Tomorrow's Principal

Sharing your own narrative can be a powerful and courageous tool you can use as a principal to encourage and discover cultural awareness in your own school. Marco Ibarra and David Baiz join us to discuss the power of self-identity as a tool for cultural awareness. That’s why this episode of Tomorrow’s Principal Podcast is about how a healthy sense of self can lead to a culturally responsive environment in your own school system! In this episode of Tomorrow’s Principal Podcast, Marco and ...

It’s one thing to have the credentials and go through the pipeline to become a principal but what does it really take to become one? Many of the traits we learn that make us great principals come from the experiences we gain during our leadership. This week on Tomorrow’s Principal we are sharing a live recording from SXSW that we affectionately called, “Is Anyone Ready for This?”In this episode of Tomorrow’s Principal, we’re joined by Veronica Torres and Marco Ibarra at the SXSW Festival who ...

Maurice joins us as the interim Chief Educational Officer of Chicago Public Schools and is a national leader in how systems holistically support principals to make the role more sustainable. That’s why episode 02 of Tomorrow’s Principal Podcast is about being culturally responsive as a school leader! In this episode of Tomorrow’s Principal Podcast, Maurice Swinney is sharing the importance of culture responsibility and actionable steps you can take right now to self-reflect and make choi...

Dr. Meisha Ross Porter, chancellor of NYC public schools, and Nancy Gutierrez are doing profound work in how kids learn nationwide. Something we all resonate within this episode is the incredible teachers that placed both positive and negative expectations on us as children, walking into the classroom each year, and how that shaped each of our behaviors that year in that classroom. That’s why episode 01 of Tomorrow’s Principal Podcast is about understanding and reflecting on your own student ...

Welcome to this episode of Tomorrow’s Principal. I'm your host, Gene Pinkard. And I’m the Director of Practice with the Aspen Education & Society Program. In this limited series, you’ll hear national education leaders discuss how to understand and redefine the role of the principal as one that’s both doable and durable, meaning we’re talking about creating the role such that it doesn’t always require superhuman stamina, and it’s a role built for the long journey to sustained achievement a...

Tomorrow’s Principal is hosted by Gene Pinkard, the Director of Practice with Aspen Education. This podcast explores how our conception of the principal’s job is putting the brakes on student achievement, and how that role needs to change if schools are going to be places where all kids can thrive. It will also discuss what the new role of the principal looks like, what this means for school systems and training programs, as all of these leaders strive for racial equity in their communities. ...