The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast with Daniel Bauer

Erika has been an educator for over 20 years, currently serving as the Assistant Superintendent in the Ashland School District. A special educator at heart, she is passionate about supporting all students through individual support to reach their limitless potential. She is excited about her new book, co-authored with Tiffany Burns, Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students. Tiffany loves working with kids. In her two decades in education, she taught elementary, middle, and high school students, and worked as an instructional coach, curriculum writer, and university adjunct instructor in Oregon, Alaska, and Mexico. She loves her current role as an elementary school principal where she gets to lead, learn, and play with her favorite people–kids and their grown-ups. Show Highlights Guide your children out of the tree with a heart centered approach to transform student impulsiveness post pandemic. The micro-PD to create a systematic way to create a culture of connection. Dig into equity and trauma-based practices to close the gap in lack of resources. Three components to stop talking about why relationships are important, and show what makes a strong connected relationship. Techniques to avoid power struggles and close the loop because emotions are contagious. The book every teacher needs to construct day-to-day interactions and conversations to build a culture of connection in our schools. Tools needed in our schools that go against instinct. “I would encourage all of the Ruckus Makers listening to really focus on how each interaction you have with a student or a fellow educator is serving to build a connected relationship we're learning. Know and give yourself grace. It's not always instinctive or easy. Oftentimes it is really hard. So, prepare, write it down, make a plan. We got into this because we love kids so use your conversations to make sure that they feel that every single day.” -Erika Bare Get the episode transcript here!! Show’s Resources & Contact Info: Connecting-Through-Conversation Connect with Erika, Website: connectingthroughconversation.com Email: info@connectingthroughconversatin.com Twitter Connect with Tiffany, Website: connectingthroughconversation.com Email: info@connectingthroughconversatin.com Twitter Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning...

Dr. Christopher Thurber is an award-winning writer and thought leader who has dedicated his professional life to improving how adults care for kids and to enhancing the experience of adventurous young people who are spending time away from home. A graduate of Harvard and UCLA, Dr. Thurber has served as a psychologist and instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy since 1999. Show Highlights Avoid “woodshed moments” when trying to innovate in education. Get organizations and bureaucracies to be open to innovation versus being entrenched in the way things are done here. Pressure is instinctive. Know what kind of pressure is unhelpful and what kind of pressure inspires. Raising your awareness for your parents will help your leadership. Tips on how to be mindful of the pressures we put on children and where to apply pressure that motivates performance. Evaluate if the work you create advances your students' thinking. The value in maneuvering through the appropriate channels to cast a bigger net of support. “I realized that we as parents (and leaders) had been asking the wrong question. Our book is based on asking a different question and the benefits to people of doing that. Even though I haven't said this explicitly, learn from your mistakes. We learn the most from our mistakes. That's the best learning opportunity anyone can have. “ -Dr. Christopher Thurber Get episode transcript here!! Christopher’s Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure Dr Chris Thurber Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Michael Lehan competed for six years in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns before getting tapped to become a dean of students and assistant principal for the Osseo Area Schools, and then principal of Osseo Senior High School, which he guided to its first ranking as one of “The Best High Schools” in the nation by US News and World Report. In February 2022, he was named IMG Academy’s head of school, where he oversees, organizes, and grows the world-renowned school’s academic programs while assisting with various aspects of its athletic program. Show Highlights Stop stealing the identity of your student athletes with tips to transform from being an athlete and a scholar, to a scholar athlete. Reframing and reconditioning minds to avoid discrediting what is inherently brilliant in your students. Dive in and access untapped rigor and avoid limiting opportunities. Know the difference between windows and mirrors to avoid putting productive tension on yourself and others. Know what necessary static and unnecessary static is to reach meaningful outcomes for your learning community. Allow students to fail safely by building cognitive endurance to hone in on what is important. Check out IMG’s resources and training to build capacity and ownership and avoid empathy fatigue. “As educators, we wanna put a reflection of our students inside the curriculum, and give them opportunities to expand beyond what their lived experience is. A global perspective is gold.” -Michael Lehan Get the episode transcript here!! Michael’s Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin Twitter IMG Academy IMG Academy+ Online Coaching Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

