Dr. Adam Swinyard on Public Education as a Promise and Relationships at the Core (Encore Episode)

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jul 8, 2025 | Podcast

This past week has seen many of us in education trying to make sense of what the future holds. It’s for that reason, I wanted to bring back my conversation with Dr. Adam Swinyard, Superintendent of Spokane Public Schools and the 2023 Washington State...

Imperfect by Design: What Michael Lubelfeld and Nick Polyak Learned from Crisis and Innovation

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jul 1, 2025 | Podcast

📢 New Episode Alert! 🎧 We’re thrilled to share a powerful new episode of An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast! This week, we sit down with two incredible Illinois Superintendents: Dr. Nick Polyak and Dr. Michael Lubelfeld. This...

Authentic Leadership in Action: Marlon Styles Brags About What’s Right in Public Education

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 24, 2025 | Podcast

🎙️Join us on An Imperfect Leader with trailblazing Marlon Styles!🎙️ This week on An Imperfect Leader: The Superintendents and Leadership Podcast, we get to feature Marlon Styles, former Superintendent of Middletown City School District (OH) and current Partner at the...

A Better Way to Train School Principals: A Focus on Competency in Leadership

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 17, 2025 | Blog

Learning the many skills needed to be an effective principal requires learning beyond what you get in a master’s degree program. Most principals will tell you they really learned the role on the job and with the support of a few mentors. What if there were a better...

How To Keep Educational Equity Work on Track: Five Guiding Beliefs

by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 17, 2025 | Blog

A while back, we were conducting an qualitative listening assessment for a school district. During a listening group session — we did the listening, and community members did the talking — one parent offered a perspective that has stuck with us: Teachers are working...