October 24, 2025

Hi Reader,

I’ve got some exciting news — and a quick favor to ask.

If you know any school leaders, teachers, or staff who need continuing education hours, would you please pass this along?

LinkedLeaders just launched Book Study Workshops — a brand-new, university-accredited way for K–12 educators to earn 30 Continuing Education Hours (or 2 University Credits) through Boise State University while engaging in meaningful, practical learning.

Each workshop blends real-world leadership reading with live, professional dialogue in a simple, flexible format designed for real educators with real schedules.

Here’s how it works: - 5 live, 60-minute sessions (via Google Meet or Zoom)
- Earn 30 CE Hours / 2 University Credits through Boise State University
- Finish remaining hours through reading, brief online discussions, and on-the-job reflection

Upcoming Workshops

Atomic Habits – Build high-impact systems for school success (Starts Oct 29)
What Great Principals Do Differently – 15 things that matter most (Starts Nov 3)
Start on the Sidewalk – Engagement at every step of the school day (Starts Nov 3)
Lead with Humility – 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis (Starts Nov 4)
Supercommunicators – Master connection and trust in leadership (Starts Nov 4)
Differentiating Differently – Meeting diverse classroom needs (Starts Nov 6)
SchoolX – Redesign your school for the people right in front of you (Starts Nov 11) by yours truly!

Seats are limited, so if this sounds helpful (or you know someone who’d love it), don’t wait.

👉 See All Workshops & Register Now: https://linkedleaders.com/book-study

Thanks for spreading the word — I really appreciate it.

These workshops are a small but powerful way to help educators grow together in ways that actually last.

Best,
Jethro

PODCAST Episode

A Three Phase Plan for Building Culture with Ryan Mackey Transformative Principal 513

Ryan Mackey outlines a three-phase approach to improving school culture: starting with staff, then students, and finally engaging families and communities. He emphasizes aligning actions with the school's mission and vision while fostering collaboration

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Concepts & Frameworks

Use AI to Buy Back Your Time

AI can feel overwhelming or even scary to school leaders—but it doesn’t have to be. The truth is, AI can be one of the best time-saving tools you’ll ever use. One of my favorite ways to get started is using Get Principal Turbo, a GPT I created specifically for school leaders to build their leadership profiles, so it can sound like you. Try this: take your latest parent newsletter draft and drop it into any AI with your Leadership Profile (which you made with Get Principal Turbo, these serve as your custom instructions). Ask it to make the tone clearer and more concise. Or, better yet, start from scratch—tell it what you want to communicate and who it’s for. You’ll go from 50 minutes of overthinking and editing to 5 minutes of review and refinement. The key isn’t to let AI do your thinking for you, but to use it as a tool to help you lead with clarity and focus. Start small. Let it help you buy back time, and invest that time where it counts—with your people.

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How to Be a Transformative Principal

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I found the entire workshop to be valuable. The offer of a 30-minute coaching session is amazing. I've never had a workshop presenter offer that to participants. The collaboration time was great. Thank you for a wonderful workshop. As far as leadership goes, this was one of the best I've had.

— Hillary, AP Workshop Participant

Jethro Jones

Transformative Principal

Education and leadership nerd, and founder of Transformative Principal. You might know me from my latest books, How to be a Transformative Principal and SchoolX, and the longest running ed leadership podcast, Transformative Principal.