The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast with Daniel Bauer

As a nonprofit CEO who is, first and foremost, a husband and father of three, Rob cares deeply about promoting justice and equitable opportunities for all kids to be able fulfill their dreams. After earning his graduate degree focused on U.S. human rights foreign policy, Rob worked on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs and at other nonprofits that shaped his belief that health is a human right. Rob believes that we have under-invested in kids' health and well-being and that healthy kids make a better world. Under his leadership as CEO of Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) since 2008, the organization has grown to become the largest family and school health network of more than 150,000 volunteers and champions serving the health and well-being of 20 million children in 55,000 schools nationwide. Show Highlights Leaders you need to surround yourself with to excel Stop under-investing in kids' health and wellbeing Cornerstones in building successful family, community, school partnerships A few concrete steps and tools schools can use to build healthier kids "Leadership is a team sport" Develop true partnerships between the district and the learning community Pride and communication builds necessary engagement "Teachers can move around. Parents and kids can change all the time, but your policies are what stand the test of time. If you embed in your policies really good practices around the health of the kids then you can move your whole community, all the kids, and future generations. The biggest service over many years to come." -Rob Bisceglie Full Transcript Rob Bisceglie Transcripts Rob Bisceglie's Resources & Contact Info: Action for Healthy Kids: Home My Quest for Health Equity: Notes on Learning While Leading WSCC Model School Health Index ActionforHealthyKids Twitter Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Lindsay Lyons is an educational consultant who works with teachers and school leaders to inspire educational innovation for racial and gender justice, design curricula grounded in student voice, and build capacity for shared leadership. Lindsay taught in NYC public schools, holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and is the founder of the educational blog and podcast, Time for Teachership. Lindsay helps leaders build their adaptive capacity to lead school-wide change grounded in antiracism, inclusion, and stakeholder wellness. This includes helping leaders set up structures for shared leadership that amplifies student, teacher, and family voice through virtual coaching calls and supporting your teachers to design engaging, culturally responsive, project-based curricula through self-paced online courses. She's helped hundreds of dedicated leaders and thousands of passionate teachers across the United States and internationally improve their practice and create educational environments in which all students are able to thrive. Show Highlights Healing "soul harm" Teaching for justice and leading for justice How do we make schools more equitable The easiest first step for leaders Five big shared leadership mechanisms Simple answers and the biggest barrier Embrace that radical collegiality as a foundation Family partnership is made easy with this invitation Essential Self Reports "Setting up structures for shared leadership ensures that equity and justice initiatives are really sustainable and not just one-time actions." -Lindsay Lyons Full Transcript Lindsay Lyons Transcript Lindsay Lyons' Resources & Contact Info: Time for Teachership Blog Setting Up Shared Leadership Worksheet Student perceived leadership opportunities: http://bit.ly/SLCBsurvey Facebook Instagram Pinterest Linkedin Twitter Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Dr. Amy Platt is delighted to be the Head of School at the Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School. Amy is passionate about excellent instruction and working with teachers to be the talented professionals they are destined to be. Amy holds a PhD and an MA from the University of Toronto. When Amy is not at work she can be found on long-distance bike rides, pondering the larger issues facing education. Show Highlights A safe space to iterate, incubate and sometimes vent Create viable opportunities to stretch and create community Focus your purpose and live your "why" as a values-based educator Worthy rivals help you level up Collaborators versus seeing others as like competitors How to leverage and mark the moment Really know yourself and stand strong as a leader "Just walk up the dumb escalator" as a way to get unstuck Master the Mastermind experience "How do I own that cause and how do I help other people see the work that we're doing as cause worthy? I might be in this work now, but I'm surely not going to finish it. I might be opening this middle school, but if all goes well, it will be my legacy to the next leader to continue to build this middle school." -Amy Platt Full Transcript Amy Platt Transcript Amy Platt's Resources & Contact Info: The Infinite Game When The Power of Moments Daring Greatly Dare to Lead: Middle-School – Paul Penna Instagram Facebook Twitter Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Kyle Wagner, the founder of Transform Educational Consulting Limited, has always had a bold mission since he became an educator 15+ years ago: Create transformational learning experiences that connect students' interests and passions to issues that matter in the real world. This bold mission has literally taken him around the world. From the design of living museums, model governments, and engaging project-based experiences as a Humanities Teacher in world renowned High Tech High in San Diego; to co-founding student-led programs and schools as a Program Director in China; Kyle has remained true to that mission, and vowed to share it with others. His book, The Power of Simple, outlines the simple shifts classrooms and schools can make to allow for these experiences, and the conditions required to ensure they have lasting