Leadership & School Culture

Episode Summary In this episode, I continue the Saturday Stories Leadership Kit with a focus on decision making—specifically thinking about options and consequences before acting. Through a short story, students see how slowing down can change the direction of a situation. In real classrooms, students often react quickly, especially when emotions are involved. That tension

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories episode, I focus on the leadership skill of dealing with mistakes. While decision-making is important, what matters just as much is how students respond when things do not go as planned. Through the story “The Redo,” students experience a moment of failure when their structure collapses. Instead of quitting,

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories episode, I introduce a new focus within the Leadership Kit—decision making. While previous lessons focused on attitude and influence, this episode shifts toward action. Leadership is not just about how we feel or think, but about what we choose to do when faced with uncertainty. Through the story Waiting

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories episode from the Leadership Kit, I share a classroom story called It Started at One Table. The story illustrates how positive energy and encouragement can spread through a room when one group of students chooses to approach a challenge differently. The story begins with a classroom feeling heavy and

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories Leadership Kit episode, I introduce the next layer of attitude: sometimes your response does not just affect you — it affects the entire room. Students may not control every circumstance, but they can influence the climate. Through the story “The Morning Shift,” we see how Aaliyah, Jaden, and Sophia

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories Leadership Kit episode, I introduce a new value: attitude. After building around listening and enthusiasm, we now move into something that shows up quickly and visibly in classrooms. Through the story “The New Seat,” students explore what it means to choose their attitude even when circumstances feel frustrating or

Episode Summary This week’s Saturday Story centers on a simple but powerful idea: enthusiasm spreads. I share a short student story called It Spread and unpack how one student’s quiet excitement shifted the entire energy of a table group. It didn’t start loud. It didn’t start dramatic. It started with one student being genuinely excited.

Episode Summary In this Saturday Stories episode, I introduce a Leadership Kit story focused on enthusiasm and the skill of being careful of enthusiasm destroyers. Through the story “The Comment That Stuck,” students explore how a single comment can drain excitement—and how leadership includes protecting your energy and ideas anyway. I walk through the story

Episode Summary This Saturday Story from the Leadership Kit focuses on enthusiasm and the skill of bringing excitement into everything. Through the story “Aaliyah Tries Again,” I explore how students do not always begin tasks feeling motivated, but excitement can grow once effort begins. The story captures a familiar classroom moment. Aaliyah feels bored before