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Principals of Success
Principals of Success is a podcast for current and aspiring female school leaders on a mission to create schools of excellence. On this podcast, we will explore the challenges, the strategies and the successes of the school leadership journey. Listeners will hear from fellow female school leaders and other expert female voices in the field on how to level up schools and leadership in a variety of areas including school culture, student achievement, finding your community of support and more. I will also share my personal reflections and tips from over fifteen years as a school leader. Together, we will get real about the work of school leadership and how to plan for success.
Principals of Success
70: From Good to Great: High Expectations for Student Success with Brandi Leggett
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Shana Henry, Ed.D.
When Brandi Leggett, a passionate principal, takes on the challenge to transform her Title One school in Leytha, Kansas, she sets out to prove that all students can achieve at high levels. In this episode you will hear:
1. How Principal Leggett builds community and encourages high achievement among her students in a high poverty school.
2. How she engages families with a variety of events, such as STEM night, culture night, and family game night.
3. How she creates exposure for her students by taking them on college campus tours and introducing them to post-high school opportunities.
Brandi Leggett is an elementary principal and she is intentionally changing the stereotypical narrative for high poverty schools.