Episode 74: Starting the Final Quarter

In this episode, Theresa and Jessica chat about the long list of to-do’s principals have during this final quarter of the school year: calendar, budgeting, evaluations, staffing, etc.

Jessica also talks about using March Madness week as an opportunity to promote college awareness at the elementary level (and keep teachers happy wearing jeans!). We would love to hear from our listeners what other things you are doing to promote college/careers.

Poster Jessica created for her school during March Madness week

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Episode 73: Spike's New Adventure

In this podcast, Theresa talks about having to literally close their school down to bleach the germs off. Jessica talks about being so far behind on everything and Spike shares the exciting news about his brand new position!

Here’s a great article on Spike’s new position: Lakeside has New Principal

We also talked about having a life outside of work and one of our inspiring PLN members, Jay Posick featured in this great article: Runners Like Us. Jay joined us on the PrincipalPLN for Episode 66 Running Away from Isolation.

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Episode 72: Seeking Work Life Balance

In this episode Spike talks about his school’s journey to get healthier, which includes the recent grant of a NutriBullet for each of his 4th graders and his staff’s Biggest Loser Challenge.

We talked about Work Life Balance for principals and had @PrincipalGarden join us to share some tips.  We also announced that the PrincipalPLN crew are at it again...we’re working on another book to try to help principals learn how to achieve that balance between work and life.  We would like to hear from YOU to help us gather data on administrators. Please take a few minutes to fill out THIS SURVEY. If you’re interested in being included in our book as a vignette you can share your info with us on the survey about that possibility.

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Episode 71: Getting Back into the Swing of Things

In episode 71 Jessica and Theresa catch up on their holiday break and how hard it is to get back into the swing of things (for adults and kids)! They talk about finding balance, New Years Resolutions and Jessica's Reading Resolutions.
This was their first time using Blab to record, so they were also learning how to use this new online tool to be able to connect with listeners during the live podcast.

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Episode 70 - Chris Nesi

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Episode 69: Spike is back from China

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This episode is longer than normal, but completely worth it. We start out to catch up  and hear about the Thanksgiving feast at Theresa's school and the writing celebrations at Jessica's school.

A snapshot of students giving feedback during their writing celebration.

Then we spend the entire time hearing all about Spike's experience in China and how life and school is SO different than ours in the United States.

Here is Spike's video tour of his China experience:

Want to know more about the China/USA educational experience? Check out Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? By Young Zhao 

Spike and the rest of the NJ Educator's crew will be working on an e-publication on their trip to China. Stay tuned for more!

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Episode 68: Random Musings about Balance with Principals

In this episode we just catch up on what we are each up to. Find out what country Spike is traveling to, how many half-marathons Theresa has run, and Jessica’s struggle with lunch. We talk about the challenges principals face in making time for themselves.

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