastering Your Time: Attending Meetings and Scheduling Substitutes

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Mastering Your Time: Attending Meetings and Scheduling Substitutes

What are you worried you’ll lose when school is back in session? This is a question I recently posed to my Facebook community, and the overwhelming response I received from school leaders was regarding their time. That’s why we’re diving into managing your thoughts about time on this episode, specifically as it relates to meetings and finding substitutes.

As school leaders, you live in a world of meetings, whether that’s with teachers, parents, stakeholders, or your district – the list goes on. Another pain point that many principals experience is spending time securing substitute teachers. While these aspects of your job might make you think you’re losing valuable time, I’m offering you a more empowered way to think about these situations today.

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Ep #296: The Student Journey Experience

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | The Student Journey Experience

This week, I’m sharing an exercise that I developed with one of my clients at the end of last year. In our conversation about her plans for the upcoming school year, she shared that one of the key aspects she wanted to learn, moving forward, was the skill of coaching her teachers the same way I coached her.

 

And with that goal in mind for all of you, we came together to create an exercise you can use with your staff at the beginning of the school year to set the tone for what’s to come. The purpose of this exercise is to bring your focus back on who you’re here to serve: your students. You have to consider what needs to be in place for them to be successful, and I’m breaking it all down for you on this episode.

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Ep #295: The Value of Meeting with Teachers

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | The Value of Meeting with Teachers

This week, I’m inviting you to decide, at the beginning of the school year, to meet regularly with your teachers. I know it seems like one more thing to add to your already full plate as a school leader, but I promise it’s extremely valuable.

 

You likely intellectually understand the power of meeting with your teachers. It’s a solid practice that serves your entire school community. However, you also probably realize that it’s one of the first things to fall off your plate as the year ramps up and things get busy. Regardless of emergencies, student disciplinary issues, or parent meetings, you can make time for it, and I’m here to show you how.

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Ep #294: Your Decision Lens

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Your Decision Lens

From micro to macro decisions, you make decisions all day long as a school leader. The truth is that your decisions determine your results 100% of the time. This makes paying close attention to and being intentional about your decision-making process a vital part of leading your school and community. 

No matter how big or small, you make every decision through what I call a ‘decision lens.’ Your decision lens is essentially composed of a set of values and priorities that you use to determine the decisions you’re going to make. It directly impacts whether or not you achieve the goals you’ve set, create the experiences you want to have, and offer the value you intend to contribute.

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Ep #293: The Value of Vulnerability with Erin Bowlby

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | The Value of Vulnerability with Erin Bowlby

I’m delighted to introduce you to my client, Erin Bowlby, this week! She wanted to wait until she completed her first year of school leadership to come on the podcast, and now that she’s been coaching with me for a year, she’s ready to share her story with you.

Erin has been in the education world for 13 years, but she started her school principalship journey a year ago. She knew she needed help and support as she navigated school leadership for the first time, and she’s rewinding her experience all the way back to the beginning to offer some nuggets of wisdom she’s discovered along the way.

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Ep #292: Embracing and Announcing Change

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Embracing and Announcing Change

We are about to kick off the 2023/2024 school year, and this week, we’re diving into the topic of embracing and announcing change. This is a subject that most of my clients have trouble with at one point or another, and it’s important to dissect exactly what’s going on so you don’t have to sit with the fear of embracing and announcing change as the new school year begins.

As the school principal, you are often the middle person between the district officials who make decisions and your staff, teachers, and students. There are times when you’ll be excited to announce changes being made at the district level because you can see the potential value or rationale behind them. But what do you do when you’re presented with changes you aren’t on board with?

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Ep #291: Your Most Powerful Leadership Strategy (Back to Basics)

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Your Most Powerful Leadership Strategy (Back to Basics)

What makes a truly good leader? How can you create a legacy while maintaining your sustainability as an impactful leader? Is there a specific skill set you can learn to be a valuable and effective school leader without falling prey to overwhelm and burnout?

In this Back to Basics episode, I’m sharing the second most popular episode of The Empowered Principal® Podcast to date. It’s where I offer a strategy that will give you an incredible amount of leverage as a school leader, and it’s very likely not what you think it is. 

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Ep #290: Creating Buy-in for Your School Vision (Part 2) (Back to Basics)

Creating Buy-In for Your School Vision (Part 2) (Back to Basics)

You’re entering a brand new school year, which means this is the perfect time to map out your school vision. Last week, I gave you a refresher on the concept of your school vision and why you need one, and on this Back to Basics episode, I’m guiding you through the next step: creating buy-in for your school vision.

The truth is, your staff wants a leader to follow, and this episode will teach you exactly how to become that person. Simply laying out a vision you have for the next year isn’t enough to get buy-in. You need a compelling vision that your school community is so excited by that it’s a no-brainer, which means learning to articulate it in a way that’s interesting, engaging, and enticing.

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Ep #289: Creating Your School Vision (Part 1) (Back to Basics)

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Creating Your School Vision (Selling Your Vision, Part 1) (Back to Basics)

Welcome to week two of replays of our most valuable and popular podcast episodes! This week, I’m sharing part one of a two-part series on creating and selling your school vision. You’ll be entering a new school year very soon, which makes this the perfect time to map out your vision for your school and career.

In all my years of being a principal myself and now coaching them, I’ve seen a lot of lip service and intention when it comes to having and implementing a school vision. However, too many school leaders aren’t actually living by and leaning into their vision as a way of being, and that’s why I’m offering a process that will make it simple and doable.

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Ep #288: Dealing with the Haters (Back to Basics)

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly | Dealing with the Haters (Back to Basics)

Throughout the month of July, I’m highlighting the most popular and valuable episodes of The Empowered Principal™ podcast. Even if you have listened to them in the past, they’re definitely worth revisiting and doubling down on because of the impact they’ve had in helping principals navigate leadership.

This week, you’re hearing the top episode to date of the podcast: Dealing with the Haters. This is an experience every school leader fears, and it’s one most principals will have to deal with in some capacity at one point or another. It’s a fear that’s so visceral that we’ll do just about anything to avoid it, so I’m sharing my top tips for dealing with haters.

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