158. Increasing Leadership Capacity: Featuring Chris Legleiter
Why is it important for schools to develop many leaders? This week’s guest, Chris Legleiter, shares how he continues to build leadership capacity in his staff and build up their strengths.
In this episode, we also discuss:
- The main focus of the upcoming school year
- Prioritizing areas we can control
- Increasing Student leadership
- Mentorship Practices
About Chris Legleiter:
Chris currently serves as a Middle School Principal at Leawood Middle School of the Blue Valley School District. The district is a suburban district in the Kansas City area. He has been in education for 25 years and started as a high school science teacher for 11 years. This experience was in 3 different school districts, both suburban and rural areas, and also Chris was a coach and sponsor of many student activities. For the past 14 years Chris’ role has been as an administrator. This administrative experience includes time as an assistant principal at both the middle school and high school levels prior to his current role of Middle School Principal.
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Joshua Stamper is the Training and Development Specialist for the Teach Better Team and manages the Teach Better Podcast Network. Prior to Joshua's current position, he was a middle school Administrator, classroom art educator, and athletic coach.
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