May 5, 2026 · 28 min · 12 segments
What if the leadership crisis everyone's talking about isn't a talent problem—but a systems problem? In this episode of *Teach Me, Teacher*, I sit down with…
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then.Well, you know, Jacob, the song th- the, um, "These Times They Are a Changing" or, or something like that.
I don't think what has changed is the power and the importance of the relationships that great teachers have with their students.
That has always been and will always remain, that relationships are the most important thing that we do in terms of helping our students be all that they can be.
I do think that teachers are not nearly as respected or valued or appreciated like they once were.
We all know that there was a time, certainly, and I'm much older than you, but if the teacher called my parents, it was the teacher was always right.
Um, so what happened at school, whatever the teacher said happened at school, it was supported by our parents at home, and it was a partnership between teachers and parents working in tandem together on behalf of the child.
Um, I also believe that teachers need to be reminded again of why they got into education to begin with.
It almost takes you looking back on your career, like I have been able to do, to really reflect on the highs and, and lows of my career.
The highs were always, always about what happened in that classroom between those students and me and their parents.
Um, th- the political landscape over the years of shifting in support of education, and perhaps not as much as it should be.
Um, but what I do know for sure, that when I reflect back on my career, it is always those moments that I had with my students and those moments that I had with my teachers as a principal that are the ones that I cherish the most.
Those micro-moments of watching the light bulb go off when a child has finally achieved something that they were struggling with, or the realization with the teacher that, um, what they do every day in the classroom truly does matter.
You know, I think we get caught up in the thick of very thin things in education when the biggest thing of all that matters is, um, again, those moments of re- that forge a relationship forward between the teacher and the student.
then.Well, you know, Jacob, the song th- the, um, "These Times They Are a Changing" or, or something like that.
I don't think what has changed is the power and the importance of the relationships that great teachers have with their students.
That has always been and will always remain, that relationships are the most important thing that we do in terms of helping our students be all that they can be.
I do think that teachers are not nearly as respected or valued or appreciated like they once were.
We all know that there was a time, certainly, and I'm much older than you, but if the teacher called my parents, it was the teacher was always right.
Um, so what happened at school, whatever the teacher said happened at school, it was supported by our parents at home, and it was a partnership between teachers and parents working in tandem together on behalf of the child.
Um, I also believe that teachers need to be reminded again of why they got into education to begin with.
It almost takes you looking back on your career, like I have been able to do, to really reflect on the highs and, and lows of my career.
The highs were always, always about what happened in that classroom between those students and me and their parents.
Um, th- the political landscape over the years of shifting in support of education, and perhaps not as much as it should be.
Um, but what I do know for sure, that when I reflect back on my career, it is always those moments that I had with my students and those moments that I had with my teachers as a principal that are the ones that I cherish the most.
Those micro-moments of watching the light bulb go off when a child has finally achieved something that they were struggling with, or the realization with the teacher that, um, what they do every day in the classroom truly does matter.
You know, I think we get caught up in the thick of very thin things in education when the biggest thing of all that matters is, um, again, those moments of re- that forge a relationship forward between the teacher and the student.
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