Our awesome guest for today is Taylor Armstrong, currently Assistant Director of Technology at Vestavia Hills City School District. This is only a part of his impressive career in the educational space, which includes positions at the secondary and higher educational levels. Today, he will share his insights about leadership and relationships, as well as give advice to help administrators lead their schools better. Let’s all listen to Taylor’s open letter for school administrators! [00:01 – 14:16] Opening Segment I introduce and welcome our guest, Allyson Apsey We take turns asking five GTKY questions What’s missing most in this world for Taylor? [14:17 – 24:50] Social and Emotional Learning Learn more GTKY questions! Link below Why Taylor loves the education space Learn from Taylor’s main takeaways from his career!
[24:51 – 35:25] Shut Up and Listen Don’t miss Taylor’s approach as a school administrator How can you learn better from others? What to say when don’t know the answer to a question Taylor’s response here You should not have this kind of leadership
[35:26 – 49:04] Best Time To Be Ordinary Taylor gives his insights about the role of technology in education The best tool a teacher can use The pandemic is the best time to be ordinary Hear our exchange He walks us through this life-changing journey
[49:05 – 54:23] Closing Segment Connect with Taylor. Links below Final thoughts from Taylor and me Tweetable Quotes: “Don’t limit yourself and don’t think that you have to be all this craziness. You just have to be yourself.” – Taylor Armstrong “If you don’t have leadership that will not let you make mistakes, you’re working for the wrong leadership.” – Taylor Armstrong
Resources Mentioned: https://bit.ly/3pkCfT7 (Joe Beckman)
Email armstrongt@vestavia.k12.al.us to connect with Taylor or follow him on https://bit.ly/3jR2fnM (LinkedIn) and https://bit.ly/37kXhe9 (Twitter). Check out https://www.vestavia.k12.al.us/ (Vestavia Hills City Schools District) and learn more on how they build their students up! Visithttp://www.rclfirst.com/ ( www.Rclfirst.com) to join the Educator Circle Calls that happen three times a week! Join our https://bit.ly/3ixvP11 (Facebook Group) for more stories and communication about our work. Want a FREE download of 25 GTKY questions? Visithttp://www.rclfirst.com/ ( www.rclfirst.com) and sign up for our newsletter!