Sep 16, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Resetting school culture takes more than a meeting or a new set of expectations. It requires time, consistency, and intentional leadership. In this episode of *The Early Years Exchange*, Dr. Jason…
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The reason why I recommend a 30-day process, because we know, not just from our conversation in the last episode, but just in general, whenever we look to bring about change within an organization or within ourselves, that change requires time.
It requires the ability to be flexible to see if some things that we're doing may not be working.
And if we're on top of it, then we can make adjustments more timely that keep us on track.
And if we really want to have a culture reset that sets our schools up for success, that helps redefine expectations, that helps communicate the priorities that we're going to be focusing on and what each of those priorities, the five priorities that you may have identified and what they look like and sound like, you're able to then roll into accountability and coaching and support and feedback.
And I keep using the word intentionality because it really needs to be intentional.
It's not going to happen because you had the meeting where you talked about your five priorities.
It's not going to happen because you've modified your handbook or you've redistributed and everyone has signed acknowledging it.
It's not going to happen if you're sitting behind a computer screen all day and you're not in the classrooms and on the playground listening and observing and providing modeling and coaching for the teachers who may need support in meeting the expectations that all staff members are being held to.
If you are a director, you have to see what other team members you can rally around you to help divide and conquer and provide support depending on how large your team is that you need to support.
The reason why I recommend a 30-day process, because we know, not just from our conversation in the last episode, but just in general, whenever we look to bring about change within an organization or within ourselves, that change requires time.
It requires the ability to be flexible to see if some things that we're doing may not be working.
And if we're on top of it, then we can make adjustments more timely that keep us on track.
And if we really want to have a culture reset that sets our schools up for success, that helps redefine expectations, that helps communicate the priorities that we're going to be focusing on and what each of those priorities, the five priorities that you may have identified and what they look like and sound like, you're able to then roll into accountability and coaching and support and feedback.
And I keep using the word intentionality because it really needs to be intentional.
It's not going to happen because you had the meeting where you talked about your five priorities.
It's not going to happen because you've modified your handbook or you've redistributed and everyone has signed acknowledging it.
It's not going to happen if you're sitting behind a computer screen all day and you're not in the classrooms and on the playground listening and observing and providing modeling and coaching for the teachers who may need support in meeting the expectations that all staff members are being held to.
If you are a director, you have to see what other team members you can rally around you to help divide and conquer and provide support depending on how large your team is that you need to support.
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