🔥 What are the core ingredients of successful school leadership teams?

🔥 How important is mindset when it comes to the effectiveness of a school leader?

🔥 What is one piece of advice that new principals, APs, and teacher-leaders should consider as they head into this school year?

Join me for this conversation with Dr. DARRIN PEPPARD as he shares his insights on these and other critical leadership questions.

About This Guest: Dr. Darrin Peppard is an author, leadership coach, consultant, and speaker focused on developing emerging leaders and building organizational cultures. He is the best-selling author of the book Road to Awesome and is the host of the Leaning into Leadership podcast. As a ‘recovering high school principal’, Darrin shares strategies and lessons learned from 26 years in public education to help leaders gain clarity, find joy in their work, and walk in their purpose.

Connect with Darrin

on Linkedin,

on X @DarrinMPeppard,

On TikTok @DarrinMPeppard,

on Instagram @darrin_m_peppard, 

on YouTube at Darrin M Peppard EdD,

at his website, https://darrinpeppard.edublogs.org/, and

on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/darrin.peppard.

Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00 am Pacific and 11:00 am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

In This Conversation:

0:27 - Who is Dr. Darrin Peppard?

2:04 - Darrin tells the story of his rocky start in school leadership

8:03 - How significant is mindset when it comes to the effectiveness of a school leader?

11:40 - What are the core ingredients of successful school leadership teams?

17:49 - What are the most common pitfalls of school leadership teams?

21:57 - What's the first step to repairing a broken system? (Question from ‪@ElementalEducator‬)

25:24 - Advice for new principals and school leaders

28:40 - How can principals and school leaders take ownership of their calendars?

36:48 - How Darrin made his teachers feel safe with their principal

41:04 - The mission of the Leaning Into Leadership Podcast

44:28 - An area of learning for Darrin away from education: building a business

46:01 - A productivity hack: Darrin's daily routines

46:55 - An app that Darrin relies on: Clear

48:38 - People to follow: Lauren Kaufman, Sean Gaillard, and Josh Tovar

49:45 - What Darrin's streaming on TV: Hijack and Reacher

50:39 - How to connect with Dr. Darrin Peppard online

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Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

GO! by Neffex

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