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Derrick Lawson

Derrick Lawson

Co-Executive Director of CASCD/CATLL; former principal at Indio High School and retired educator with 40+ years in K-12 leadership.

Jun 12, 2026

4:35
And I love that, right? We always talk about the importance of relationships, But I love and would love to hear more from you on what does it mean to build relational capacity with staff and students?
4:46
Well, and that's an important one.
4:47
And I always tell folks, you know, the first couple of days of school, I told my teachers this and I tell new administrators, you need to go back to your school.
4:56
And although I want it to be shared leadership, you need to be dictatorial in this one statement.
5:01
On the first day, we will not have a syllabus.
5:04
On the first day, we will not have the textbook.
5:07
You are not there to cover the content.

9 MINS LATER

13:57
I mean, was that part of what you used to do in

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