{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unlock 360","title":"S.5 | Ep. 3: Leading for Student Success with Dr. Keana Daughtry — Systems, Change, and Impact","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2491,"description":"\nIn this episode, Wendy York Davoud sits down with Dr. Keana Daughtry, Chief Academic Officer of Everman Independent School District, to explore what it really takes to strengthen instruction at scale. Dr. Daughtry shares her powerful journey from student learning struggles to reading specialist, turnaround principal, Region 11 leadership coach, and now district academic leader, always anchored in one core belief: she is still a teacher at heart.\n\nTogether, Wendy and Dr. Daughtry dive into systems development and change management as the true work behind sustainable improvement. You will hear practical insights on how Everman ISD is tightening Tier 1 instruction through high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), intentional PLC internalization, and coaching-driven leadership support. Dr. Daughtry also breaks down a clear, actionable change management framework that helps leaders diagnose what is missing when adults feel frustrated, anxious, or resistant, so change can be done with people, not to them.\n\nKey Moments\n\n\n03:21 Education Leadership and Systems Thinking\n\n08:49 Surprising Similarities in Leadership\n\n11:00 Embracing Change Management Leadership\n\n14:11 Rethinking Resource Management in Education\n\n15:58 Managing Change with Action Plan\n\n19:05 Building Relationships, Embracing New Opportunities\n\n25:08 Improving PLCs and Instruction Quality\n\n28:34 Strengthening Tier 1 Instruction\n\n30:40 Challenges of Legislative Impact\n\n34:30 Recruitment Challenges in Education\n\n36:14 Born, Raised, Educator's Journey\n\nWhy You Will Love This Episode\n\n\nThis is a systems-and-people episode in the best way. Dr. Daughtry brings a rare mix of lived experience (as a student who struggled), deep instructional expertise (reading + curriculum), and real-world leadership practice (turnaround + coaching + district systems). You will walk away with a clear change management lens for diagnosing what is actually happening when implementation stalls, plus practical examples of how Everman...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cNqF3jSAGeObZtB8q6Pl2slNau9sCDYLUTBh6wENuzU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYjlk/YmIwNjIyZjk2ZTk4/MDUzMmEwNTZjMWNj/OWNjNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}