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School Culture Starts With You: What My Jordan 6s Taught Me About Leadership

In this episode of The Sneaker Principal Podcast, I respond to a powerful question I was asked during an interview with an aspiring school leader: How do you establish, maintain, and sustain school culture? It’s a question I haven’t been asked in a long time, and my answer today is very different from what it would have been 10 years ago. Believe it or not, this conversation starts with a pair of Air Jordan 6 Infrareds. Yes… sneakers. Because culture is not built through control. It’s built through connection. I share how embracing something authentic to me, sneakers, identity, community, presence… helped break barriers with students and families in Black and Brown communities. I also reflect on: • The difference between order and oppression • Why “militant” leadership eventually fails • Lessons I learned teaching in a youth detention facility • Why schools should not mirror prisons • How leaders unintentionally create stress cultures • Why students mirror adult energy • What it truly means to be “the culture” in your building School culture isn’t about slogans, bulletin boards, or mandates. It’s about who you are when you walk into the room. If you’re a principal, assistant principal, teacher leader, or aspiring school leader wrestling with culture in your building, this episode is for you. Be the culture you want to see.