impact. Kyle currently resides in Hong Kong, where through workshops, coaching, courses and bespoke training, he has now empowered over 1,000 forward thinking educators worldwide to create more socially, globally, and emotionally aware citizens through project-based learning. Show Highlights 2025 skills have changed and the types of employees needed Provide the Swiss Army Knife of upskilling for your student's toolbelt 12 shifts for student centered classrooms and lasting experience PBL as a tool for equity scorecard for teams and Individuals to id areas of strength and growth Looking outside education can bring rich experiences A strategy that will increase student performance, student engagement and teacher efficacy Empower forward-thinking educators to create more socially, globally, and emotionally aware citizens through PBL "If we honor the fact that these kids are literally that adaptive. They can insert themselves anywhere. They're like chameleons, then what can we do as educators to kind of reflect that both in the experiences we offer them and our dispositions, mindsets to be able to offer them that kind of experience?" -Kyle Wagner Full Transcript Kyle Wagner Transcript Kyle Wagner's Resources & Contact Info: Engaging and Empowering Socially Distanced Learners PBL 12 Shifts Mastermind Accelerator Program Twitter LinkedIn Kyle Wagner The Power of Simple: Using Project-Based Learning to Boost Online Engagement Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Craig's experience as a counselor, coach, teacher, and principal set him up perfectly to develop a model of teacher observation focused on building trusting relationships that spark teaching and learning growth. As the author of Trust-Based Observations, Craig is on a mission to change the world of teacher observations to a model of support that fosters risk-taking, innovation, and creativity. Driven to transform the world of teacher evaluation and observation through Trust-based Observations. When leaders build trust with their teachers such that they feel safe, then those teachers will embrace the vulnerability necessary to take big risks in their practice, the result is teaching and learning growth. Show Highlights Master the 20 min observation Break the feedback observation cycle Broaden your lens as a novice admin is a veteran move Dinosaur Instructors make traditional ruckus Build trust to foster risk-taking, innovation, & growth Magic happens in reflective conversation Expand rubric indicators of what effective teaching is Tips and tricks to build trust during observations Trust-Based Observation transforms the entire culture "One, teaching is craft and art. There are a million different ways that you can be a teacher. There's not just one way that you can be a teacher. Two, patience. Take time to get to know your teachers because you will see different elements out of them. You don't want to make a mistake and offer a suggestion on something that might be a strength that you don't realize is." -Craig Randall Full Transcript Craig Randall Transcript Craig Randall's Resources & Contact Info: Trust-Based Observations Trust Based Twitter LinkedIn Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2020 Twelve Practices LLC

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Better Leaders Better Schools is launching a new cohort of the mastermind that is just for women. Learn more and apply today: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/forwomen In today's bonus conversation, Daniel interviews Karine about why women need a support network. Copyright © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Scott L. Steward is an international business owner (musicspool.com and Genius Lab, Inc.), a youth tech educator, podcast co-host (Money, Sex, Gen X), and author (A Book of Stewism's: 31 Ways to Improve Your Life). Scott is squarely focused on preparing young people for jobs that don't exist yet, especially in the Black and Latinx communities. Scott has a strong and vast business school education and he wants to share all of his knowledge. He has more than 30 years of business experience from working with fortune 500 companies like Marriott International, MCI Wireless, and Hertz Car Rental. He's been running his own businesses for more than 30 years. Scott is a Master Certified, 18-time award winning teacher of Entrepreneurship and Technology. His focus is on preparing the next generation of business owners to generate generational wealth and create global impact. Show Highlights Ownership, closed and flexible mindsets Don't be a BlockBuster Video School Be an "unemployable" leader Actively cognizant of systemic racism Vital educational confidence = Genius Lab Change agents challenge what's on paper with innovation Breaking economic deficiency in communities Relationship between business profit, technology and Non-profit "Remember you play a role in how we guide this next generation of learners. Number one, you are preparing these young people for jobs that don't even exist yet. Keep that in mind. Don't stay in the box.There is no box." -Scott L Steward Full Transcript Scott L Steward Transcript Scott Steward's Resources & Contact Info: musicspool.com geniuslabchicago.com A Book of Stewisms: 31 Ways to Improve Your Life SCOTT L. STEWARD Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. began his tenure as the eleventh Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in September 2015. He is the first African American chancellor to lead a non-HBCU in the UNC System. Chancellor Gilliam brings to UNCG a wealth of experience from a career that spans more than 30 years in higher education. During that time, he was Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs as well as a longtime Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at UCLA, where his research focused on strategic communications, public policy, electoral politics, and racial and ethnic politics. At UNCG, Dr. Gilliam has not only led the campus to record growth, but has also helped build a solid foundation for a very bright future at the university -- from working with legislators to