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Welcome to The Modern Principal Podcast! We are Karen and Christy, two elementary principals reshaping education. We discuss practical strategies for doing the job while reforming the system.
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Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
With more and more staffing shortages and uncertainties, some school districts are taking a more centralized approach to hiring. This means many principals may be welcoming staff members they didn't hire or maybe even didn't interview. What's the solution? Karen and Christy talk through how to deal with new colleagues that you didn't necessarily choose yourself.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
During Covid precautions, it was easy to feel more removed from your school community. This week's episode discusses how to bring families into your buildings after re-evaluating what you want community to look like in this new transition!
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Adding joy to the school day is important for increased attention and motivation for all students and staff. Plus, joy for the sake of joy is important, too! In this week's pod, we share how to infuse the fun and joy into each and every day, and also how to add in some bigger events throughout the year! Check it out!
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Schools across the country have a lot of new teachers this year. This week on the pod, The Modern Principal breaks down how to onboard and support new teachers to your school. Onboarding new teachers can't be a one-time meet 'n greet, but it needs to occur throughout the year. Check out this pod for all of our tips on supporting new teachers!
Books Referenced in This Podcast:
Get Better Faster by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors by Annette Breaux
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Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
As a principal, documentation is the last thing you want to do, but it's a must. In this podcast, we share the systems principals can use to document conversations with students, staff and parents. We share our systems that worked...and some that didn't. In the end, documentation is like pizza. When it's good, it is very very good. And when it's bad, it's better than nothing. Tune in today!
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
How do modern principals spend their summer so that they feel ready for the next school year? Obviously, rest and relax, but there are still lots of things to do that can make the school year go much more smoothly! From calendaring, to living in innovation, to meeting with school teams, we talk about the do's and don'ts for summer work.
Scholars Cited:
EdWeek: 4 Things Principals Can Do This Summer to Get Ready for the School Year
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
With 1 in 5 principals quitting each year, and 4 out of 5 saying they experience frequently experience job stress, it's likely your school will be welcoming a new principal in the near future. While the transition is ultimately the responsibility of the new principal, this pod is for staff members and parents who want to help make that transition as seamless and as smooth as possible!
Check out our blog on this same topic: 6 Tips for Welcoming a New Principal!
PTOtoday: How to Work with a New Principal
EdSource: Frustrating, exhausting but worth it: School principals tell what their jobs are like now
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Have you been asked to submit a 90-day entry plan for your new principalship? Look no further! Karen and Christy break down how to transition into your new role, discussing pitfalls and highlights of those first three months!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Was the 2021-2022 school year the hardest you have experienced? Is it difficult to even imagine decompressing this summer? This week on the pod, Karen and Christy break down how to process all that occurred and how heal this summer.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Planning meaningful and transformative professional development as a principal is hard. How do we ensure it isn't just one. more. thing. That's easy - make it more like a party! Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen have written a manual to help us do just that - The PD Book. In this episode, we have Elena as our first-ever guest as she walks us through her new book and, as always, challenges us to be better and more intentional leaders when it comes to PD.