{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Data-Driven Leadership That Changes School Culture \u2014 Episode 960","description":"Most principals say \u201cdata-driven\u201d and mean test scores. Dr. Deborah Dennie means attendance, discipline, and climate too \u2014 and it changed her school. Dr. Deborah Dennie has led Leonardtown Middle School in St. Mary\u2019s County, Maryland for ten years. She\u2019s Maryland\u2019s Middle School Principal of the Year and one of three middle-school finalists for the 2026 NASSP National Principal of the Year. In this episode she walks Vicki through the data routine she runs every two weeks, why she spent her entire first year looking and listening instead of changing things, and how a classic car show and a 94% attendance goal did more for her building than another round of test-score analysis. In this episode, you\u2019ll learn: \u2022 Why her first year as principal was spent looking and listening, not changing anything \u2022 The every-two-weeks data review she runs with her assistant principals and resource teacher \u2022 How she identifies teachers above the building failure average \u2014 and the questions she sends them \u2022 Why attendance and discipline data drive instructional data, not the other way around \u2022 How her school hit the state\u2019s 94% attendance number using community, not consequences \u2022 What she tells teachers who are hurting and tired Full show notes, free data drive resources, AI prompts, and the transcript: https:\/\/www.coolcatteacher.com\/e960 \u2b50 If this episode helped you, please rate and review the show wherever you\u2019re listening \u2014 it\u2019s the single best way to help another teacher find it. And share it with a school leader who needs to hear it. ","author_name":"10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher","author_url":"https:\/\/www.coolcatteacher.com\/podcast","html":"