The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast with Daniel Bauer

Rewarding the Positive

Aug 19, 2024

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Adam Stolzer is the Burwell Jr./Sr. High School Principal located in Burwell, Ne. Adam is an educational leader who makes a ruckus with his mobile office, Longhorn Support Days, and helps facilitate bringing out students' passions. Adam takes great pride in leaving a daily legacy of being a model of support for students.

Show Highlights

Strategies aimed at enhancing student engagement and behavior.
Improvement in absences with motivational reward days off.
Power of Purple and Passion in Education.
Mobile office strategy to increase accessibility and communication.
Exposing students to diverse opportunities and hands-on learning.
Belief that tough conversations lead to growth and evolution.

“Unless we can have honest conversations with ourselves, with our staff, with our peers, colleagues, I don't think that evolution is there. And eventually, if you don't have tough conversations, you get stuck in a status quo because everybody's just comfortable. And if you want to grow, you want to learn something new, you have to get uncomfortable.”

-Adam Stolzer

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