Principles for Principals

In Episode 3 of Season 3, listen as hosts, Julia Bridi and Erin Dare, have a discussion on supports to increase family and community engagement. Listen as they talk about tools and tips on how support leaders.

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In Episode 2 of Season 3, listen as hosts, Julia Bridi and Erin Dare, reflect and define what they mean by professional learning centered around a school focus area. In addition, they dive deep into how professional learning supports teaching and learning and explore ways to go about planning for it.

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Listen as hosts, Julia Bridi, and Erin Dare from the San Diego County Office of Education have a conversation with Todd Langager, Director of Implementation, Improvement and Impact to discuss Chronic Absenteeism and ways to interrupt it.

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Listen as hosts, Julia Bridi, and Erin Dare from the San Diego County Office of Education discuss the power of reflection as many of leaders are approaching Summer Break. Breaks are a wonderful time pause, take stock and plan forward. Happy Listening!

In Episode 8, listen as hosts Julia Bridi, Jeff Warshaw, and Erin Dare from the San Diego County Office of Education talk about the importance of distributive leadership. Their discussion on distributive leadership focuses school community and how leveraging leaders within the school can lead to improving student outcomes.

Listen as hosts, Julia Bridi,  Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) talk to Executive Leadership Coach and colleague - Bernadette Nguyen.  Bernie shares her expertise with Multi Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and shares about some exciting work that is happening around MTSS. Happy Listening!

Listen as hosts, Julia Bridi and Erin Dare from the San Diego County Office of Education talk with Executive Leadership Coach and colleague - Ross Godfrey. Ross dives into a discussion around professional learning verses professional development and how that relates to the daily work of an instructional leader. Listen how Ross brings to life professional learning. Happy Listening!

In this episode, hosts, Julia Bridi, Erin Dare, and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education talk to colleague - Joe Frescatore.  Joe has been a proponent and champion of the 5D Framework for years and uses it regularly with administrators around San Diego County in both coaching sessions and formal Professional Learning Sessions.  He’s here to take us deeper into the 5D and remind us how critical it is to make classrooms observations a priority for our daily work as an instructional leader. Happy Listening!

In this episode, hosts Julia Bridi, Erin Dare, and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education, talk with SDCOE’s very own coordinator of school counseling, Tanya Bulette.  Prior to joining our team at the county, Tanya worked in one of our local high school districts and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about supporting students across multiple domains, including recognition of how different times of the year may trigger different needs for students.  Listen as Tanya talks about what we can do in our schools to support students during the upcoming holiday season.

Listen as hosts, Julia Bridi, Dr. Erin Dare, and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education talk with Lakeside Elementary School Principal, Tiger Rowan.  Tiger has made it a leadership priority to get into classrooms and observe on a regular basis.  He’s here to talk about how he prioritizes this practice and how he uses the Center for Educational Leadership 5 Dimensions of Teaching and Learning Framework to support his observations and teacher feedback!

This is the Season 2, Episode 1 launch were we have a conversation around the importance of student connection and belongingness in schools. Educational success can increase when you create school and classroom environments.  When students feel connected or a sense of belonging, this can increase a students desire to want to attend school and could potentially eliminate chronic absenteeism. This is a roundtable discussion with our hosts, Julia Bridi, Erin Dare, and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE). Happy listening!

In Episode 7, hosts, Dr. Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) have a conversation with the Director of Continuous Improvement with SDCOE, Dr. Deborah Hernandez. Listen as they talk about the power of asset-based data analysis. In this episode, Dr. Hernandez speaks to importance of equity-driven data analysis and student and family engagement. 

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In Episode 6, hosts, Dr. Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) have a conversation with Executive Coach, Dr. Brian Butler from the SDCOE's District and School Improvement department. Listen as they talk about the power of adaptive leadership. 

In Episode 5, hosts, Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) have a conversation with Executive Director, Lucia Garay from the SDCOE's Early Education department. Listen as they discuss the implementation of universal transitional kindergarten, universal prekindergarten, P3 alignment and the implications for school leaders. 

In Episode 4, hosts, Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) have a conversation with Executive Leadership Coaches, Bernadette Nguyen and Anne Worrall from the SDCOE's District and School Improvement department. Listen as they discuss the importance of how empathetic research can be a powerful tool for school leaders to help them generate appropriate solutions to support student needs.

In Episode 3, hosts, Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) have a conversation with Dr. Fabiola Bagula who leads SDCOE's Equity department. Listen as Dr. Bagula discusses the importance for principals to be equity-centered school leaders to ensure access and opportunities for all students. 

Hosts, Erin Dare and Jeff Warshaw from the San Diego County Office of Education talk about data and school leadership with their colleague from the Senior Director of Assessment, Accountability and Evaluation department, Steve Green. Steve discusses the importance for school leaders to use data to drive strategic planning to ensure equitable opportunities and outcomes for students. Stick around to the end and listen to a short plug with the band, Rusty Chicken The Band. 

Our first episode for school leaders to share, learn, and connect about current ideas and best practices in school leadership. Join us for a conversation about the importance for school leaders to conduct classroom observations and provide timely feedback to teachers using the 5D Instructional Framework.