Kindling a Fire: Educational Leadership
Kindling a Fire: Educational Leadership
Amanda Pouliot
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch.
Episode 7: Learning from 6 books
In this episode, I attempt to synthesize my learning from these six leadership books and apply it to the colorado principal rubric.
Nov 17, 2020
9 min
Episode 6: Interview with Mindi Feir about Who Do We Choose To Be? by Margaret Wheatley
In this episode, Mindi Feir and I talk about sane leadership and what it means to us to be “warriors for the human spirit” as we discuss Who Do We Choose to Be? by Margaret J Wheatley.
Nov 17, 2020
17 min
Episode 5: With Chrysann McBride about Transformative Leadership in Education by Carolyn Shields
In this episode, Chrysann McBride and I discuss how to address the important and challenging question of equity in education.
Nov 16, 2020
36 min
Episode 4: Interview with Patti Katsampes about The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
In this episode, Patti Katsampes and I talk about how she has been able to shape communities that function effectively.
Nov 16, 2020
16 min
Episode 3: Interview with Dan Bock about Coherence by Michael Fullan & Joanne Quinn
In this episode, Dan Bock and I talk about how he has used the principles contained in Coherence in his large, comprehensive high school.
Nov 16, 2020
29 min
Episode 2: Interview with Kathy Frank about Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
In this episode, Kathy Frank and I explore what vulnerability and authenticity look like in educational leadership as we discuss Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
Nov 15, 2020
20 min
Episode 1: Interview with Jeena Templeton about Good to Great by Jim Collins
In this episode, I interview Jeena Templeton, principal of Everitt Middle School in Wheat Ridge, Colorado about how the principles in the business leadership book, Good to Great by Jim Collins, apply to educational leadership.
Nov 15, 2020
36 min