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Merel Kriegsman, Women's Wealth Advocate, is dedicated to helping you become the wealthiest woman in your lineage. A former cleaning lady turned self-made Millionaire Matriarch, she believes that the most powerful thing we can do for our children is become unapologetic female leaders who fearlessly demand what they're worth, AND GET IT. Her insights, based on helping 1000+ women step into SELF-FUNDED wealth, have been featured on CBS news, ABC news and in publications like Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Good Housekeeping. Spot her in the wild on her organic farm in Canada, reading erotic novels in a 1920s lace dress and rubber boots. Show Highlights Get a mindset tune up by experiencing the “hard stuff.” Tips to approach cultural and gender expectations to avoid passing on patterns of scarcity to children. Address leadership fatigue specifically for men, women, and families. Value “Exquisite simplicity” by decluttering choices and protecting what you love. A real financial investment to become an even better leader and become the wealthiest woman in your lineage. The revolution and reckoning to look at the ethics through the major rate upheaval as leaders, as couples, as parents. Don’t outsource your chores. “Who are you surrounding yourself with? So, this means entering mastermind programs and leadership incubators where you have a safe space to discuss those things because everybody's looking to you for leadership. Maybe even in your own home. We need those safe spaces where there are people that understand what we're experiencing and we can let down and really feel understood.” -Merel Kriegsman Get the episode Transcript here!! Merel’s Resources & Contact Info: Website: Merel Kriegsman Podcast secret link: https://merelkriegsmanmedia.thrivecart.com/wealth-whispers/?coupon=WEALTH22 Instagram Facebook Linkedin Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Connie Hamilton has served many roles in over two decades as an educator. She has been an elementary and middle school teacher and instructional coach. As an administrator, Connie held positions as a principal at both the elementary and secondary levels and a central office curriculum leader. Her experience in these positions fueled a passion for supporting high quality instruction. Dr. Joseph Jones is the Superintendent of Schools in the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. Joe is a former high school teacher, assistant principal and principal. As principal, he was named the Delaware Secondary Principal of the Year and during his tenure, Delcastle Technical High School was the first high school to receive the state’s Outstanding Academic Achievement Award. Joe received his doctorate from the University of Delaware in educational leadership. He is also an adjunct professor for various universities. Dr. T.J. Vari is the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools and District Operations in the Appoquinimink School District. T.J. is a former middle school assistant principal and principal and former high school English teacher. His master’s degree is in School Leadership and his doctorate is in Innovation and Leadership. He holds several honors and distinctions, including his past appointment as President of the Delaware Association for School Administrators and the Paul Carlson Administrator of the Year Award. He teaches educational leadership courses at the masters and doctoral level. Together, Joe and T.J. present nationally on topics of school leadership, and they co-founded TheSchoolHouse302, which is a leadership development institute specializing in leadership coaching for new and experienced school leaders. They have written five books together, co-authoring several of those with their friends, Principal EL and Connie Hamilton. Show Highlights 7 mindset shifts designed around accepting whatever happens with model solutions to implement. The “Octopus Approach” will get in the right mindset so the crisis doesn't crush you, but rather catapult you. Technical tips with practical solutions and strategies to avoid professional development that doesn’t land. Get into the dirty details of how to solve your biggest obstacles with a model shaped around your immediate needs. Creative ways to rethink, embrace and implement new scheduling, teacher retention and technology that works specifically for your school. The questions you need to ask to identify somebody willing to be a part of your learning culture and join your system. Systems outside of education that will transform your schools from the inside out. “Remember is that nothing really comes easily and it may take some effort, but solutions are out there. We have plenty of resources available to help us to achieve some goals and we have plenty of evidence that we can do things that we never thought were possible before.” -Connie Hamilton Get the episode transcript here!! Show’s Resources & Contact Info: Author of : Hacking Questions, Hacking Homework, Strained and Drained, and 7 Mindshifts for School Leaders website Connie Hamilton, Blog | Podcast Facebook Linkedin/connie-hamilton Twitter: Conniehamilton, Joe & T.J. Subscribe to Our Newsletter Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online...

