Transformational Educators | School Leadership Stories
Dr. Matthew Flippen
11 episodes
1 week ago
How do you transform a school that’s lost its way? Dr. Catherine Kennedy did it through trust, not titles. In this episode of Transformational Educators, host Matthew Flippen speaks with Dr. Catherine Kennedy of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. When she arrived at Valley View Middle School in El Paso, the campus was in transition, low morale, academic underperformance, and faculty uncertainty. What happened next was a multi-year journey of trust-building, vu...
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How do you transform a school that’s lost its way? Dr. Catherine Kennedy did it through trust, not titles. In this episode of Transformational Educators, host Matthew Flippen speaks with Dr. Catherine Kennedy of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. When she arrived at Valley View Middle School in El Paso, the campus was in transition, low morale, academic underperformance, and faculty uncertainty. What happened next was a multi-year journey of trust-building, vu...
Turning Around a Hurting School | Transformational Educators Ep. 4
Transformational Educators | School Leadership Stories
16 minutes
2 months ago
Turning Around a Hurting School | Transformational Educators Ep. 4
What does it take to transform a school where hope feels lost? In this episode of Transformational Educators, host Matthew Flippen sits down with Dr. Darryl Henson, Superintendent of Hitchcock ISD, to unpack the real story of how he led a dramatic turnaround at Parkland High School in El Paso. When Dr. Henson arrived, the culture was apathetic and fractured. Within one year, the school achieved every academic distinction in Texas, one of only 1.8% to do so. Through stories marked by courage...
Transformational Educators | School Leadership Stories
How do you transform a school that’s lost its way? Dr. Catherine Kennedy did it through trust, not titles. In this episode of Transformational Educators, host Matthew Flippen speaks with Dr. Catherine Kennedy of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. When she arrived at Valley View Middle School in El Paso, the campus was in transition, low morale, academic underperformance, and faculty uncertainty. What happened next was a multi-year journey of trust-building, vu...
