Shepherding Basics for School Leaders

The Dock School Leader Podcast

What does it look like to shepherd your school?

This episode presents a passionate challenge by a board member to school leaders and to board members in particular to take full ownership of their responsibility for the people under their care. Ernie Weaver brings school board and business leadership experience to this talk as well as perspective from within the classroom through his own time as a teacher and as son and brother of long-time teachers.

Ernie shoots straight here: make the hard decisions for the good of your school and stick with your team no matter what. He outlines the principles of the book, The Way of the Shepherd, and applies them to school. His talk is full of examples and concludes with a collection of ideas to try. See the show notes for a few other ideas from the post-session discussion.

Additional ideas from post-session discussion

• Take coffee drinks to school
• Pack their lunches
• Make sure single teachers are eating well for suppers
• Pray over the school
• Facilitate teachers getting into the homes of their patrons

Links

• This recording was originally published on The Dock as "Encouraging and Blessing Your Teachers": https://thedockforlearning.org/lecture/encouraging-and-blessing-your-teachers/
• The Way of the Shepherd by Kevin Leman, William, Pentak, and Marc Cashman: https://www.zondervan.com/9780310305408/the-way-of-the-shepherd/
• "Seven Essential Principles for Leading Productive People": https://thedockforlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Way-of-the-Shepherd.docx
• Information about CASBI: https://casbi.info/
• More recordings from CASBI 2022: https://thedockforlearning.org/series/casbi/casbi-2022/
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