Episode 052: Building Relationships

For this episode of Passing Notes, in the Leadership Series, I visited with retired educator Pam Hibbs on building relationships. Pam Hibbs is the former Director of Early Childhood and my old boss in OKCPS. During her time with OKCPS she developed relationships with community partners, families, and students in order to build opportunities for families.

Reflection Questions:

• How do you build relationships with your students and parents?
• How do you build relationships with partners to provide opportunities for your students?
• How does your school engage the community/parents to participate in instruction?
• What strategies do you use to encourage family participation?
• What impact does engaging partners/families in the classroom have on instruction? Building community?

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Episode 051: The Role of Superintendent

This is episode 1 of the Leadership Series. This series will focus on the multifaceted work of school leaders. To kick of this series, I interviewed Dr. April Grace, Superintendent of Shawnee Public Schools, on the role of the superintendency and the importance of civic engagement. You can contact Dr. Grace on Twitter @ShawneeSup.

Reflection Guide:

• What is your leadership philosophy?
• How has your views on leadership or your view of yourself as a leader changed during your years as an educator?
• How do you find balance between leadership and administrative duties?
• What guides you through the larger challenges of school/district leadership?
• How does leadership impact your engagement in advocacy?
• How does engaging in the community build your leadership capacity?
• What role does accountability play in your leadership position?

The Leadership Series

You know I love a good series! Last year, Passing Notes listeners got to hear from experts across the state on technology and innovation for the Tech Series and this year we are bringing you the Leadership Series. I sat down with excellent leaders across Oklahoma to talk through important education issues, from equity to community, there is a lot on the mind of today’s school and district leaders. In each blog post you will find reflection questions based off of the episode to guide you and your team in a discussion on practice.

Listen in, starting October 10, 2019, to conversations about best practices in our schools and districts.