Moneak McCrary, Principal of Taylor County Middle School, shares the valuable strategies she uses to stay on top of phone calls and emails and how she utilizes a weekly email to consistently keep her teachers informed and included.

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Join in for a few moments as Melinda Fonteboa, Principal of Elijay Elementary School, shares how to have an effective P/AP relationship.

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The working environment of your school matters to your teachers. Find ways to listen to them, to create a space that makes them want to keep coming back! As we face teacher shortages and teachers who leave our profession over working conditions, as school leaders we should develop strategies to build a space where teachers want to work and students want to come to school.

Much of that depends upon the climate that you create as this short video challenges you to do. We talk about practical ways you can build a great working environment for teachers that don't cost you any money and can help keep your teachers engaged in the work of your school.

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As school leaders, we are often trying to get to success as quickly as possible. What if that makes us skip steps that actually take us further from the results we're after? Dr. Mark Wilson (principal-matters.com) takes us on a step-by-step journey of how we arrive at successful destinations... through relationships, time, and trust.

Check out more about leadership from Mark at principal-matters.com

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Stephen Peters is a great educator, an amazing presenter, and one of the foremost thought leaders in education. When he speaks, he's activating decades of experience and access to the most prominent education leaders of our generation. He was kind enough to do a set of videos for us... and you... about the essence of leadership. Enjoy!

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There are SO many things that you are presented with to do when you're a school principal and you can't possibly do them all. That doesn't stop most of us from giving it a try, though! But that usually leads to clarity on our part... clarity that you have to PRIORITIZE and do the things that are uniquely "principal" things. What are they?

The most important things for a principal to do varies from school to school... and it can vary WITHIN your school over time as the context of your school and school year evolve. The most effective of principals are adaptable. They are always looking and listening and measuring things around them to determine what specifically needs their best attention.

In this video, Dr. Mark Wilson shares some thoughts on how important it is to determine "What's your job?"

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In our previous episode, we looked at the fear surrounding the use of "ChatGPT" and AI in school and how it is similar to fear around other technological advances (printed books, automobiles, fire, etc...). In episode two we go from the unknown to the KNOWN. What should school leaders know about ChatGPT and other generative, large-language model artificial intelligences?

WIth the help of some slides from our collaborator Daniel Rivera, we offer some specifics (key words to know), some background (we use AI ALL THE TIME now... spotify, banking apps, siri and alexa and more), and some valued applications (lesson plans for teachers, help in writing emails and other tasks for you) that we may find in the school setting.

Yes, we do acknowledge the big baddies of ChatGPT-like AIs.... ease in cheating, dependence on technology, wrong answers from the AI... and offer some perspective on applications of all types (playing chess or checkers?).

This is episode two of this series and a part of ExpressEd, where we take a presentation we might give at a conference or workshop and break it down into several shorter segments that we share with you.

Thanks for watching. For all of our resources, visit principal-matters.com

~ Dr. Mark Wilson

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When Chat GPT rocked our world last November, school leaders immediately began to think of how it might impact their campuses. Is it dangerous or a leap forward? It's too soon to know as we share in this look at AI and the school leader.

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Octavius Mulligan (Principal, Tesnatee Gap ES, White County Schools, GA) and Amy Thornton (K-12 Liaison, Troup County Schools, GA) talk about the work of school leaders in building teams within the school

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Our friend Brian Buffington shares PRACTICAL tips for school administrators on how to get ahead... by avoiding getting behind. It's always hard when you have more tasks than time, but Buff shares some things you might do to make the most of your time.

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Join Susan Stone, Principal of Washington Park Elementary School, as she shares insight on having difficult conversations with your staff members, focusing on beginning the conversation with a positive and ending with intention on how you plan to help. ​

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