Heidi Fagerness
Special guest
Principal, Chehalis Middle School, Chehalis School District
With more than 30 combined years of service to the Chehalis School District, Heidi is deeply committed to this school community and its dedication to our students and families. She began her teaching career in 1992, working in special education and coaching at W.F. West High School. She served as Assistant Principal at Centralia Middle School, then in 2019, came back to the Chehalis School District as Assistant Principal for Chehalis Middle School. She began her tenure as Principal of Chehalis Middle School in the 2025-2026 school year. Heidi was the 2024 Washington State Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year.
Heidi Fagerness has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 50: Kim Doepker & Heidi Fagerness on Leadership, Learning, and Finding Your People
October 4th, 2026 | 36 mins 27 secs
assistant principals, awsp, education, k-12, leadership, principals
Two middle level principals — one who calls herself a culture leader, one who calls herself a systems leader — talk through a year of building what their schools were missing. A school improvement plan actually held to for four quarters, a month of testing rebuilt into 90-minute blocks, and an MTSS network that started with one principal admitting she didn't know. Recorded during evaluation season, with the AWSP Leadership Framework as the through-line.