The Assistant Principal Podcast
Episodes
Mentor Me
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In my junior year of college Dr. Bob Kelly said to me, “I predict that someday you will earn your doctorate.” His statement planted the seed of an...
Five for Friday February 6-10, 2023
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
None of this week’s messages were earth shattering or focused on big changes, but that is the whole point. It is the small changes that matter. Maki...
Every building, every class, every day! with Eleanor MaCauley
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 97: Every building, every class, every day!About this show:Unless you are a first-time listener, you have heard me talk about the ...
Five for Friday January 30-February 2, 2023
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday Show NotesTeaser:This week was all about leadership as a concept. What is leadership? Beyond what leadership is, we looked out how lea...
All Other Duties as Assigned with Dr. Ryan Donlan
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 95: All Other Duties as Assigned with Dr. Ryan DonlanAbout this show: There are a couple of closely related questions I am freque...
Five for Friday January 23-27, 2023
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday Show NotesTeaser: Outside of Monday, the theme running through this week’s emails is care. We look at care from a couple of differen...
Cultivating Motivation with Mike Anderson
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 93: Cultivating Motivation with Mike AndersonAbout this show: There once was an old man who didn’t like baseball. He likes quie...
Five for Friday January 16-20
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday Show NotesTeaser: Today’s Five for Friday will be a bit different. Leading off we will talk about the best pot to use for cooking oa...
Meet the New Principal with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 2
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 91: Meet the New Principal with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 2About this show: I’m working with three new principals this year. They are...
Five for Friday January 9-13, 2023
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday Show NotesTeaser: This week’s big idea: We are here to support people, and the first step in supporting is listening. Hello collea...
It won't work! with Dr. Sam Sircey Part 1
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OutlineGuest: Sam SirceyPreferred name/title?Relax and laughWill be video recording and may use small or big piecesSmall things won’t be editedIf th...
Five for Friday December 31-January 6, 2022 and 2023
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday OutlineHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is ...
People Before Purpose
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Coming 🤣
Five for Friday December 26-30, 2022
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday OutlineHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is ...
Bonus: Who are you? With Craig Martin
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 51: Who are you? With Craig MartinAbout this show:Last spring several of the assistant principals in our APEx group asked if we co...
Five for Friday December 19-23, 2022
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday OutlineHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is ...
BONUS: Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 26: Courage with Mary HemphillAbout this show:Are you living your leadership journey courageously? Before Dr. Mary Hemphill became...
Five for Friday December 12-16, 2022
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five for Friday OutlineHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is ...
The APs Journey with Maria Werner
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 83: The APs Journey with Maria WernerAbout this show:Are you stuck in the gravitational pull of the black hole of urgency? Or mayb...
Five for Friday December 5-9, 2022
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
What’s your problem?
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode OutlineShow title and release date: What’s your problem? December 6, 2022Show Description:What do (a) to...
Five for Friday November 28-December 2, 2022
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Just Be Visible with Dr. David Franklin
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Exceleration Show Notes, Episode 79: Just be visible About this show: “Can Every School Succeed?” That’s a big question an...
Five for Friday November 21-25, 2022
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
The Flywheel Part 2
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode OutlineShow title and release date: November 22, 2022Show Description:Last episode we looked at the flywhe...
Five For Friday November 14-18
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
The Flywheel Part 1
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022-11-15_75_The Flywheel Part 1_FINAL audio 00:12 : Leadership really is a journey. Oftentimes, we begin that journey by being sucked into the bla...
Five For Friday November 7-11
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Professional Development
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode OutlineShow title and release date:Show Description:"Those sessions do nothing for me" This was a quote fr...
Five For Friday October 31 - November 4
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Restorative Justice Through the Heart with Josh Stamper
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 71: Restorative Practices with Josh StamperAbout this show: Change starts from within. That was the title of episode 20, in which...
Five For Friday October 24-28
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Five for Friday TemplateHello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host this week, Mara B...
Procedures - Small Tweaks, Big Gains!
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode Outline Show title and release date: October 25, 2022 Show Description:Every teacher should have a proce...