secure funding for a $105M STEM building; to establishing a Millennial Campus designation, which will create the conditions that will drive growth in areas like health and wellness and the creative and performing arts; to increasing diversity among faculty and administration; and to working with leaders on this campus and beyond on innovative student success initiatives which have been lauded by national foundations and press. UNC Greensboro is one of the seventeen campuses of The University of North Carolina, the birthplace of public higher education in America. Administered by President Peter Hans and overseen by The UNC Board of Governors, each campus is headed by its own chancellor and Board of Trustees. The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina elected Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., as the eleventh Chancellor of UNC Greensboro (UNCG) on May 22, 2015. Chancellor Gilliam brings to UNCG and the UNC System a wealth of experience from a career that spans more than 30 years in higher education. He took office on September 8, 2015. During his tenure, UNCG has surpassed a record 20,000 students; grown its endowment, research enterprise, and overall facilities and campus infrastructure; significantly increased its fundraising; and elevated the presence, reputation, and real-world impact of the largest university in the North Carolina Triad region. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Gilliam served as Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs for seven years and was a longtime UCLA Professor of Public Policy and Political Science. His research focused on strategic communications, public policy, electoral politics, and racial and ethnic politics. As Dean of UCLA Luskin, Dr. Gilliam shepherded a $50 million naming gift and launched and executed an ambitious strategic plan and capital campaign, establishing the school as a regional leader in addressing and finding solutions to some of society's most pressing problems. VISIONARY AND CIVIC LEADER Dr. Gilliam has not only led UNCG to record growth, but he has also helped build a solid foundation for a very bright future at the university. In his first year at UNCG, Dr. Gilliam worked with board members and key leaders to assure UNCG's inclusion on the Connect NC bond referendum, which voters ultimately passed, securing $105 million in funding for a new nursing and STEM building. The new building is scheduled to open by Spring 2021. He worked with campus leaders to secure a transformative gift from community leader and philanthropist Tobee Kaplan, who donated $5 million to name the Leonard J. Kaplan Center for Wellness. The gift is only the third of this size in UNCG's history. Dr. Gilliam led the effort to secure Millennial Campus designation from its Board of Governors, creating the conditions that will drive growth in areas like health and wellness and the creative and performing arts for years to come on campus and in the broader community. Dr. Gilliam is a senior fellow with the FrameWorks Institute (winner of the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions), where he has contributed to research and training on health care, racial equity, early child development, youth and rural issues, and criminal justice. In 2018, he was named chair of the NCAA Division I Presidential Forum. Additionally, he serves on the boards of the Union Square Campus, Gateway University Research Park, North Carolina Campus Compact, and the FrameWorks Institute, as well as the Executive Committee for the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. AWARD-WINNING EDUCATOR Prior to his appointment as Dean at UCLA, Dr. Gilliam served as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor of Community Partnerships in the University of California system from 2002 to 2008. As Associate Vice Chancellor, he championed UCLA's civic engagement by supporting engaged scholarship and community collaborations to improve the quality of life for residents of Los Angeles. Dr. Gilliam is the author of Farther to Go: Readings and Cases in African-American Politics (Harcourt Brace), and his work has been published in many leading academic journals. He is frequently interviewed or cited by national and international news outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Huffington Post, and the BBC. Dr. Gilliam was honored with the 2015 Upton Sinclair Award by the Liberty Hill Foundation for his renowned work advancing civic engagement and commitment to issues of equity. Twice nominated for UCLA's Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award, he has also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grinnell College, and the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and was a Visiting Scholar at Brandeis University. In addition, he taught at Columbia University, Fisk University, and — with former Vice President Al Gore — at Middle Tennessee State University. In 2017, Dr. Gilliam was named by Triad Business Journal as one of the region's Most Admired CEOs — a group of top executives recognized for exceptional leadership in business, and for their philanthropic endeavors. Dr. Gilliam received his B.A. from Drake University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Iowa. Dr. Gilliam has been married for 26 years to Jacquelean ("Jacquie") Gilliam, most recently the Executive Director of Scholarships & Student Support Initiatives and Campus-Wide Initiatives at UCLA and now a philanthropic consultant and active community volunteer and leader. They are parents to Ariel Gilliam and Franklin D. "Trey" Gilliam, III. Show Highlight Results of the Great turnaround of Moss Street Partnership How to lead without the built in advantages Integrated Student Success Model is #1 in NC using these essential questions Inclusive Excellence- More access doesn't mean less quality Discipline and creativity can coexist with this leadership attribute Improve the life chances for children by teaching the art of being a student Tips to block out the noise and pressure to bend to the mean Avoid toxic inefficient teachers by hiring