Jill Pancoast, President of The Breakthrough Coach, joined host Andrew Easton on The Good Life EDU Podcast for a conversation about a problem most school leaders recognize immediately: the instructional leadership work they were hired to do keeps losing to the front office.
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Jill and Andrew’s Discussion
Jill and Andrew discuss a pattern that has held constant for the past two decades: school leaders who feel stretched thin after finishing a full day of work without ever making it into classrooms or out to school sites to impact teaching and learning.
Why the School Leader – School Secretary Partnership Sits at the Center
Jill asserts that when school leaders intentionally disentangle themselves from managing front office operations and instead properly delegate front office administrative duties to their secretaries, they end up increasing their time in classrooms by as much as 500%!
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About the Good Life Podcast…
The Good Life EDU Podcast covers education across Nebraska and the wider United States. It is hosted by Andrew Easton, Chief Learning Officer for the Nebraska Educational Service Unit’s Coordinating Council.
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