Hosted by Jeff Linden · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 73 episodes
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Principal JL is an educational leader who explores various topics facing educational leaders today! The Mission of this podcast is to inform and inspire other Educational Leaders on how to be their best for their Schools by honing their skills and talents so they may impact their teachers, staff members, students, parents/guardians, and community members positively for their School District! Come with a Growth Mindset as we journey through Educational Leadership!
Jeff Linden hosts Educational Leadership with Principal JL, a education show with 73 episodes published.
Connect with the Show Here! The conversation you keep delaying is probably the one shaping your school culture right now. We talk with superintendent Erika Bare and instructional leadership coach and former principal Tif
Connect with the Show Here! Your to-do list is not the job, and it definitely isn’t leadership. Principal Mo is back, and our catch-up turns into a real blueprint for how educational leaders can protect their time, build
Connect with the Show Here! PLCs can be strong and MTSS can be strong, and schools can still feel like they are missing the connector that turns good work into a coherent system. That “missing piece” is what Kurtis Hewso
Connect with the Show Here! A lot of leaders feel pressure to be polished, serious, and unshakable. I do not buy that, and neither does Nick Holtvluwer, Principal of Mammoth Heights Elementary in Parker, Colorado, who so
Connect with the Show Here! Thirteen hires by April. Internal transfers that “go over like a turd in a punch bowl.” Schools trying to keep construction, CNA, phlebotomy, and dual enrollment alive while staffing gets tigh
Connect with the Show Here! Your leadership isn’t defined by your intentions, it’s defined by what your week actually looks like. We sit down with Dr. Joseph Jones, superintendent of Newcastle County Vocational and Techn
Connect with the Show Here! Some schools don’t need a new program, they need a leader whose voice actually lands. I sit down with Principal Baruti Kafele, a nationally recognized turnaround principal, author, and longtim
Connect with the Show Here! If leadership feels like you’re carrying the whole school alone, the problem might not be your work ethic. It might be the model you’re using. We get real about how easy it is for principals a
Connect with the Show Here! Hiring in education isn’t just “hard” right now, it’s faster, noisier, and far less forgiving than it used to be. If you’re still waiting to collect a perfect candidate pool before you act, yo
Connect with the Show Here! What if the reason your PLCs feel flat is because they’re treated like a calendar event, not a culture? We sit down with Dr. Chad Dumas, former music teacher, principal, director of learning,
Connect with the Show Here! A single line can change a career: “You’re not just an assistant principal.” Dr. Sonia Matthew joins us to show what that looks like when reflection, equity, and well-built systems collide to
Connect with the Show Here! What if a high school could heal and improve at the same time? Principal Laura Tobias, 2025 Pennsylvania Principal of the Year, shares how she led a 2,400‑student campus through crisis into a
Connect with the Show Here! What happens when the stories educators tell about their work turn into the strongest recruiter, or the loudest warning, about our profession? We dive into Stop Eating Our Own by Robert Hinchl
Connect with the Show Here! What if the fastest way to better scores isn’t another program, but a stronger culture? We sit down with Las Vegas principal and author Robert Hinchliffe to unpack how trust, clear systems, an
Connect with the Show Here! What does it take to lead a single school so well that your influence reaches across a district, and into state and national conversations? We sat down with Dr. Jess Quinter, Principal of Park
Connect with the Show Here! Feeling stretched thin by the demands of school leadership yet determined to move learning forward? We sit down with Dr. Danny Steele; teacher, AP, principal, and author of The Instructional L
Connect with the Show Here! Laws that feel distant in a statehouse become very real in a classroom. We sit down with Dr. Mike Dulaney of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and consultant Tim Heckenlively to ma
Connect with the Show Here! A school changes course when leadership starts by listening and then protects what matters most: time, clarity, and opportunity. We sit down with Lindsey Allen, Georgia’s 2025 Principal of the
Connect with the Show Here! Ready for a fast, no-fluff leadership reset that actually translates? In this 2025 Year in Review, we highlight twelve standout leaders and the single move from each that shifted trust, cultur
Connect with the Show Here! This episode distills one powerful insight from each of our standout guests this year, practical moves you can use the moment you’re back in the building. From consistency and clarity to purpo
Kurtis Hewson
Transformative Principal · Jigsaw Learning
2 appearances on this show
Joe Jones
retired megachurch pastor / house church leader / missionary / storyteller · Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety
1 appearance on this show
Baruti Kafele
Principal, Milken National Educator, NABSE Hall of Fame inductee, bestselling author
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Chad Dumas
international consultant, presenter, researcher
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Danny Steele
Principal, Leader, and Author · AL
1 appearance on this show
James Lane
Educational Leadership Journey · Building Performance Lab
1 appearance on this show
Bill Curry
Coach, Communicator, Educator, Motivator, Author, Leader
1 appearance on this show
Josh Tovar
principal of Memorial Pathway Academy · Memorial Pathway Academy
1 appearance on this show
Todd Bloomer
Being Your School's Biggest Champion
1 appearance on this show
Leroy Slanzi
Author
1 appearance on this show
Darrin Peppard
leadership expert, author, host of the Leaning Into Leadership podcast
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket
elementary school principal, adjunct professor at McDaniel College, president of the Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals, TEDx speaker, author
1 appearance on this show
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