S1E2 - Getting Real About Leadership with Emma Cooke
03/03/24 • 40 min
Navigating the peaks and valleys of educational leadership while maintaining one's passion and resilience can feel like an impossible task. Emma Cooke joins us, bringing not only her personal story from a high school teacher to a principal guiding various schools, but also an intimate account of her experience with burnout. Her recovery story serves as a beacon for educators seeking to balance the demanding roles they play. Emma's candid reflections on her 15-year commitment to building supportive educational communities offer invaluable insights for any leader in the trenches of personal and professional growth.
Our conversation with Emma doesn't just stop at her personal journey. Emma has an uncanny ability to spot and cultivate future leaders, a skill she's honed within her endearingly termed "Emma's Empire". She shares the unique pathways she's created for leadership development, mentoring educators who've risen to the challenge of principalship themselves. Listeners will be inspired by the stories of those she's guided, as well as by her strategies for fostering a feedback-rich environment where every team member can embrace growth—even when it's uncomfortable.
As we wrap up our time with Emma, the spotlight shifts to the broader educational landscape where she underscores the critical role of networking, teamwork, and community in bolstering a leader's success. Reflecting on her own upbringing and professional experiences, Emma offers sage advice on the importance of building collaborative networks. These conversations with Emma Cooke promise to enrich your perspective on leadership, mentoring, and the unending cycle of teaching and learning—all while inviting you to become part of a community that celebrates the art of leading with grace and resilience.
Please note, the sound quality is a little poor due to a storm on recording day. Apologies!
Did you know there is more? You can access every episode, show notes, links and more via my website Positively Beaming.
Navigating the peaks and valleys of educational leadership while maintaining one's passion and resilience can feel like an impossible task. Emma Cooke joins us, bringing not only her personal story from a high school teacher to a principal guiding various schools, but also an intimate account of her experience with burnout. Her recovery story serves as a beacon for educators seeking to balance the demanding roles they play. Emma's candid reflections on her 15-year commitment to building supportive educational communities offer invaluable insights for any leader in the trenches of personal and professional growth.
Our conversation with Emma doesn't just stop at her personal journey. Emma has an uncanny ability to spot and cultivate future leaders, a skill she's honed within her endearingly termed "Emma's Empire". She shares the unique pathways she's created for leadership development, mentoring educators who've risen to the challenge of principalship themselves. Listeners will be inspired by the stories of those she's guided, as well as by her strategies for fostering a feedback-rich environment where every team member can embrace growth—even when it's uncomfortable.
As we wrap up our time with Emma, the spotlight shifts to the broader educational landscape where she underscores the critical role of networking, teamwork, and community in bolstering a leader's success. Reflecting on her own upbringing and professional experiences, Emma offers sage advice on the importance of building collaborative networks. These conversations with Emma Cooke promise to enrich your perspective on leadership, mentoring, and the unending cycle of teaching and learning—all while inviting you to become part of a community that celebrates the art of leading with grace and resilience.
Please note, the sound quality is a little poor due to a storm on recording day. Apologies!
Did you know there is more? You can access every episode, show notes, links and more via my website Positively Beaming.
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S1E1 - Welcome. How Positively Leading Began.
Embark on a transformative journey with me, Jenny Cole, as I pull back the curtain on my personal odyssey through the dynamic world of education and leadership in the premier episode of Positively Leading. From the humble beginnings of an education assistant to the uncharted waters of acting principal, my path was anything but ordinary. The leap into a leading role at a larger school brought with it a wake-up call of overwhelm and burnout. But it was this very challenge that ignited my passion for mentoring future leaders, particularly women, to foster their own leadership prowess without facing the same hardships.
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Finally, Ant shares her implementation of a student wellbeing framework. She shares the journey of creating a pastoral care strategy that nurtures student emotional health across all schooling years. The upcoming framework launch, the collaborative mapping of initiatives, and the prospect of extending these principles to staff wellbeing form the closing chapter of our discussion, anchored by the conviction that evidence-based practices are fundamental to fostering a holistic community approach to wellbeing.
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Positively Leading - S1E2 - Getting Real About Leadership with Emma Cooke
Transcript
Hello and welcome to Positively Leading . I hope you enjoy my guest today as much as I always do . Emma Cooke is one of my favourite people and she's currently the principal of a tiny school in the wheat belt , about two and a half hours east of Perth . But she's taught in and led a whole variety of schools more than I can count , and we'll talk about that in a moment . Wel
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