The 100 Percent Principal Podcast

Robyn Jackson

Tired of school change efforts that stall, or worse, never get off the ground? If you're a principal, assistant principal, or instructional coach who is ready have a transformative impact on the teachers you serve then School Leadership Reimagined is for you. Each week, Robyn Jackson will share counterintuitive strategies to help you dramatically improve instruction. You'll discover how to motivate your teachers, help them be accountable, overcome toxic cultures, and transform your school. No more pulling teeth with resistant teachers. No more constantly fighting fires. No more running out of steam mid-year. Regain your time, Reignite your passion, and Rethink what's possible. Stop settling for status quo. It's time to reimagine school leadership. Visit SchoolLeadershipReimagined.com to download the free resources that come with each episode

  1. 3D AGO

    Decisions vs Choices

    You've given the feedback. Done the modeling. Sent them to PD. And some of your teachers are still making the same mistakes they were making in September. Before you write that final evaluation, I want you to consider something: are you judging their decisions — or are you examining their choices? There's a difference. And it changes everything about how you develop teachers. What you'll learn: In this episode of The 100% Principal, I'm sharing Issue #005 of the newsletter — and it starts with something Michael Beasley said in an interview that made me put down my crochet hook mid-stitch. One sentence that named something I've been trying to articulate for years about the way we treat the people we lead. We'll talk about:  Why the reflective questions we were trained to ask in post-observation conferences are failing your teachers  The difference between a will problem and a skill problem (and why it still comes down to choices)  A simple four-level framework for matching your support to where your teachers actually are  What it costs you when you don't make this shift This is one of those episodes that's going to make you rethink something you've been doing all year. Resources mentioned:  📖 Never Underestimate Your Teachers — https://mindsteps-inc.myshopify.com/products/never-underestimate-your-teachers 📬 Subscribe to The 100% Principal Newsletter — https://100percentprincipal.com  🏫 Learn more about Buildership University — https://buildershipuniversity.com Subscribe to The 100% Principal Newsletter — one thing every Friday you can take straight into Monday: 100percentprincipal.com This episode comes from The 100 Percent Principal Weekly—my newsletter where every Friday I share one thing you can take straight into Monday to move the needle toward 100%. You're listening to The 100 Percent Principal Podcast, where those ideas come to life. Subscribe at https://100percentprincipal.com/

    24 min

  2. MAY 6

    Your Schedule Is Lying to You

    You've spent real time on your vision. You can articulate it. Your staff has heard it. You believe it. And your master schedule is quietly working against every word of it. Why? Because nobody taught you to look at the schedule the right way:  as a mirror for your vision, not a logistics problem to survive. And once you see it that way, some problems you've been fighting for years turn out to have a twenty-minute solution. In this episode I'm going to show you how to read your master schedule the way I read it, and what to do when what you find doesn't match what you say you believe. In this episode I break down:  Why your master schedule is the most honest document in your building   The one question that changes everything about how the scheduling process starts The scheduling decision that made teachers start recommending students for honor without anyone asking them to What "change your core values or change your schedule" actually means, and the principal whose teachers changed the schedule themselves once they saw the misalignment  The specific 15-minute move you can do this week to find the gap between your vision and your schedule What you'll learn: In this episode I'm going to show you how to read your master schedule the way I read it, and what to do when what you find doesn't match what you say you believe. I break down: — Why your master schedule is the most honest document in your building — more honest than your vision statement — The one question that changes everything about how the scheduling process starts — The scheduling decision that made teachers start recommending students for honors — without anyone asking them to — What "change your core values or change your schedule" actually means — and the principal whose teachers changed the schedule themselves once they saw the misalignment — The specific 15-minute move you can do this week to find the gap between your vision and your schedule 🤔 QUESTION OF THE DAY: Pick one thing from your vision. Now ask yourself: does it have protected time in your master schedule? Resources mentioned:  Subscribe to The 100% Principal Newsletter — one thing every Friday you can take straight into Monday: 100percentprincipal.com Get your copy of the Master Scheduling Playbook here This episode comes from The 100 Percent Principal Weekly—my newsletter where every Friday I share one thing you can take straight into Monday to move the needle toward 100%. Subscribe at https://100percentprincipal.com/

    22 min

  3. APR 29

    How to Hire Teachers Who Actually Fit Your School Culture

    Most principals walk out of a hiring interview with a feeling. A 100% Principal walks out with evidence. In this episode, I'm breaking down the three-stage hiring system that changes who applies, who you interview, and who actually shows up in your building every day. What you'll learn: Why your job posting is filtering for the wrong people (and how to fix it in under 5 minutes) The one question that reveals what a candidate actually believes — versus what they know to say Why a sample lesson in the second interview is the least useful thing you can ask for — and what to do instead The real cost of a will-based misalignment hire and why it almost never shows up in year one Resources mentioned: How to Hire Your Next Master Teacher Playbook — https://mindsteps-inc.myshopify.com/products/how-to-hire-your-next-master-teacher-playbook The 100% Collective — https://buildershipuniversity.com/collective  Subscribe to The 100% Principal Newsletter — one thing every Friday you can take straight into Monday: 100percentprincipal.com

