How to Give Your Staff an End of Year They'll Never Forget

Your last culture-building moment of the year is already underway — and most principals are about to waste it. It's April. The energy has gone flat. Your teachers are still showing up but everyone is running on fumes. And somewhere in the back of your mind is a thought you haven't said out loud: I'm not sure this year went the way I wanted it to. I've watched principals turn around brutal years in the last six weeks of school. I've also watched great years fall apart in a bad June. Both are possible right now — in your building. What you do in the next six weeks doesn't just close out the year. It writes the story your staff and students carry into September. In this episode I break down: Why the end of the year shapes how people remember everything that came before it — The Meaning → Moment → Memory framework that turns a forgettable June into the most powerful culture-building opportunity you have left Two specific moves you can make this week — one for your students, one for your staff — that change how they walk back through your doors in September 🤔 QUESTION OF THE DAY: What does the end of this year need to prove about your school? What's the one thing you want your staff to believe about themselves when they walk out that door at the end of the year? This episode came from this week's 100% Principal Newsletter where every Friday I send you one thing you can take straight into Monday that will actually move the needle toward 100%. Join me at

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How to Give Your Staff an End of Year They'll Never Forget is an episode from School Leadership Reimagined by Robyn Jackson.

This episode is 16:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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