Dr. Glover is a servant leader committed to equity and inclusion. She is a former educator, administrator, Human Resource manager, and Diversity, equity and inclusion professional. In 2017, Dr. Glover earned her doctorate degree in Urban Education, from Cleveland State University. With an emphasis on policy and planning, Dr. Glover has transferred her learning into reimagining the ways in which we socialize scholars, future teachers, and current educators. More recently, Dr. Glover self-published her first book: Centering Student Voice: A Guide for Cultivating Emotionally Intelligent Educators and Culturally Responsive Classrooms. She is the daughter of Joseph and Sheryl Glover. She has one brother, one sister, and is the mother of Kylan Richburg. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with family. Show Highlights The wake up call to challenge the learning systems for young educators. Re-imagining the ways we socialize scholars, future teachers, and current educators. Disrupt University provides intercultural experiences in a space of ongoing learning to develop authentic relationships. The 3 D’s to create an environment to make quality connections. Honor ancestors to “disrupt” the future. Know the difference between a golden rule and a platinum rule. S Create conversations around the difference between allyship, advocacy and activism. “Disrupting takes courage, but it also, it also is aligned to who you are and the unique difference that you bring to the world. Be committed to your uniqueness. Be committed to who you're supposed to be, who you are called to be because you are solving a problem that no one else in this world has solved.” -Dr Erica Glover Get the episode transcript here!! Erica’s Resources & Contact Info: Twitter Linkedin book:centering student voice Instagram: @drericaglover Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Ben Jones knew he was going to be a principal when he was in 3rd grade. His entire school career, while a bit tumultuous at times, gave him experiences that helped him become an impassioned educator. After graduating from the University of Georgia in December of 2002, he began teaching at Carson Middle School in Greene County, GA. After getting married in 2004, Ben and his wife moved to Forsyth County, GA where Ben began teaching at Liberty Middle School. In 2010, Ben became the Graduation Coach at LMS where he supported students, parents, and teachers. In 2012, he had the privilege of being named one of the Assistant Principals at SilverCity ES. 4 years later, he was named AP at South Forsyth Middle School. In 2019, he was named the Principal at Shiloh Point ES where he proudly remains today. Ben is a faithful Christ follower, loves to read, watch movies with his family, and eat Twizzlers. He is also a member of the Guiding Principals Mastermind that meets on Wednesday nights! Show Highlights Solutions for solving isolation and loneliness in educational leadership. See a transformational leadership with visible results in 30 days. Practical questions and silent solutions to transform how you show up. An authentic space to connect with your learning community. Judgment free zone to tackle unrealistic fears of leadership and belonging. Tips to collaborate and not compete to consistently connect. “You gotta do something, whether it's Mastermind or not. You've got to do something. Would I still be a principal if I didn't have guiding principles as a Mastermind? Probably. Would I be as energized to Happily build? Probably not.” -Ben Jones Get the episode transcript here!! Ben’s Resources & Contact Info: Twitter Shiloh Point Elementary Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Ben Jones knew he was going to be a principal when he was in 3rd grade. His entire school career, while a bit tumultuous at times, gave him experiences that helped him become an impassioned educator. After graduating from the University of Georgia in December of 2002, he began teaching at Carson Middle School in Greene County, GA. After getting married in 2004, Ben and his wife moved to Forsyth County, GA where Ben began teaching at Liberty Middle School. In 2010, Ben became the Graduation Coach at LMS where he supported students, parents, and teachers. In 2012, he had the privilege of being named one of the Assistant Principals at SilverCity ES. 4 years later, he was named AP at South Forsyth Middle School. In 2019, he was named the Principal at Shiloh Point ES where he proudly remains today. Ben is a faithful Christ follower, loves to read, watch movies with his family, and eat Twizzlers. He is also a member of the Guiding Principals Mastermind that meets on Wednesday nights! Show Highlights Created your “core team” to connect and move your school forward. Be the chief repeating officer for showing and connecting the vision of your school. Use the “Constellation Mindset” for that interdependence piece for your leadership team. The playbook for leaders to create agreements connected to your vision for essential conversations with your community. “Teaching sprints” will transform the classroom and impact students. Dial in your staff. Hear how 99% of Ben’s decisions are not made in isolation. Invested in your continuous growth, challenge the status quo and design the future of school. The importance of passing the leadership baton. “‘I don't affect anybody else. I don't have any power over anything. My actions don't matter.’ That couldn't be farther from the truth. We're all connected in some way to our kids, our staff, our community. Every choice we make, every time we show love and kindness, every time we show respect, every time we're selfless, every time we serve, it means something.” -Ben Jones Get the episode transcript here!! Ben’s Resources & Contact Info: Twitter Shiloh Point Elementary Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning...

