School Culture And The Road To Awesome with Darrin Preppard Transformative Principal 568

Darrin Peppard is a school district superintendent, speaker, author, publisher, and consultant focused on what matters most in leadership. Darrin’s an expert in school culture and climate as well as coaching and growing emerging leaders. He is known for his keen insight, culture-first leadership style, and dynamic personality.  In 2016, Darrin was named Wyoming Secondary School Principal of the Year by WASSP/NASSP and was the 2015 Jostens Renaissance Educator of the Year. In 2017, Darrin earned his Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Wyoming. This past summer, Darrin was inducted into the  Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame.

 

On today’s episode, we discuss school culture and the road to awesome.  Darrin describes the moment he knew his school had a culture problem and how he started down the road less traveled instead of the “gotcha” road.  He started by changing what he controlled, himself, and then focused on empowering the students and staff to join him and take ownership in their school’s journey.

 

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