Educators Lead Interview Flow
- Introduction.
- Please email an introduction of around 50 words to jay@educatorslead.com at least one day before the scheduled interview time.
- I will share the introduction you provide
- Please email an introduction of around 50 words to jay@educatorslead.com at least one day before the scheduled interview time.
- Tell us a little about yourself and your career path.
- Whatever personal info you’re willing to share: Married? Children? Hobbies?
- What titles/roles/positions have you had in the past? What are you doing now?
- At what point did you decide to move into school leadership?
- How long had you been teaching at the time? Was there a specific event that led you to the decision?
- Tell us about the journey to becoming a school administrator.
- Did you have to take more classes? How did you find the time to take classes and juggle all of your other activities?
- What was the most difficult part of the journey to becoming a school administrator?
- Share the story of a specific point in time that you would consider the most difficult moment in your path to becoming a school administrator and tell us that STORY.
- What did you do to overcome it?
- What lessons came out of that?
- What has been your best moment as a school administrator?
- Share the story of a specific point in time that you would consider your best moment as a school administrator and tell us that STORY.
- Rapid fire questions:
- What is the best leadership advice you’ve ever received?
- What is your biggest strength as a school leader?
- What one or two books would you most recommend to other school leaders?
- What is an app or software type of tool you would recommend to other school leaders?
- What is your favorite educational quote?
- What advice do you have for working with the student population you serve?
- What one piece of advice do you have for working with the educators you lead?
- What’s the best way to connect with you?
- Twitter, Facebook, website? This would be a good time to mention any freebies you want to offer our listeners.
- Final piece of advice for a school administrator or someone who wants to become a school administrator one day?
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