PMP492: Culture of Collaboration with Dr. Matthew McDaniel

A Quick Note to Listeners:

Before this week’s interview, Jen Schwanke and Will Parker take some time to answer a listener question. This week’s question is:

What advice do you have for maintaining a healthy marriage while being an educator?

Listen in to hear their response!

Also, here’s a post Will wrote before called, Rowing Together – Why Your Marriage Matters for Your Leadership; and he recommends, The 5 Love Languages®: The Secret to Love that Lasts, by Gary Chapman.

Meet Matthew McDaniel:

Matthew McDaniel, PhD, is an assistant professor and director of The College of Idaho’s M.Ed. in Educational Leadership program, a master’s degree program for aspiring school principals.  With well over a decade of school leadership experience in both the traditional public and charter school sectors, he now engages preservice leaders in the process of honing their knowledge and skills to prepare them for the challenges of school administration. 

Prior to his school leadership experience, Dr. McDaniel was a secondary music and Spanish teacher, as well as a district ENL coordinator. Besides his work at The College of Idaho, Matthew is the founder and CEO of Cresvia Education Consulting, a firm that focuses on offering high-quality leadership coaching and professional development for educators.  He holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from The University of Idaho, as well as a BA in Secondary Vocal Music Education from The College of Idaho.  Dr. McDaniel lives in Caldwell, ID with his wife and three children.

Now, Let’s Get into the Episode:

This episode of Principal Matters dives into a topic that is at the heart of school leadership: How do we, as leaders, shift our school’s culture from a collection of individual classrooms—a culture of ‘I’ and ‘my students’—to a truly collaborative community built on ‘we’ and ‘our students’? How do we build collective efficacy and de-privatize our practice in a way that feels supportive, not evaluative?

To help us explore this, Dr. Matthew McDaniel joined Jen for a great discussion. Dr. McDaniel is the director of the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership program at The College of Idaho, where he is actively shaping the next generation of school principals.

But he’s not just coming from the world of academia. Matt has over a decade of experience as a principal in both traditional public and charter schools. And his journey began in the classroom as a secondary music and Spanish teacher and as a district ENL coordinator. He’s seen school culture from multiple, unique angles. He likens leadership to the manager of a baseball team. It’s the person who is in the dugout, wearing the uniform, but not actually swinging a bat. Instead, the leader helps others learn to be part of the team by collaboration and upskilling.

Staying Connected:

You can stay connected with Dr. McDaniel via the following channels:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-mcdaniel-ph-d-9655a819a/

Edutopia Article: https://www.edutopia.org/article/promoting-teachers-collective-efficacy

The College of Idaho: www.collegeofidaho.edu/medu

Email: cresviaconsulting@gmail.com

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