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Advancing Voices, Shaping Education

Ankeny, IA
Joined March 2025
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INT of the year candidate in Week 1 😱 #SCtop10
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Grundmeyer Leader Search deploys a targeted, multi-state team to help schools hired the best! The firm crafts tailored search strategies and provides structured onboarding to set new leaders up for measurable success. Visit grundmeyerleadersearch.com. #ExecutiveSearch
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Council Bluffs Schools is hiring a CFO. Application period: July 13–Aug 23. Salary $120,000–$160,000. Location: Council Bluffs, IA. Apply at tinyurl.com/CouncilBluffsCFO. Ideal for experienced education finance leaders ready to advance district financial strategy and operations.
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New from Your Morning Boost: Adam Busch explores how procedures quietly shape school culture. Listen here...buff.ly/oMeiztJ
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🤔 If a visitor analyzed nothing but your master schedule time blocks, could they guess your school improvement goals? The clock doesn't lie about priorities. Audit your matrix. 🎧 Listen: buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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⚠️ Spreadsheet mistake: Shifting a third-period algebra section to fix inclusion, only to inadvertently strip a science teacher of their daily prep time. The domino effect is real. Fix the flaws in July. 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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Five priorities walked into a summer planning meeting, and only two fit onto the master schedule grid. Your matrix isn't just a spreadsheet puzzle—it's a values document. Let's fix the hidden design traps. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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An early investment in school culture is not a soft addition to administration—it’s an investment in instructional infrastructure. Skip it to hit a pacing guide, and it shows up by October as behavior referrals. Pace your rollout. 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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⚠️ Stop confusing exposure with mastery. Just because a teaching staff sat through a 45-minute presentation on a new digital platform doesn't mean they can implement it with fidelity on day one. Protect your collective space for actual depth. 🎥 Watch on YouTube
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Ego and perfectionism often stop school leaders from apologizing when things go wrong. But mending trust requires coming humbly to the table and honoring the other person's timeline. 🎧 Listen: buff.ly/MsxzxFx
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📚 Thinking about grading reform before the school year begins? Our 4-part Modern Grading Exchange with Dr. Matt Townsley & Dr. Chad Lang shares practical, research-based strategies for school leaders. 🎧 buff.ly/bNfPKdu #EdLeadership #K12 #GradingReform
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Your summer plans look perfect on paper, but human energy is finite. Treating opening week like an initiative packing contest forces compliance over culture. When we overwhelm staff, priorities fade by October. What can you remove from the plate? 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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Is your school culture defined by your mission statement or your daily predictability? Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket joins us to break down why school culture fails when trust is missing, and how small consistent actions change everything. 🎧 Listen: buff.ly/MsxzxFx
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When a respected, quiet anchor nods their head in agreement during a meeting, it carries more weight than a 20-slide presentation from the main office. Are you building buy-in with your silent leaders? 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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⚠️ Stop sending mass emails looking for committee chairs. Open calls rarely reach your quiet professionals—they just land on overwhelmed superstars or loud, misguided voices. School improvement requires targeted engagement. 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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Why do teachers fear walkthrough data? Because it’s usually used for compliance, not collaboration. Bobby Dodd breaks down how radical transparency transforms data into trust. Fix your school culture before the next term starts: buff.ly/0qreIVI #EdLeaders
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Your quietest staff members aren’t necessarily content. Assuming stability equals satisfaction is a dangerous administrative trap. When we ignore steady anchors to manage loud operational fires, they rust. Who is sitting in your blind spot? 🎧 buff.ly/SpbKzrU
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If your relationship strategy ends at saying "good morning" in the hallway, your school climate surveys will show it. Passive chats feel transactional. Discover how to map your school like a mosaic. Listen: buff.ly/0qreIVI #EdChat
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Schools are incredibly good at adding things—new initiatives, new programs, new meetings. But real improvement doesn't just come from addition. Sometimes it comes from subtraction. What is your school going to stop doing next year? Listen: buff.ly/repYBP2 #EdLeaders
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