Ep 162 Interview Sessions with Stu Semigran

On episode 162 I am joined by Stu Semigran, Co-Founder and President of EduCare Foundation.

Stu has more than forty years’ experience as an educator, teaching in urban public schools and subsequently developing and facilitating training programs for youth and adults in educational settings worldwide. As Co-Founder and President of the EduCare Foundation, Stu has trained thousands of professionals, youth, educators, and parents in leadership development, afterschool & expanded learning programs, and social-emotional learning.

Since 1990, EduCare has served over 300,000 students and 45,000 teachers & parents across more than 450 schools. Currently, EduCare is the largest provider of high school afterschool programs within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Stu has developed social-emotional development curriculum, including “Making the Best of Me: A Handbook for Student Excellence and Self-Esteem,” which is used in schools worldwide. He initiated EduCare’s Heartset®Education model that guides educators in building kinder and more compassionate classrooms and schools.

In the episode you will hear:

00:30 love is the foundation of education

01:15 leading with love as our way of being

03:30 Educare Foundation - waking kids up to who they are and what their life could become

05:00 self awareness key to self compassion

06:00 Growth Heartset

08:45 facilitating transformation in others by leading with the 8 heartset skills

10:30 gifting the world responsible citizens and compassionate leaders

12:00 Stu’s personal heart mission

13:15 the cause behind an achievement gap is a love gap

15:15 how we can lead with unconditional love

18:00 use everything as a learning opportunity

22:00 stronger team through the grieving and the struggle

23:00 practice turns in to habits

26:00 hope, optimism and a willingness to learn from yesterday to make tomorrow better

27:00 an Educare Heartprint story

29:30 love is carrying us forward

I hope this conversation inspires you to make love you way of being and to connect with your heartset.

Thank you for listening and please do share with someone you wish to inspire.

Always love

Ryan

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Website: https://www.educarefoundation.com/

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