Episode 62: Back to the Future with Amy Fadeji

No, we didn't just come back from an 80's party or lose our sanity, we did actually dress up in this episode for a reason...

In this episode, Amy Fedeji joins us from California where her school is already back in session to talk about the opening of her school year and help the rest of us think about anything we might be forgetting before our school year starts. We applied our creativity in thinking of "Back to the Future" and for obvious reasons (maybe only to us) had to dress in 80's attire for this! We had several join the discussion to share ideas that you can find here: Todays Meet Discussion transcript

Amy shared great ideas from her staff kick-off, like the unveiling of their theme and the teachers' first activity with iPads.

We announced winners of our book Breaking Out of Isolation (coming out in September) and also shared another contest opportunity to win our book: Tweet with the #principalpln hashtag a back to school tip or your back to school nightmare. We'll announce the lucky winner on our next podcast!

In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

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Episode 61: Welcoming New Teachers

In this podcast we discuss ideas to welcome new teachers to your school and provide support throughout the year. Live listeners joined us for the conversation in Todays Meet; you can find the transcript here:

TodaysMeet conversation

Just a few of the resources shared in this conversation included:

#NTChat led by Lisa Dabbs

Books:

Standing in the Gap: Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources

The 21st Century Mentor’s Handbook

In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

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Episode 60: Getting Ready for the New Year

Jessica and Theresa discuss what they're working on right now to get ready for the new school year and thinking about the first staff meeting and what to read to students the first week of the school year.  Here are some of the resources they mentioned in the podcast:

Summer To Do List for Principals

Resources for New Principals (includes first meeting ideas, youtube links)

Tickler File

The Principal’s Checklist

Getting into classrooms the first week of school:

Spruce and Lucy by Todd Nesloney

Why am I Here? by Matthew Kelly

Jessica's post on Books for the First Week

Books we’re reading right now: Lean In, A Principal’s Guide to Leadership in the Teaching of Writing

And just a reminder, Tweet us using #principalpln or comment below about first staff meeting ideas and one lucky responder will get a copy of our book Breaking Out of Isolation in September. 




In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

Subscribe on iTunes here

Episode 59: Edcamp Recap

Edcamp Chicago Selfie (or is it Ussee?)

Chicago schedule/google doc of notes

Periscope - live stream/recording to share from conferences or share school events with family/community.

How are you using periscope? Tweet us using #principalpln or comment below about ideas for using Periscope and one lucky responder will get a copy of our book Breaking Out of Isolation in September.

Great way to introduce new staff members: All Star Press Conference by Brad Gustafson

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Jess and Theresa finally meet in person!

pre Edcamp dinner




In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

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Episode 58 - #NAESP Collaboration with #30SecondTake!

Theresa worked with Brad Gustafson during the NAESP conference in Long Beach June 30-July 2. We found a ton of great principals with some amazing advice for new administrators. Check out what they had to say - you will not regret it!



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In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

Subscribe on iTunes here

Episode 57: Jethro Jones interviews the PLN on their new book

Jethro Jones reached out to us to interview the PLN on our book being released in September. He was kind enough to let us also share it with our viewers! It will be on the Transformative Principal near the end of July, but our listeners will get a sneak peek today :) Jessica and Theresa were on the podcast, Spike was taking shelter from a tornado ripping through South Jersey! We missed him but are so glad he is safe!

Thanks so much Jethro! Be sure to check out The Transformative Principal on iTunes and Twitter (@TrnFrmPrincipal) and follow Jethro on Twitter: @JethroJones

In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now on Amazon or from Corwin.

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Episode 56: Time to Get a Life!

What do principals do over the summer? Here’s a starting point: Summer To Do List

Great blog post: The Principal’s Summer Excellence Checklist by John Wink In this blog post he asks great questions for you to reflect/plan on that have to do with:

• culture
• instruction
• assessment
• intervention
• extension
• college and career
• master schedule
• leadership
• student behavior
• communication
• celebration

In other news...our book, Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader will be out in September, but you can pre-order it now HERE.

Subscribe on iTunes here