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The Empowered Principal® is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly Robeck discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com

The Empowered Principal® Podcast Angela Kelly Robeck - Education Podcast Network

    • Education
    • 4.7 • 59 Ratings

The Empowered Principal® is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly Robeck discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com

    The Impact of Your Self-Identity

    The Impact of Your Self-Identity

    How you think about yourself is changeable, and the stories you tell about your self-identity will either hold you back or propel you forward. Your job as a school leader requires you to re-evaluate and make new decisions about your identity, and I’m showing you how to start.
     
    This week, I show you the impact of your self-identity and how to create awareness around it so you can change it if you wish. You no longer have to identify as a person who can’t handle hard things or isn’t cut out to be a leader. You get to sculpt your desired identity, and I’m guiding you through this process today.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/329

    • 28 min
    Legal Issues

    Legal Issues

    As a coach, I help site and district leaders build the skills necessary to lead their schools and navigate the mental and emotional challenges that come with the job. I am not here to offer legal advice; however, I can speak to the experience of facing legal issues as a school leader.
     
    Hear why you’re not alone if you are facing legal issues, and what to do when it feels scary. I’m showing you how this is not the time to take on the burden of tackling legal issues on your own and sharing thoughts to borrow if you feel like you’ve made a misstep or mistake. 
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/328
     

    • 16 min
    Knowing Your Boundaries

    Knowing Your Boundaries

    Do you know your boundaries? Are you able to clearly articulate them? Why do you feel unsure of yourself in setting and upholding your boundaries? And how can you do so effectively? 
     
    In a world where you’ve been led by what other people tell you to think, feel, or act, you’re not alone if you’ve found yourself a little lost, unsure of your personal boundaries. Grounding ourselves in our boundaries is especially challenging for people socialized as women for various reasons, so this week, I’m showing you how to know your boundaries so you can promote self-responsibility and empowerment as a school leader.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/327

    • 28 min
    Three Kinds of Hard

    Three Kinds of Hard

    I coach school leaders all day long on how hard this job is. And from personal experience, I can relate. School leadership is hard. However, as I listen to my principals share the difficulties they’re facing in their day-to-day, I had a revelation about the kind of hard they’re experiencing, and I’m sharing it with you on this episode.
     
    I break down the three kinds of hard I’ve identified, and why acknowledging the kind of hard you’re dealing with is the first step to overcoming it. Hear how our experience of hard always comes down to our thoughts and the kind of hard we’re usually referring to in school leadership. 
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/326

    • 18 min
    The Courage to Lead an Antiracist School with Dr. Daman Harris

    The Courage to Lead an Antiracist School with Dr. Daman Harris

    Daman Harris, Ph.D., is a trailblazing expert in educator retention and antiracist leadership. Dr. Harris is an experienced teacher, coach, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, speaker, writer, and consultant. His first book, The Antiracist School Leader, articulates a big-picture framework and research-based actions for bringing the power of antiracist education to your school, and he’s here to show us how to have courageous conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
     
    Daman and I explore how we, as school leaders, can take note of how we’re engaging with antiracism daily and the work we can do to start orienting our schools toward antiracism. We’re discussing the importance of creating a safe space for conversations, why it takes courage to lead an antiracist school, and how his book can serve as a starting point.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/325

    • 43 min
    Teacher Hiring Journey

    Teacher Hiring Journey

    On this episode, I’m inviting you to think about the hiring journey from the perspective of the teacher you might potentially hire, and I’m showing you why this matters more than you think.
     
    Learn why you must consider the hiring and onboarding journey from the perspective of your teachers, how to provide the level of support they’re looking for during this process, and why doing so ahead of time helps your staff and teachers be the best version of themselves for you and your students. 
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/324

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
59 Ratings

59 Ratings

TucsMom123 ,

Excellent

Great content that I appreciate and regularly apply in the middle of my days as a school leader. Love that Ángela frequently goes back to thinking about our live holistically and to thinking about our thinking.

hmmlgus ,

Highly Recommend

I just completed my 3rd year as Principal as a PreK-8 magnet school and this podcast has helped me so much through all the ups and downs of this crazy job! I highly recommend this podcast!

Sweet Lorraine64 ,

Forever motivating

The Empowered Principal Podcast is a must listen. During the onset of the pandemic I began listening to many podcasts in search of anything to get me through leading a school through a global pandemic. While I enjoyed a variety of topics, I’m so grateful to have landed here. Angela’s real school examples, her enthusiasm and energy are forever motivating for me. After a few episodes I was hooked and signed on as a client for 1:1 coaching. Best decision I have made while navigating school leadership while dealing with some pretty stressful life stuff. Will be using the STEAR cycle as I move into a new life chapter!

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