Stacey Green began her tenure at Stockton Grade School (SGS) as a new principal with an ambitious goal: transform the school’s culture from an isolated, individual classroom focus to an integrated, responsive, and collaborative environment where teachers lead with the whole child and the whole school in mind. In just six years, Green has had remarkable success, not only because of her individual talents, but because of her belief that change happens when leaders “empower others to remove barriers and transform problems into opportunities.” Green has used this approach to lead SGS through the Kansas School Redesign process, earning the distinction of being named a Kansas Mercury School in 2017. On the path toward personalizing student learning, Green has supported teachers in aligning with school vision and purpose through personalized professional development. SGS teachers have since embraced trauma-informed practices, increasing connection with students across experiences, and improving staff’s capacity for mutual support, self-care, and vicarious trauma prevention. Today, SGS is known for high community and family engagement, regularly hosting visits and presenting at conferences on the power of redesigning instruction through research-based practices. Superintendent Roger Lowry notes Green’s insatiable quest for knowledge of education and leadership, calling her the best principal he has observed in his 20 years as an administrator. Green holds an M.S. from Fort Hays State University and a B.A. from Bethany College. Show Highlights The Mastermind motivated Stacey to tackle three challenges proactively. Mastermind groups provide innovative, personal ways to think through topics out loud with an outside perspective. An unexpected feeling became Stacey’s first big win on her first hot seat. The moment that would stop most leaders dead in their tracks, but not Stacey. Psychological safety and diversity for leaders who seek help to expand their network beyond their district, town, or state. Ask different questions of staff, students, and families to better serve them through the topics and the books shared in the Mastermind. “It's a chance to really lean into people who really want to grow other people. When we're investing in each other and having that collective efficacy, even among leaders. There's so much more we can do and really advocate on behalf of our students as we continue to see the world shift as it does to really get it back into the right place.” -Stacey Green Get the episode transcript here!! Stacey’s Resources & Contact Info: Twitter The Obstacle Is the Way Level Up Join Mastermind Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders. ORGANIZED BINDER Why do students struggle? I'd argue that...

Stacey Green began her tenure at Stockton Grade School (SGS) as a new principal with an ambitious goal: transform the school’s culture from an isolated, individual classroom focus to an integrated, responsive, and collaborative environment where teachers lead with the whole child and the whole school in mind. In just six years, Green has had remarkable success, not only because of her individual talents, but because of her belief that change happens when leaders “empower others to remove barriers and transform problems into opportunities.” Green has used this approach to lead SGS through the Kansas School Redesign process, earning the distinction of being named a Kansas Mercury School in 2017. On the path toward personalizing student learning, Green has supported teachers in aligning with school vision and purpose through personalized professional development. SGS teachers have since embraced trauma-informed practices, increasing connection with students across experiences, and improving staff’s capacity for mutual support, self-care, and vicarious trauma prevention. Today, SGS is known for high community and family engagement, regularly hosting visits and presenting at conferences on the power of redesigning instruction through research-based practices. Superintendent Roger Lowry notes Green’s insatiable quest for knowledge of education and leadership, calling her the best principal he has observed in his 20 years as an administrator. Green holds an M.S. from Fort Hays State University and a B.A. from Bethany College. Show Highlights A Design Thinking model that transforms the problem from being an obstacle, to a gift. Teacher voice is more prevalent when they have tools they can access and tangible data to provide ownership and impact. Make sure your school is “TIGER ready.” Tips to create powerful shifts from identifying as a “math teacher” to a “teacher of students through math.” Internal research teams that find purposeful activities for your community to avoid good things happening in silos, Build “community groups” to connect students to your vision and each other. Don't get tripped up by fear, but build confidence in yourself as a professional in education. “The leadership piece is giving that permission to, ‘Don't come ask me, go for it. And if you need me along the way or if there's any support I can give you, please ask.’ I wanna stay out of their way because as professionals, they know their content best, they know their students best. I'm just here to give them the necessary tools they need to move forward or problem solve with them or, and just get out of the way.” -Stacey Green Get the episode transcript here!! Stacey’s Resources & Contact Info: Twitter Linkedin The Obstacle Is the Way Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals....

