#4: From Choir Director to Administrator: Leadership and Transferrable Skills with Adavion Wayne
In this episode, we talk with Adavion Wayne about making the leap from the performing arts classroom to the front office. Wayne has been a classroom teacher, a department chair, an instructional coordinator, a dean, and an associate principal.
Currently serving as an assistant principal in a 1,400-student middle school in Houston, Texas, Wayne shares his journey to becoming both a teacher, choir director, and building administrator. We discuss the transferrable skills that many arts educators possess and the need to recruit more into formal school leadership. We also talk about Wayne's values-based leadership framework.
This episode is perfect for any arts educator considering building administration. It's also highly recommended for all administrators as they enter the hiring season. We go into detail about why arts educators often make exceptional administrators.