The Catholic School Leaders Podcast

Host: John Mihalyo

You can walk into a Catholic school and know within thirty seconds whether it's thriving or just getting by, before you've seen a test score, an enrollment sheet, or the trophy case.

In this episode, John breaks down the six keys he's identified after twenty years in Catholic school leadership and years of working with schools across the country: Catholic Culture and Identity, Community Engagement, Faculty and Workforce, Individual Student Growth, Operational Vitality, and Leadership. Each one is drawn from his free resource, The Keys to a Successful Catholic School, and John walks through what each key actually looks like in a thriving school and the question every leader should be asking about it.

This isn't a fix-it-in-fifteen-minutes guide, and John says so directly. It's a framework built around the right questions, the kind meant to be brought to your teachers' meetings, your advisory committee, and conversations with your pastor and leadership team, so your school can figure out where its focus needs to be right now, not where anyone else's does. John leaves you with one challenge: pick the key that made you a little uncomfortable, and bring it to your next leadership meeting.

Connect with John Mihalyo! Grab the free resource, The Keys to a Successful Catholic School, at elementaryadvancement.com

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