    30 min

  4. APR 22

    How to Give Your Staff an End of Year They'll Never Forget

    Your last culture-building moment of the year is already underway — and most principals are about to waste it. It's April. The energy has gone flat. Your teachers are still showing up but everyone is running on fumes. And somewhere in the back of your mind is a thought you haven't said out loud: I'm not sure this year went the way I wanted it to. I've watched principals turn around brutal years in the last six weeks of school. I've also watched great years fall apart in a bad June. Both are possible right now — in your building. What you do in the next six weeks doesn't just close out the year. It writes the story your staff and students carry into September. In this episode I break down:  Why the end of the year shapes how people remember everything that came before it — The Meaning → Moment → Memory framework that turns a forgettable June into the most powerful culture-building opportunity you have left  Two specific moves you can make this week — one for your students, one for your staff — that change how they walk back through your doors in September 🤔 QUESTION OF THE DAY: What does the end of this year need to prove about your school? What's the one thing you want your staff to believe about themselves when they walk out that door at the end of the year? This episode came from this week's 100% Principal Newsletter where every Friday I send you one thing you can take straight into Monday that will actually move the needle toward 100%. Join me at https://100percentprincipal.com.

    17 min

  5. APR 15

    Why Principals Slip Back Into Leadership When Things Get Hard

    Every morning you walk into school with a plan. And by 9am it's gone. You're constantly interrupted, constantly pulled into decisions that aren't yours to make, constantly the person everyone is waiting on before they can move. You probably think you have a boundaries problem. You don't. You have a systems problem. And those two problems have completely different solutions. I was on a podcast recently where the hosts threw every crisis scenario at me they had — low morale, declining scores, surface-level compliance, staff resistance. And every single time I kept arriving at the same answer. Not because I was being stubborn. Because it's the only answer that actually works. In this episode I'm going to show you exactly what's happening when a Builder slips back into leadership under pressure — and what you have to build right now so your school stops running on you. In this episode I break down: — Why good principals lose their 100% vision under pressure — one reasonable decision at a time — The real reason your staff keeps pulling you into every meeting and waiting for your green light — What the difference between a time problem and a systems problem actually means for your school — The specific move you can make this week to start fixing it — not next semester, this week 🤔 QUESTION OF THE DAY: Where is your school running on you right now instead of on what you built?  This episode came from this week's 100% Principal Newsletter — where every Friday I send you one thing you can take straight into Monday that will actually move the needle toward 100%. Join me at https://100percentprincipal.com.

    21 min

  6. APR 8

    What Is the 100Percent Principal Podcast? Everything You Need to Know Before April 15th

    After eight years, this podcast has a new name, a new format, and one very specific focus: principals who have decided that 100Percent student success isn't an aspiration. It's something they're going to build. In this first episode, I'm telling you exactly what The 100Percent Principal Podcast is, who it's for, and what you can expect every week when you show up. Whether you're a sitting principal, an aspiring one, or a district leader who supports them, there's something here for you. Subscribe to the newsletter at 100percentprincipal.com and I'll see you April 15th.

    16 min

  7. APR 1

    I Have a Big Announcement (No, This Is Not an April Fools Joke)

    For the last four weeks I've been naming something you already knew but couldn't say out loud — what's happening with your students, your teachers, your communities, and why everything you were trained to do feels like it's working less than it used to. Today is the final episode of this series. And I have two things for you: the answer you've been waiting for, and an announcement I've been sitting on for a long time. I'll give you the answer first. The announcement comes at the end — and no, before you say anything, I know what day it is. This is not a joke.

    23 min

  8. MAR 25

    There's a new kind of teacher: Why everything you know about leadership just changed

    The teacher you were trained to lead and the teacher standing in your building right now are not the same person, and nobody told you that. That's why in this episode, I'm  going to show you exactly who the New Teacher is, why the tactics that used to work have stopped working, and what it actually takes to reach a teacher who evaluates authority, interrogates truth, and is no longer defined by the profession the way teachers used to be. It's not you. It's not them. It's that the old playbooks no longer work. So you can stop blaming yourself, stop blaming your staff, and start building a school worth committing to #LikeABuilder.

    32 min
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Tired of school change efforts that stall, or worse, never get off the ground? If you're a principal, assistant principal, or instructional coach who is ready have a transformative impact on the teachers you serve then School Leadership Reimagined is for you. Each week, Robyn Jackson will share counterintuitive strategies to help you dramatically improve instruction. You'll discover how to motivate your teachers, help them be accountable, overcome toxic cultures, and transform your school. No more pulling teeth with resistant teachers. No more constantly fighting fires. No more running out of steam mid-year. Regain your time, Reignite your passion, and Rethink what's possible. Stop settling for status quo. It's time to reimagine school leadership. Visit SchoolLeadershipReimagined.com to download the free resources that come with each episode

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