Do You Have A Safe Space to Unpack Tough Career Decisions? Dr. Charles Warfield has served the Haddon Township School District since 2002, where he has simultaneously been the principal of Stoy Elementary School and Jennings Elementary School. Prior to his tenure in Haddon Twp., Chuck spent three years in the Cherry Hill School District as an Assistant Principal at Carusi Middle School. He also taught elementary school in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District before becoming an administrator. Show Highlights Achieve your #1 goal by surrounding yourself with your people. Express what the hard parts are and share vulnerably to implement change. Feedback that flushes out your leadership ideas into action. The time commitment that gives you time. Balancing challenges and investing in a program that invests in you. Present a problem to a different set of ears and listen to a solution unfold. Get your episode transcript here!! Chuck’s Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin Twitter Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders. ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Dr. Charles Warfield has served the Haddon Township School District since 2002, where he has simultaneously been the principal of Stoy Elementary School and Jennings Elementary School. Prior to his tenure in Haddon Twp., Chuck spent three years in the Cherry Hill School District as an Assistant Principal at Carusi Middle School. He also taught elementary school in the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District before becoming an administrator. Show Highlights Figured out how to multiply yourself, and be in two places at the same time. The benefits of leading multiple schools and how to honor the differences of schools and staff to create a trusting environment. The key piece necessary to implement change is the mistake that many leaders make. The components of identifying and uncovering the different personalities of your staff and families to master communication and messaging. Wield the power to inspire your PTA to build learning gardens for your schools. Chuck’s 2 minute TED talk on the importance of distributed leadership in really letting go. Strategies to find the unexpected leaders in your buildings. “Be open to differences with the people that you work with. We're in the business of working with people. From the people who are the teachers to the students, to the parents. We're all individuals, but we're all people. We need to be conscious of the fact that we need to be forgiving of each other, we need to help each other out and we need to lean on each other. It's okay to do all of that. It's okay to ask for help. It's okay to show a little bit of emotion and it's important to show empathy toward everybody.” -Chuck Warfield Get the episode transcript here!! Chuck’s Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin Twitter Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs. ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Lauren Cikara is the Director of K-12 Initiatives at Active Minds. Prior to that, she worked for the Colorado School of Public Health School recruiting schools to participate in the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS), Colorado’s Youth Risk Behaviour Survey (YRBS), and Smart Source. She is a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusive school board policies and ensures the work she is a part of has an equitable and intersectional lens. Show Highlights Must hear student campaigns that expand the generational lens surrounding mental health. Peer to peer approach for mental health education school’s can easily adopt. Active Academy students create policies that take control of their mental health. Build a student coalition for moving through the system. Be a “youth champion” to provide life skills, support and tools to children. Change the conversations and destigmatize mental health with this next step. Rethink your learning environment with “Stressless Weeks.” “For the students, I would say speak your truth and say it louder for people in the back. We don't sometimes listen to the stories that our youth are telling us, their experiences and how they advocate for their lived experience. For the youth champions, the adult stakeholders, listen to students.” -Lauren Cikara Get the episode transcript here!! Lauren’s Resources & Contact Info: Active Minds Facebook Twitter Instagram Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Imagine providing feedback for every teacher, as often as they'd like, without relying on classroom observations. TeachFX is an app that supports both student learning and teacher learning. With instructional support at the push of a button, our app provides teachers with objective, personalized, non evaluative feedback about the teaching and learning happening in their classrooms. From student talk and teacher talk to insights into research-supported teaching practices like questioning technique, wait time, and more, TeachFX provides teachers with new insights into student engagement, academic dialogue, and equity of student voice. Learn more about TeachFX and find out how to get a free TeachFX account for one of your teachers. Visit TeachFX | BLBS ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Hailing from Canada’s Capital region, Loop pedal violist, composer, and educator Kathryn Patricia Cobbler has crafted a singular niche in improvisation and classical performance. Bringing creativity to concert halls, schools, and community venues, her work as a performing