31: Every Path I Take Is The Right One with Karine Myers

Becoming a teacher was what Karine Myers envisioned for her life as a young girl, and that’s exactly the path she started out on. Karine began her career as an elementary education teacher, and she has since gone on to serve in other various positions. Karine has been a teacher specialist, assistant principal, and principal in the Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS), and is now the Supervisor of Leadership Development for FCPS of Maryland. 

 

Karine has dedicated her life to educating and developing students, staff, and leaders for 27 years. Her journey in the education field has taken many turns along the way though, and she even experienced deteriorating health issues at one time. This led her to stepping down and switching roles, and as a result, she felt ‘lost’ in her career. After experiencing this, Karine realized leadership has nothing to do with a title. Building trust in your organization and taking a personalized approach to coaching and helping people is what truly matters.

 

Karine strives to develop, support, and retain diverse, high-quality leaders who champion individual, professional, and student excellence. Her personal mantra of “every path I take is the right one” helps her to be reflective, and continually getting better. Listen in to hear more about Karine’s powerful story, and the positive impact she is making as a leader!

 

About Karine Myers:

Karine Myers is the Supervisor of Leadership Development for Frederick County Public Schools. She has earned multiple degrees, and most recently, she received her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Hood College. Karine's doctoral dissertation examined the influence of a leadership coaching community on the self-efficacy perspectives of new school-based administrators.

 

She is one of the architects and facilitators of the principal pipeline initiative of FCPS,  Exceptional Leaders Innovating and Transforming Education (ELITE). ELITE focuses on preparing aspiring assistant principalship and principals for the demanding and complex role of school leader. Karine is also one of the creators and implementers of the Leaders Inspiring and Facilitating Transformation (LIFT), the first leadership coaching program in FCPS. This program established a coaching community, whereas trained veteran school-based leaders serve as coaches for newly promoted leaders to help them acclimate to their role and increase their self-efficacy. She also facilitates several Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) courses for teacher leaders and aspiring leaders. 

 

Karine is a member of the Leadership Frederick County class of 2023, and she brings a quiet wisdom to those she leads.

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Episode Timestamps:

• Karine’s story of becoming a leader in the education space, and how much it changed along the way {01:35}
• The process of developing leaders {12:30}
• Self-care that actually refreshes Karine {14:22}
• How the pandemic impacted leadership development in education and changes made since then {17:50}
• Building trust in your organization {19:50}
• Karine’s mindset when it comes to leadership {25:45}

 

“Leadership has nothing to do with the title. I could sit in the seat I was in and lead through influence, through the way that I showed up, and through conversations that I had with those in my sphere of influence, whatever that sphere was. That took a while and it was challenging, but it was probably the most impactful time in my leadership journey.”

 

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