Dr. Beverly J. Hutton is the Deputy Executive Director of NASSP’s Programs and Services. She has more than 30 years of school experience as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and district administrator. Dr. Hutton’s leadership experience at the school and central office levels uniquely positions her to lead the programs and services NASSP offers to benefit all school leaders. Beverly’s experience in the area of professional learning is critical to her understanding of the issues facing school leaders today. She served as a co-chair of the PSEL 2015 standards writing committee. Her educational background includes an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, an M.Ed. in Education Administration and Supervision, and a B.A. in English and Education. She is the author of a book entitled “Reculturing the Assistant Principalship – Perceptions and Practices”.

 

Beverly discusses her decades of widely varied experience in education, as well as her family and her husband’s struggle with multiple sclerosis (2:19)

What Beverly’s book, Reculturing The Assistant Principalship: Perceptions & Practices is all about and why she decided to write it (9:20)

How to stay present and focused on your current job and become indispensable (14:00)

Education came naturally to Beverly, but she still worked hard to get where she is (18:05)

Beverly talks about some of the huge hurdles she had to overcome in her early career, and some of her unique achievements (22:00)

How age and experience can help you see the big picture make you more determined (27:35)

What makes it all worth it for Beverly, and how one teacher or administrator caring can turn a student’s life completely around (29:32)

Why you should lead by respect and not by fear (40:17)

Collaboration is one of the keys to effective school leadership (41:20)

Two books Beverly highly recommends for school leaders (41:58)

You’ve got to be able to separate a kid’s behavior from who they are as a person (42:47)

Your staff has to feel a strong sense of community in your school (43:44)

Beverly’s mantras for aspiring school leaders: Love kids | Be flexible | Be committed | Always understand that you need to continue to learn | Lead by example (46:15)

If Beverly had a time machine, here’s the advice she would go back and give her younger self when she was just starting out in administration (48:00)

 

Books mentioned in this episode

Reculturing The Assistant Principalship: Perceptions & Practices by Dr. Beverly Jefferson Hutton

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

Excellence Through Equity: Five Principles of Courageous Leadership to Guide Achievement for Every Student by Alan M. Blankstein, Pedro Noguera, and Lorena Kelly

 

Connect with Beverly Hutton

@drbelakor

 

 

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