Flourishing at School

In this episode, Tamara chats with the Founder and CEO of Arkansas's HeartBridge Collective Bill Vining. As an educator and a consultant for over 40 years, Bill brings shares his experiences in Social-Emotional curriculum, Regenerative Education and highlights the need for all educators to be trauma-informed.

In episode 19 Tamara chats with Dr. Elke Paul, a Berlin-based coach and consultant working with schools and organizations to support science-based wellbeing transformation. They discuss putting spirituality back into leadership, why transformation requires community, and how meeting clients where they are is the only way to begin planning whole-school wellbeing.

In this week's episode, Jason and Tamara are joined by special guest John Gale, Principal of Kings Oxford School. John brings deep experience in the pastoral/wellbeing side of school with experience in teaching, boarding, and school leadership. We talk measurement and buy-in, and we ponder if puppies might be part of the flourishing equation.

In this episode, Jason and Tamara talk with special guest Dr. Helen Kelly about her personal experience as an International School Principal and professional experiences as a wellbeing expert that culminated in the release of her new book School Leaders Matter: Preventing Burnout, Managing Stress and Improving Wellbeing.

In this episode, Tamara and Jason chat with Salzburg Global Seminar's Dominic Regester. Dominic is the Director of Education and Director of the Center for Education Transformation he shares insights into education transformation, global citizenship, and social-emotional learning. We also explore the roles capitalism plays in excluding marginalized students.

In this EXPERT SERIES episode, Tamara and Jason queue up 2023 by taking a look back on 2022 podcast themes and take a deeper dive into the most-mentioned terms and resources mentioned by last year's guest experts.

In episode 14 Jason and Tamara talk to Sue Easton, director of the Principals’ Training Center, whose deep experience in International Schools, wellbeing leadership, positive education, and upskilling educators sheds new light on the important role positive leadership plays in school cultures focused on wellbeing which is vital for student flourishing.

In episode 13 Tamara and Jason speak with special guest, Dr. Amy Eva, Associate Education Director at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. Amy shares tips from her new book Surviving Teacher Burnout and also talks about the intersection of language, awareness, and practice that culminated in Greater Good in Education, a website that features over 250 free, science-based practices for creating kinder, happier schools.

In episode 12 Jason and Tamara join special guest Dr. John Spencer, former middle school teacher and current college professor on a quest to transform schools into bastions of creativity and wonder. They discuss what happens when students own learning, how your "teacher story" might be contributing to burnout, and why all teachers are a blend of water, light & crap. (You'll have to listen to hear what that means!)

In episode 11 Jason and Tamara speak with special guest Marnie Thomas whose love of making wellbeing visible for students, colleagues, and the wider school community has led to her role heading up K-12 Positive Education at Newcastle Grammar School. We explore wellbeing literacy, strengths, and the role of explicit teaching.