The solution to every problem begins with better leadership. That means you.

Colleagues,

On this morning’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast, I unpack a cornucopia of things I learned or was reminded of at the North Carolina Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association Fall Instructional Symposium a couple weeks ago.

I shared about identifying core values yesterday. Another nugget from Jimmy Casas was this: The solution to every problem in your organization is for you to work on you.

In other words, if something is not working it’s because, as leaders, we haven’t figured out how to make it work.

Kids in the classroom aren’t doing homework? Become a better teacher.

Teachers aren’t using engaged learning strategies? Become a better coach.

There is too much to do? Become better at identifying what’s important.

Of course there is an aspect of this which is simplistic and not fully accurate, but the basic premise – that we need to improve ourselves as the first step to fixing any problem – that’s golden.

Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode.

Cheers!

​Frederick