Podcasts for Middle Level Leaders
NASSP recognizes learning through the experiences of others can be a highly valuable tool. As such, we offer the following interviews with highly regarded middle level leaders sharing their thoughts and insights on a range of important topics:
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Sherrel Bergmann & Judith Brough, Authors of Lead Me, I Dare You! and Building a Collaborative Culture in the Face of Resistance
Nancy Doda, Author, NASSP School Improvement Specialist
Leading for Professional Conversations
Richard Drolet, 2010 NASSP Middle Level Dissertation Award Winner
Maximizing Common Planning Time
Sheila Kahrs, 2010 NASSP-MetLife Middle Level Principal of the Year
Team Teaching Insights
Ray Landers, 2009 NASSP-MetLife Middle Level Principal of the Year
Educating Students who Live in Poverty
Vicki Petzko, Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
What It Takes to be a Successful Middle Level Leader
Debbie Phelps, mother of swimmer Michael Phelps
Personalizing the School for All Students
Linda Robinson, NASSP School Improvement Specialist
Leading for Student Achievement
Pat Schmidt, 2009 Finalist for NASSP-MetLife Middle Level Principal of the Year
Showing Middle Level Students the Path to College
Melissa Shindel, 2009 Assistant Principal of the Year
Professional Growth
Sarah Brody Shulkind, 2008 NASSP Middle Level Dissertation Award winner
The Power of Advisories
Rick Wormeli: Author, NASSP School Improvement Specialist
Leading for Differentiation and
Fallacy of the "Zero" Grade
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Breakthrough Schools
To be identified as a MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough School, the school must serve 40% or more students in poverty and have made significant academic progress for a minimum of three years. About half of identified schools serve middle level students. Read the stories of their success and listen to podcast interviews with the principals of these high needs-high performing schools.
Voices of Experience
A series of 13 podcasts with successful middle level leaders, these interviews function as a companion to the book Voices of Experience: Perspectives from Successful Middle Level Leaders. For more information on these middle level leaders, please refer to Voice of Experience.
Voices of Wisdom
Voices of Wisdom provides a series of interviews with veteran leaders in the middle level movement, addressing a pivitol question: What lessons from the past should we be aware of as we move into the future?