It’s no secret that the most productive people in leadership today tend to be morning people. But how do you become a morning person if it doesn’t come naturally? In today’s episode, I’ll share with you my best tips for improving your odds to be a morning person, and it all begins by focusing on […]

Practical Principal - Lead Yourself, Your Family, and Your School

006 – It’s Time To Tweak Your Evening Routine

They’re already telling your story. Shouldn’t you be a part of the narrative? Educators and School Leaders have notoriously been afraid of engaging in social media. But with the introduction of stories, it has never been easier to spread the message of you and your school. In this week’s episode, I’ll share with you five tips […]

008 – 5 Tips for Using Instagram and Snapchat Stories in School

  Education is a great and worthy vocation. You willingly decided to pour yourself into a mission that has no finish line, but after 2017, you’re wondering how you’re going to be able to continue in this career much longer. The problem isn’t the career. It’s that you’ve allowed the position to overcome the person. […]

007 – Practical Principal in 2018

When life gets busy, which parts of your world gets the short end of the stick? Without a plan, you could be neglecting things that are irreparable. In today’s episode, I’ll share with you nine tips for maintaining balance between work and family by focusing on your whole self – Your mind, your soul, and […]

005 – Nine Tips For Maintaining Balance Between Work And Family

Finding the best staff can seem like a roll of the dice at times, but it doesn’t HAVE to be. In this episode, I share with you the best tips to help you become strategic in your search for the best staff to add to your school. Quit hoping you hired the right person and […]

004 – How To Hire The Right Person Every Time

Leading is a challenge even when you’re at your best. So how do you lead effectively when you are struggling yourself? In today’s podcast, you’ll learn strategies for managing your stress while leading your team. Things you’ll learn: Why you weren’t wired to be everyone’s superhero Where your pressure is coming from How to reset people’s […]

003 – Leading While Under Pressure

In this week’s episode, I’ll be sharing some of the top tips for first year teachers from a panel of insightful educators at a recent Twitter chat called #satchat. You’ll find this particular chat on Saturday mornings at 7:30am EST. Twitter Handles Mentioned: Chris Stevens – @chris_r_stevens LaVonna Roth – @LaVonnaRoth Susie Highley – @shighley […]

002 – Ten Top Tips for First Year Teachers

Welcome to the first episode of Practical Principal! In this week’s episode, I share you five strategies for creating more margin in your life. Do you need some breathing room? Feel like the weight of the world is crashing down around you? Then this show is for you. In this episode, I discuss: My reasons […]