artist, composer, educator, and speaker centers around multidisciplinary collaborations that both hold space for and tell the life stories of audiences and communities Show Highlights Approach your work with co-creation and innovation using this unique framework with your entire learning community. The powerful question you need to ask and the workshop you need to support the answers. Put your own oxygen mask on 1st because you're the catalyst of your school. Lean into and invite students to be a part of the narrative and own the direction of where the project or the task at hand goes. Connect your vision with a loop pedal to engage your community spaces where people are actually active and doing life together. Unleashed Igniting Creativity Through Art and Sound,helps students have a stake in creating something that's unique to themselves. Promote student voices and diversity into crafting the lessons they can connect with. “We learn as we go and for us to be able to mirror what we admire, then we'll start to see the culture and the change that we want in our communities.” -Kathryn Patricia Cobbler Get the episode transcript here!! Show’s Resources & Contact Info: Website: Kathryn Patricia Cobbler Interactive Concerts and Workshops:Kathryn Patricia Cobbler – MASC Workshop with the National Arts Centre: From the Ground Up | National Arts Centre Mailing List: Thanks for stopping by!​Here's a free recording The beautiful constraint Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

Show Highlights Tips to boost your confidence to avoid imposter syndrome. Every leader needs a “Jar of Awesome" to capture the results you create. Learn your default response when it comes to facing obstacles, challenges, and failures. No Wasted Experience, you need to invest in yourself. Accomplishing anything of massive value in your life takes a strong mindset. Modify “A principal's lunch” to optimize your performance. Complete “The Input Audit”, “Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool” and the “Square Squad” to direct your mindset to focus on the fundamentals. “A crazy stat, a hundred percent of our members agree that the Mastermind is an essential part of how they grow themselves in terms of professional development and leadership. And so that's really important to know. The Mastermind totally works.” -Daniel Get the episode transcript here!! Show’s Resources & Contact Info: Dan Sullivan - The Strategic Coach Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

How to solve the crisis in education Stanley Litow is a Professor at Duke, Trustee of the State University of NY and columnist at Barron's. He previously served as President of the IBM Foundation, Deputy Schools Chancellor for New York City, Founder and head of Interface and Executive Director the Urban Corps. He organized and led 3 National Education Summits, served on two Presidential Commissions and helped found PTECH schools Show Highlights Solutions to the crisis that education is facing as a cause of the pandemic. Unpack the demands leaders are facing from the decline in the achievement rates, high school graduation, college enrollment and teacher recruitment and retention. The essential step to addressing student achievement. The P TECH program provides a clear pathway from school to college, to career. Be part of the solution at the upcoming National Summit on Pathways from School to College to Career in Washington DC this March. Overcome the doomsday data facing education leaders. The big tent approach for Ruckus Makers to make systemic change. “The one thing I would say is, and having been Deputy Chancellor of schools in New York City, the largest school system in the United States, worked in the private sector, worked for a mayor back in the day, worked in the non-for-profit community At this juncture, I don't think that there's an issue that's more significant and important than education, but it can't only be solved by educators. This is something that we need to get every American involved in. And not just to say what could we do, but give them a very concrete and specific agenda where our investment and it's gonna take an investment, but done in an innovative, creative and different kinds of ways can produce real meaningful change. And I think it is definitely possible.” -Stan Litow Episode’s Resources & Contact Info: Breaking Barriers: How P-TECH Schools Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Stanley Litow Link to the event here: https://nationalpathwaysinitiative.org The 2023 National Pathways Initiative Summit will be designed and structured to advance a clear vision for a new educational system that will incorporate a fundamental shift in the paradigm that has long guided U.S. education and enhance the pathways from the classroom, to college to a career. To bring this initiative to life and marshal the support of federal policymakers, we are forming a diverse National Pathways Coalition composed of prominent leaders in sectors vital to this effort, including business, education, government, the civil rights community, nonprofits and students and young adults. Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Imagine providing feedback for every teacher, as often as they'd like, without relying on classroom observations. TeachFX is an app that supports both student learning and teacher learning. With instructional support at the push of a button, our app provides teachers with objective, personalized, non evaluative feedback about the teaching and learning happening in their classrooms. From student talk and teacher talk to...