these 3 attributes "I turned to one of my staff members and I said, "these kids just don't have a chance in hell." By that I meant their life chances were so daunting and it was so disheartening because it didn't have to be that way. It doesn't have to be that way. It's all about the society's will. The public's will to invest in the education of a chosen people and understand that long term sustainability of the society is going to rest on how we educate and take care of the next generations." -Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. Full Transcript Chancellor Gilliam Transcript Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr's Resources & Contact Info: TwitterGilliam (@UNCGChancellor) Social Media Directory - University Communications LinkedIn Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Sharla Stevens transform schools into anti-racist, thriving institutions for academic excellence and social justice! She develops school leaders to bring out the best in students of color and help deter white students from sustaining or embracing white supremacy. Your school will be transformed for the better as a result of her coaching. Schedule a call and explore possibilities. Show Highlights Historical context of the opportunity gap vs the achievement gap Blind spots of racism embedded in the culture of your school Address the racist elephant in the room with Sharla's 5 step playbook Create spaces that "see" black and brown students experience and pain Promote students to take agency and advocate on their behalf is essential education Create a ruckus and break ALL traditions Put your budget where your commitment is Hire those who know how to clean the dirty draws "It's important for us to understand what our kids are trying to navigate and make sense of. For us to do our best, to speak to it, regardless of how uncomfortable we are. The only wrong way to do this work is not to do it. We need to understand that mistakes will be made. It's good for us to be humble about that because people like humility. We don't want perfection. We don't want you to be perfect. We can't see ourselves in perfection, but when people make mistakes and are able to take ownership of that mistake and then just learn from it, that's how we learn and grow. Yes, mistakes will be made, but we need to see the pain of our students, the trauma of our students, and then also do our best to facilitate opportunities for joy." - Sharla Stevens Full Transcript Sharla Stevens Transcript Sharla Stevens' Resources & Contact Info: healingracisminschools@gmail.com Schedule a call with Sharla to make an anti-racism action plan for the school year here: https://calendly.com/healingracism/30min?month=2021-02 Playbook-for-the-white-anti-racist-educator-5-steps-towards-antiracism Sharla Stevens and The Ancestors - | Facebook LinkedIn Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

Jen is a local here in Atlanta (an "ATLien") where she is on a mission to make education humanizing and equitable for ALL learners. Shortly after earning her BS.Ed. at UGA, Jen's fire for student-centered learning was ignited on a year-long adventure in New Zealand. There she taught in a progressive public charter school, trained in student-directed and inquiry-based learning strategies, and began partnering with students to help them take ownership of their educational journeys. She brought those learnings back to the US where she helped found and later led a small private school to meet the needs of neurodiverse students in innovative ways. As her passion for both leadership and educational equity grew, she went on to earn a M.Ed. in Urban Teacher Leadership and an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University. After a decade of teaching, coaching educators, and leading in both the private and public school sectors, Jen recently took the leap into her latest endeavor as a Co-Creator, aspiring to close equity gaps in the classroom by making great professional development more accessible for all educators. Co-CreatED.org is the first marketplace platform in the PD industry, connecting school leaders directly with professional development providers, so they can easily book the trainings their teachers need. Show Highlights Educator activism is embed into the fabric of what you do Thrive in adversity with the pandemic pivot Make high quality education a reality with a Trust License The BIG building questions you need to ask to move progress forward. Candid conversation about a female in a male dominated industry Everybody needs a Wolf pack to reconceptualize self-care Co-create is not a buzzword but a foundation in the learning journey "That's an interesting way to put it. I've never heard it framed around boredom and that humans can be attracted to the next shiny thing, like go after the exciting thing. Sometimes the most impactful thing we can do is small, consistent actions steadily over time. And that's not sexy. That's not the thing you get excited about, but it's effective." -Jen Owen Full Transcript Jen Owen Transcript Jen Owen's Resources & Contact Info: @CoCreated404 CO-CREATED - The Co-CreatED PD Marketplace 1.0 LinkedIn Looking for more? Read The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap Join "The Mastermind" Read the latest on the blog 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. SMART TECHNOLOGIES The SMART Learning Suite Online allows teachers to create, store, and deliver lessons from anywhere – no SMART Board required – and your students can access and engage with your content from any web browser on any device. And it connects with tools you already use like Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams. The research-backed EdTeach Assessment Tool will help Ruckus Makers discover their strengths and best area of focus across 5 different modules, including leadership and remote learning. You'll get a personalized report that shows where you stack up against other leaders, and maps some areas of focus that will have the greatest impact for you. 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 © 2020 Twelve Practices LLC