Principal Matters: The School Leader's Podcast with William D. Parker

Principal Matters: The School Leader's Podcast with William D. Parker


Latest Episodes

PMP389: Building a Systems Transformation Pathway with Naheed Bardai
March 27, 2024

Naheed Bardai is the Principal of UWC Atlantic and arrived in south Wales in August 2021 from Upper Canada College in Toronto, where he was head of upper school for six years. Before that, he served a

PMP338: How Do You Know if You’re Making the Right Decision? – with Jen Schwanke and Will Parker
March 20, 2024

In this weeks episode, Dr. Jen Schwanke and William D. Parker delve into the complexities of decision-making, particularly in leadership roles. Both share insights and strategies to navigate the ofte

PMP387: Accountability – A Dirty Word or Essential? with Jen Schwanke and Will Parker
March 13, 2024

In this weeks episode, Jen Schwanke and Will Parker talk about the word accountability. In education, this word can be perceived as both positive and negative. On the negative side, education has bee

PMP386: Connecting Every Student to Caring Adults with Melissa Barlow
March 06, 2024

Melissa Barlow is in her eleventh year as Principal of Yukon High School in Yukon, Oklahoma. In her past two decades as an educator, she has taught both middle-level and high school science and math,

PMP385: Capturing Kids Hearts with Flip Flippen
February 28, 2024

Flip Flippen is a New York Times best-selling author, social entrepreneur, psychotherapist, and the founder and chairman of Capturing Kids Hearts, one of the largest educator training and team develo

PMP384: Anticipate, Analyze, and Act with Jen Schwanke and Will Parker
February 21, 2024

In this weeks episode Will Parker and Jen Schwanke discuss more about Dr. Schwankes new book, The Principals Guide to Conflict Management. Jen asked leaders to consider a circle to anticipate, anal

PMP383: The Principal’s Guide to Conflict Management – Jen’s new book!
February 14, 2024

Conflicts are inevitable. The question is how do you manage them in healthy ways with the appropriate mindset, anticipation, analysis, and action? This week, Dr. Jen Schwanke shares takeaways with Wil

PMP382: Profoundly Impacting Learning Culture with Dan Kelley
February 07, 2024

Daniel Kelley is an Associate Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Rhode Island. He previously served as the principal of Smithfield High School in Smithfield,

PMP381: Maximizing the Superpowers of each Individual with Jim Wichman
January 31, 2024

Jim Wichman is the founder of Inspired Edification, LLC, a seasoned educational administrator with over 25 years of experience. Jim has a rich history of service in both urban and rural public school

PMP380: Dynamics of Building Leaders vs District Leaders with Will Parker and Jen Schwanke
January 24, 2024

This week Jen Schwanke and Will Parker discuss the dynamics involved in building leadership vs district leadership. Although still a principal at heart, Jen has served in the role of Deputy Superinten