School Success Podcast
The journey to becoming a school leader is not an easy one. There are many challenges along the way, but it becomes manageable when you have the correct information and tools to help you.
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#238, Scaling School Enrollment Through Faculty Growth┃Dr. Damian Ahrens (opens the original)
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“ 𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 . 𝑰𝒕 ’ 𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 , 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 ’ 𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚 .” – 𝐷𝑟 . 𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑠 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 Dr. Ahrens reflects on the humbling, exciting, and honestly scary weight of pouring into students for thousands of hours. He shares how Herzog, clear core values, and intentional culture work are helping Faith Baptist School steward that influence well. Watch the ful
#237, How to Build All-Star Teachers ft. Kori Hockett (opens the original)
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“ 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ' 𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 . 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ' 𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 .” – 𝐾𝑜𝑟𝑖 𝐻𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑡 , 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 This full conversation with Kori explores how school leaders can coach teachers, build healthy cultures, and rethink evaluation so educators actually want to stay. Watch or listen to the full episode now and share it with your team. 💻🎙️ -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultimate partner in s
#236, Inside Calvary Baptist Academy: Parent Initiatives, Tech & AI with David Warren (opens the original)
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“ 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 — 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 — 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 . 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 , 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ' 𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 . 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 .” 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏 , 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 In this episode, David gets practical about truly partnering with parents, building community through coffee talks and suppe
#235, People Over Tasks: Leadership Lessons from John Stubblefield (opens the original)
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“𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.” – 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡’𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 In this episode, John unpacks a practical universal leadership model for school culture, how to lead through rapid growth without burning out your staff, and why “people over tasks” is more than a slogan. Listen now and share it with a fellow school leader. ⌛🏫 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co
#234, Developing Future School Leaders in Christian Education with Jeremy Blackstock (opens the original)
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“ 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ’ 𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 .” – Jeremy Blackstock , Head of School at High Point Christian Academy This full episode explores how Jeremy leads a nearly 1,000-student Christian school while keeping a small-school feel, developing future leaders, and protecting mission in every decision. Watch or listen now and share it with a fellow school leader. 🎙️ -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultima
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