S11 Episode 8: The Power of Relationships in Teacher Leadership with Biju Padmanabhan

Episode Notes

Welcome a new school principal and a new co-host of 3Ps in a Pod to today’s episode! New co-host Paula joins Marlys to talk with first-year principal Biju Padmanabhan about his transition from the classroom to leading a school community and what he’s learned through the past year.

Padmanabhan is the principal of Gililland Middle School in Tempe Elementary School District and has worked to uplift the others around him through his leadership style. He shares with Paula and Marlys about what it means to center shared leadership and how he approaches leadership from a learner’s mindset.

He also talks about the experience in his very first days of teaching that caused him to consider becoming a school leader. Padmanabhan reflects on the power of human relationships and community to strengthen a school and the great things going on at Gililland Middle School that “satellite data” doesn’t always show.

Interested in what stepping into teacher leadership may look like for you? Join the Arizona K12 Center at the 17th Annual Teacher Leadership Institute this June. Learn more and register at azk12.org/TLI2022.

Learn more about the Arizona K12 Center at azk12.org.