# Happy Chickens Lay Eggs: Build a Thriving School Culture with Dr. Carmen Maring Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring.md Podcast: [Standing Tall: Voices in Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152) Published: 2025-04-21T09:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-e5248452.simplecast.com/episodes/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring-O0308rM0 Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/03bb72f0-40a7-430f-83cf-9545d4cf936b/episodes/53d14e11-e688-4d73-a813-fc1e6aecd8d6/audio/c08a1910-0310-43b5-a3ed-c8d43c75d094/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=fjcTTQrH Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152/episodes/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring Duration seconds: 1822 ## Resource Dr. Carmen Maring, National Distinguished Principal and vice president of NAESP, shares her journey from school counselor to middle school principal—and now national leader. She unpacks the power of systems thinking, the importance of hiring for culture, and how belonging is the foundation of both student and staff engagement. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152/episodes/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/standing-tall-voices-in-leadership-7121152/happy-chickens-lay-eggs-build-a-thriving-school-culture-with-dr-carmen-maring.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.