4 ways you can support people right now

Colleagues,


First, I want to thank everyone who has listened to and shared the podcast with others! Episode 8 had over 40 downloads in the first six days, which is fantastic. The hardest thing about sharing content is not receiving feedback, so in the absence of words the numbers are powerful. Thank you!


Last week episode 9 of The Assistant Principal Podcast came out and my guest Libba Mattison made four important points that I think are valuable to all of us right now.


Libba is an assistant principal at Lakeview Middle School in Greenville SC. She offered four ways that APs can support teachers RIGHT NOW, but you don’t need to be in education to use them:

• Be super visible by working with them, taking over duties, and being in the halls.
• Listen. Often, we don't need to respond. Teachers just need to talk and feel listened to. Take off your fixit hat and just be present.
• Be human. That means giving grace, but also being vulnerable.
• When there is an issue that needs to be dealt with, involve teachers in the solution.

Libba has a great spirit and I encourage everyone to listen to episode 9, which deals exclusively with leading during this pandemic.


Cheers!


Frederick