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59: Dr. Frank Buck | Get Organized! | How To Clear Your Desk And Keep It Clean | Being Organized Is Half The Battle As An Educator | How To Make Every Day Count
April 27, 2016 by Educators Lead in Podcast
Dr. Frank Buck is a veteran school administrator, public speaker, productivity coach, and writer. He is the author Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders. Dr. Buck helps people achieve their goals through organization and time management. He has spoken to audiences throughout the United States and into Canada to acquaint them with “organization made easy.” To learn more, visit Dr. Buck at his website, FrankBuck.org.

Here are the show notes for a few of the resources discussed in this interview:​

​Frank Buck’s Website

Connect with Frank on Facebook

Get Organized! Time Management for School Leaders (2nd Edition) ​

Toodledo

What They Don’t Tell You in Schools of Education about School Administration​

 

Frank shares a little about his background, family, love of Shetland Sheepdogs, and his degree in flute performance (2:27)

Making the decision to go into education as a 9th grader (3:59)

Frank describes his career path, from his first job as a junior high band director in Montgomery, Alabama, deciding to pursue an administration career after he saw how much difference a great principal can make at a school, to where he is today, giving workshops all over the US (4:44)

Frank talks about his book, Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders (9:54)

Some of the biggest struggles Frank faced when he made the transition from band director to school administrator, and why he’s glad it was so difficult to get hired in those early days (12:42)

Frank talks about his very best moment in school administration (17:02)

How being a band director in the past made Frank a better school leader (19:00)

Some great tips for maintaining your connection with students after moving from teaching to administration (22:22)

Why moving from teaching to administration is worth all the time and hard work (26:04)

The best leadership advice Frank ever received (27:31)

Why you’ll have to be super organized to be an effective administrator (29:40)

ToodleDo – a great, free tool for getting organized and being more productive (33:40)

One book Frank thinks every school leader needs to read (34:42)

Frank’s advice for school administrators on working with students (35:41)

His advice for school administrators on working with the teachers in your building (36:52)

If Frank had a time machine, here’s the advice he would go back and give his younger self when he was just starting out in school administration (40:04)

 

Books mentioned in this episode

What They Don’t Tell You in Schools of Education about School Administration

Get Organized!: Time Management for School Leaders

 

Connect with Frank Buck

Frank’s website

Twitter

Facebook

 

 

About EducatorsLead:

Educators Lead is a podcast created to help launch educators into the next level of leadership. This show is for you if you are interested in educational leadership as an assistant principal, principal, superintendent, teacher or someone who hopes to be a school leader one day. Educators Lead offers inspiration and practical advice to help you lead more effectively. Jay Willis interviews school leaders weekly to discuss why and when these educators made the decision to move into school leadership, challenges along the journey, and stories that made it all worthwhile. Educators Lead is a great resource for any educator looking to make a greater impact.

Educate. Inspire. Lead.

http://www.educatorslead.com

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