Five for Friday, October 22-28, 2022
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Blooming Where You Are Planted with Robyn Jackson
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 67: Blooming Where You Are Planted with Robyn JackonAbout this show: “As an assistant principal, you must learn to bloom where ...
Five for Friday 17-21
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022-10-21_68_Five for Friday Final Audio Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast I'm your host, Frederick Busky. The goal o...
The Four Patterns of Observation
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever popped into a classroom, just to see what’s going on, and have the teacher stop the lesson and begin explaining to you what they are d...
Five for Friday October 3-7, 2022
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of October 3rd through seventh twenty, twenty two. If you alre...
Productive Disruption with Dr. Mary Hemphill
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 63: Productive Disruption with Dr. Mary HemphillAbout this show: Ship is sinking (may 26, 2022, Ep 28)The teacher shortage is not...
Five for Friday, September 26-30, 2022
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
2022-09-27_62_Five for Friday_FINAL AUDIO 00:01 Hello colleagues, and welcome to the Assistant Principal podcast. I'm your host, Frederick Buskey. T...
The Three Epiphanies
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Description:How did your to-do list go today?How about yesterday?How will it go tomorrow?If you missed last week’s webinar on escaping the blac...
Five for Friday, September 19-23
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
What Do Your Big Initiatives Actually Cost?
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Content Episode Outline Show title and release date: 9/20/22 Show Description:Everything has a cost. That cost can be ea...
Five for Friday, September 12-16, 2022
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Webinar registration: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/2/532gpun
Supporting New Teachers with John Schembari
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 58: Supporting New Teachers with John SchembariAbout this show:We all know how critical it is to support new teachers, but do we a...
Five for Friday, September 2-9, 2022
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monday:Relationships in the workplace take three basic forms:· Congenial: people share a social bond· Pragmatic: people share a prof...
The Black Hole of Urgency
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 55: The Black Hole of Urgency For many of us, our goals – our dreams – of leadership revolve around helping others:· ...
Is your journey like mine?
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Looking forward to episode 56: The Black Hole of Urgency!
Five for Friday, August 29 - September 2, 2022
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Principal Podcast Five for Friday Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The go...
Supporting New Teachers
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Five for Friday, August 22-26, 2022
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Who Are You? with Craig Martin
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 51: Who are you? With Craig MartinAbout this show:Last spring several of the assistant principals in our APEx group asked if we co...
Five for Friday - 50th Anniversary Edition!
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
The ILT
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 49: The Instructional Leadership TeamAbout this show:This episode is titled THE Instructional Leadership Team. Why “THE Instruct...
Five for Friday, August 12, 2022
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 38, Dr. Maddie JurekQuadrant2 micro-journal subscribe link here
From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 47: From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 2About this show:What does it mean to be an assistant principal? W...
From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 46: From first year AP to AP of the Year with Dr. Tia Jones Pt. 1About this show:What does it mean to be an assistant principal? W...
Five for Friday, August 5, 2022
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the daily leadership emails from the week of August 1-5.
The Story That Drives Me
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 44: The Story That Drives MeAbout this show:Many of us have a story that drives what we do. We had a special teacher, or a great m...
Five for Friday, July 29, 2022
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode of Five for Friday recaps the strategic leadership emails for the week of July 25-29, 2022.
The Curmudgeon with Nat Ellis
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 42: The Curmudgeon with Nat EllisAbout this show:When we talk about teachers resisting change, we often conjure up images of the c...
Five for Friday, July 22, 2022
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Team Coaching with John Willis
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 40: Team Coaching with John WillisAbout this show:Today, I am joined by John Willis, the founder of the Teaming Edge. John is here...
Five for Friday, July 15, 2022
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, pleas...
Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie Jurek
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 38: Just Put the Key in the Door with Maddie JurekAbout this show:Yay! You finally found time to get into a classroom and do a big...
Five for Friday, July 4-8, 2022
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 leadershi...
Parent Partnerships with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Recapping the Daily Emails, June 27-July 1, 2022
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 productiv...
Persistent Growth with Emily Parks
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Recapping the daily emails 6-20-24
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Link to the daily email: https://mailchi.mp/c15c68e6df32/specialedition
The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 32: The Flywheel with Dr. Melissa Burns About this show:In Jim Collins’ Iconic book, “Good to Great”, he describes the flyw...
Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 31: Prioritizing Your Own Leadership Development with Maria Werner About this show:Dealing with discipline, being the test coordi...
Six Ways to Eliminate Interruptions
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 30: Six Ways to Eliminate InterruptionsAbout this show:In a noisy world, is it possible to find the quiet necessary to do work tha...
Culture with Brad Coleman
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 29: Culture with Brad ColemanAbout this show:Culture. What is it? How do we shape it? Why is it so critical? You could fill an ent...
The Ship is Sinking
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 28: The Ship is SinkingAbout this show:Imagine you’re on a nice little boat, floating along a gentle river or out on a calm lake...
Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard?
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 2: Why is Instructional Leadership so Hard?About this show:Have you noticed how many first-year teachers have trouble managing the...
Courage with Dr. Mary Hemphill
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you living your leadership journey courageously? Before Dr. Mary Hemphill became the Director of Academic Standards for the North Carolina Departm...
Parents and Community with Dr. Leigh Ann Alford-Keith
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 25: Parents and Community About this show:“We need to increase family engagement.” I hear this all the time. We know what we ...
The Four Patterns of Observation
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m asking for your help. I’ve put together an MVP (minimally viable product) training video and am looking for a few people to pilot it. In ex...
Testing Coordination with Carrie Prochaska
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 23: Testing Coordination with Carrie Prochaska About this show:April showers bring May flowers and May flowers bring…. Testing ...
Growth Mindset with Becca Silver
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 22: Growth Mindset About this show:If you have ever played buzz-word bingo, and had “growth mindset” on your card, you knew y...
Meeting the Needs of New Teachers
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 21: Meeting the Needs of New Teachers About this show:In today’s episode, guest host Mara Buskey leads us through a discussion ...
Change Starts from Within with Gabby Grant
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 20: Change Starts from Within About this show:The topic of this show is restorative practices, but the show title is the key to i...
Exceptional Student Support with Elizabeth Schumpert
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode X: Title About this show:Serving exceptional students can be one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of school leadersh...
The Math of Leverage
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 18: The Math of Leverage About this show:The four principles of leverage, described last week in episode 17, can guide us to crea...
The Four Principles of Leverage
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode X: Title About this show:Ever wonder why we are always driving change in our schools? Ever wonder why change initiatives rarely s...
Becoming Strategically Reactive!
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Intro Hello colleagues and welcome to the Assistant Principal Podcast. I’m your host Frederick Buskey. The goal of this podcast is to help imp...
Teacher Leadership with Melissa Burns
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode X: Title About this show:Dr. Melissa Burns is the principal at Sara Collins Elementary School in Greenville, South Carolina. Meli...
The Teacher Tracking Document
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Assistant Principal PodcastEpisode X: Tracking Teacher DevelopmentWhy does it always feel like improving teacher quality is an uphill battle? One ...
What Makes a Great AP with Brenda Byrd
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode 13: What Makes a Great APToday I’m joined by Brenda Byrd, an Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership (and a former South ...
Episode 12: Becca Silver and Instructional Coach Relationships
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes, Episode X: Title About this show:Today I’m joined by Becca Silver the founder and lead consultant at The Whole Educator. Becca has been...
Episode 8: Who Should I Coach?
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Assistant Principal PodcastEpisode 8: Who Should I Coach? In this episode we look into the surprisingly complex question of “Who should I coach...
Episode 7: Dr. Sam Sircey and Perspectives
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7: Dr. Sam Sircey and Perspectives Today I’m joined by Dr. Sam Sircey, the Principal of North Buncombe High School in Weaverville NC.Sam is...
Episode 6: A Coaching Grab Bag
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are doing a coaching grab bag. Today’s episode was inspired by my ongoing work with assistant principals from several different school dist...
Episode 5: Your relationship with Email
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this: You receive only six emails a week. One is from your district office and provides all the info you need for the week. One is from your p...
Episode 4: 5-Minute Coaching DEEP Dive
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special edition of The Assignat Principal Podcast inspired by some work I did recently with nine assistant principals as part of the APEx pr...