Here are the show notes for a few of the resources discussed in this interview:
Connect with Frank on Facebook
Get Organized! Time Management for School Leaders (2nd Edition)
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
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