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In this episode of Transformative Principal, host Jethro Jones speaks with Stan Koterba, an Ohio principal working on his doctorate in educational leadership. Stan shares his powerful personal journey of battling leukemia during his doctoral program and how that experience shaped his dissertation focus on principal self-efficacy—the belief that positive thinking and visualization directly impact leadership effectiveness.

• Dissertation Accountability group
• Started his dissertation in 2014, Leukemia slowed him down, but he persevered and is back on track!
• What self-efficacy means: Visualizing success and optimism that it’s going to work out.
• Personal experience first, and thinking about it. 
• Tackle the toughest thing first. 
• Start with the smallest win, and then keep going. 
• Email is a procrastination tool. 
• Schedule send is your friend!
• School email off my cell phone. 
• Schedule times on your calendar. 
• You are worthy of that yourself
• Don’t get too busy with the busywork to do the real work!
• Text blast for phones to communicate with parents
• How to be a Transformative Principal? Get in the classrooms! 

About Stan Koterba

Stan Koterba is a School Administrator, and is a former Band Director and is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Educational Leadership at Youngstown State University, as well as a Google Certified Educator. His doctorate is in principal self-efficacy. 

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