by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jul 9, 2024 | Podcast
Hello Imperfect Leaders! It’s summer!! And for leaders, that means reflection. And it means planning for the coming year. It is for that reason that this week’s episode is an encore episode specifically picked with your upcoming year in mind. As Labor...
by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jul 2, 2024 | Podcast
INTRO: Hop on the Energy Bus for our latest podcast episode! This week, we’re thrilled to have Dr. Jim Van Allan, a nationally recognized speaker and co-author of The Energy Bus for Schools, take the wheel. Jim shares his expertise on school leadership, student...
by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 25, 2024 | Podcast
INTRO: Welcome to today’s episode of An Imperfect Leader, where we sit down with Dr. Peter Dillon, a superintendent in Western Massachusetts. Peter shares his experiences working in a rural region serving, at one time, two school districts and the lessons he...
by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 18, 2024 | Podcast
INTRO: In my third year as a superintendent, the AVID classes at one of my high schools invited me to the school library at 7:30 in the morning. That is EARLY for high school students accustomed to starting school at almost 9 o’clock, so it had to be important. Over...
by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 11, 2024 | Podcast
INTRO: As many of you know, I serve on the Board of Directors for Be the Change Volunteers. We build schools, teacher housing, and bathrooms all over the world (currently in Peru, Malawi, India, Rwanda, Puerto Rico, and Papua New Guinea). It’s an incredible experience...
by APC Leadership Collaborative | Jun 4, 2024 | Podcast
INTRO: When I was a superintendent, we created a geometry and construction class. Kids would take geometry on A days and then apply those principles to building a tiny home on B days. And I loved asking a student who was out there working on the home in the dead of...