Road To Awesome Darrin Peppard is a leadership expert focused on organizational culture and climate, and coaching growing emerging leaders. Darrin is the author of the book Road to Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game. He is also the host of the Leaning into Leadership podcast. As a ‘recovering high school principal’, Darrin shares strategies and lessons learned and effective from over 25 years in public education to help leaders to be more effective and positively impact the world around them. Show Highlights Transform a toxic culture by honestly investigating your own experience to avoid creating expectations that push people to be compliant.Simple and effective practical tips for schools to show that they see, hear, and love their students.Leadership coaching stops you from being a firefighter and starts you on a path towards ensuring you can go and do that work. Focus on 3 primary tenets to travel theRoad to Awesomewith 6 things that are important to leaders.Leaning into Leadership will help you create a culture of celebration.Stop looking for the “red cars” in your school and start training your mind to look for the great things in your school.Nurture your relationships and stop pretending to listen and build systems that can be delegated. “As a school leader, as the principal, my really biggest job was to grow and coach everybody else in that school, grow and coach my teachers, grow and coach my leaders, grow and coach my support staff so that we were doing everything we could for kids.” -Darrin Peppard Get the episode Transcript here!! Darrin’s Resources & Contact Info: TwitterFacebookInstagram LinkedInTikTokRoad To Awesome, LLC Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Imagine providing feedback for every teacher, as often as they'd like, without relying on classroom observations. TeachFX is an app that supports both student learning and teacher learning. With instructional support at the push of a button, our app provides teachers with objective, personalized, non evaluative feedback about the teaching and learning happening in their classrooms. From student talk and teacher talk to insights into research-supported teaching practices like questioning technique, wait time, and more, TeachFX provides teachers with new insights into student engagement, academic dialogue, and equity of student voice. Learn more about TeachFX and find out how to get a free TeachFX account for one of your teachers. Visit TeachFX | BLBS ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

The Leadership Optimization Compass Show Highlights Operating at your personal best consistently every day next year for your campus with this tool. Learn the four parts to The Leadership Optimization Compassframework. Unplug in Denver with a stripped down personalized approach to achieving your leadership goals. If you wanna create bigger results for your campus, you need to network to implement the best practices that move you.A mental model all leaders need to have a healthy life on and off campus. 15 choices all the best Ruckus Makers make in order to optimize their performance. No Wasted Experience Tool to learn from the biggest mistakes you make as a leader and turn them into a growth mindset sort and leverage point. Get your episode transcript here!! Show’s Resources & Contact Info: https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/denver2023/ Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

Bryan Miltenberg is the proud principal of Aquebogue Elementary School in Riverhead, New York. He's been a teacher, dean, and middle school assistant principal, and has presented and published on topics including school climate and culture, instructional technology, self-aware leadership, inclusivity, time management, and co-teaching partnerships. Against all logic, he remains a suffering lifelong Mets and Jets fan. Show Highlights Establish transformational belonging at your school by avoiding these misunderstandings.The different mechanisms Bryan put in place to understand the rapid changes occurring in his school to understand what people were experiencing. We all have an “eyes problem.” Build something inclusive with tips to increase teacher retention.Tips to build a pipeline that attracts culturally and linguistically diverse candidates to see your school as a place that they wanna be. Create a Punk concert environment for your students to connect with their learning community.Take the Michael Jordan and Brene Brown approach to adversity and harsh feedback. Leaders need to play the long game by balancing the tension between urgent and significant. “I tell that story, not to say that it's radical to have a greeter or to have a bilingual person, but because it's symbolic of what we're trying to do in terms of telling kids, families and staff, we accept you as you are. We're gonna make the adjustments that we need to make to support you rather than force you to do something you may not be able to do yet.” -Bryan Miltenberg Get the episode transcript!! Bryan’s Resources & Contact Info: TwitterAquebogue Elementary School | Facebook Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership. Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills. Apply to the mastermind today! SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader. TEACHFX Imagine providing feedback for every teacher, as often as they'd like, without relying on classroom observations. TeachFX is an app that supports both student learning and teacher learning. With instructional support at the push of a button, our app provides teachers with objective, personalized, non evaluative feedback about the teaching and learning happening in their classrooms. From student talk and teacher talk to insights into research-supported teaching practices like questioning technique, wait time, and more, TeachFX provides teachers with new insights into student engagement, academic dialogue, and equity of student voice. Learn more about TeachFX and find out how to get a free TeachFX account for one of your teachers. Visit TeachFX | BLBS ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder. Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC