Ep 32: Educational Leadershi* : It's messy, and fully worth it.
*Warning, there are curse words that are unbleeped in this episode
Remove ants and bees from the planet and the whole system will collapse. Remove humans and the world improves. Why is that? And how does it relate to leadership?
In this episode, Brian and Kasey work through the unique difficulties of educational leadershi* and why - at times - it is the most difficult form of leadership. From frustrated parents, unengaged students, combative staff members, and all the pressures of a demanding society, being an educational leader is seemingly impossible.
So why do it?
Answer: Because of hope.
The Complexity of Educational Leadershi*
- Only profession where EVERYONE has experience
- We have no teeth, but are filled with bite marks
- Are charged with the “Wicked Task” of fixing ALL problems for ALL students (and parents, and teachers) in a timely manner.
Solutions:
Be Courageous: “Why not us?”
Interpersonal: Willingness to confront yourself about what's true, even when it’s difficult to face.
Intrapersonal: Ability to have a difficult conversation with one or small groups of people - confronting a difficult topic
Public Courage: Stand up and be the face - make a stand (history books)
References:
At the Table Podcast
No graduation: 8th graders turned away from ceremony; parents furious
George Washington's First Annual Address to Congress
Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness
A Trickle Of Thought, Rose Marie Juan-Austin
Allow a dark soul to enter
Its kingdom.
A tinge of darkness,
Could create a spell
And wrap the Kingdom
With nightmares,
Leading to its death.
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Thank you, also, Matt Hard for the outro music (it was generated from our Chat GPT Episode) and Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!
