Educators Among Us

Scott Barron dives into the importance of having a humble nature and the value of listening over sharing opinions.   Quotes: Jane Austen: "Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."   Saint Augustine: "Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist...

Scott Barron explores the dangers of tone deafness and the benefits of tonal awareness in a school or organization that needs to work in unison.    Quotes: Gretchen Rubin: "As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy mood, and it sets a happy tone for everyone - particularly in my case, because I'm tone deaf, and my audience finds my singin...

Scott Barron discusses what it means to be prepared to jump in for our colleagues and why it is so important to the overall health of an organization to have a team ready to support and cover for each other.   Quotes: Theodore Roosevelt: "No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."   Bible Verse: John 15:13 "...

In this episode, Scott Barron explores the fears that plague us as adults and how navigating them wisely can push us to a life worth living.    Quotes: Niccolo Machiavelli: "Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful."   C.S. Lewis: "I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger...

This week, Scott Barron emphasizes the importance of intentional kindness in all aspects of life, and how it can greatly affect the culture of a school or organization.   Quotes: Saint Basel: "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost;he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."  Madame de Stael - "Politeness is the art of choos...

Scott Barron discusses the impact that the good news can have on others around us and what we can do to share it with them.   Quotes: Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl: "Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.   William Blake: "If the doors of perception were...

Scott Barron discusses the importance of being able to stay in the moment in the situations that life throws at us and ask wise questions. Being able to learn, endure and grow from challenges will keep you moving forward.     Quotes: Shannon L. Alder: "Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."...

Scott Barron explores the promises that were made and fulfilled through the birth of Jesus and the profound changes that resulted from His teachings, presence and example.    Quotes: Billy Graham: "Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality."   Jeroslav Pelikan: "Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the...

Scott Barron sits down with lifelong educator Alan Pue to delve into the essential role of administrators and their long-lasting impact on teachers' lives. To better understand how this partnership ultimately affects the educational experience of students in their classrooms. ______ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith.  ww...

Scott Barron discusses why it is important to take the opportunity to reevaluate and adjust at the break and how to refocus on our goals as educators.    Quotes: Theodore Roosevelt: "There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life."   Bob P. Buford: "The key to a successful second half is not a change of jobs; it is a change of heart...

Scott Barron discusses the definition of true mastery and what it takes to master the mountain in different situations.   Quotes: Andy Rooney: "Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it."   David Goggins: "It's a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day."...

Scott Barron interviews Tammy Barron and they discuss Tammy's growth and experience as an educator in her path to school administration. While working as a middle school teacher, Tammy shared how she guided students through issues and foster relationships among them. Then, she reflected on her growth after moving into administration as an enrollment director, and the various data points that becam...

Scott Barron explores how creative tension can get us out of our comfort zone and spur us on to positive change when fueled by a vision.   Quotes: Voltaire: "One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion."   Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to fa...

Scott Barron explores the importance of the interdependence in our school relationships and how the trust within all your relationships plays a vital role on a day-to-day basis.   Quotes: Thomas Merton: "The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.   Henry Van Dyke: "...

Scott Barron dives deeper into what it means to be an educator who truly seeks to know others and make them feel known.    Quotes: Grace Boggs: "We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass.' It's always about critical connections."   Bernard Meltzer: "A true...

Scott Barron examines the value in taking preventive measures in our personal lives both physically, emotionally and spiritually just as schools should actively address proactive steps that can be taken to prevent problems.    Quotes: Albert Einstein: "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."   Dean Ornish: "Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths than everything els...

Scott explores how coworkers can move beyond the challenges that come with familiarity and working very closely together to a place of collaboration and encouragement.    Quotes: James Taylor: "People can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you. Well, they'll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don't you let them." AND  "You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am I'll come...

Episode #27 - Change Agent In this episode, Scott explores what it means to be a change agent and the impact that you can have when you embrace the roles that accompany it.   Quotes: Eric Hoffer: "In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."   C.S. Lewis: "It may be hard for an egg to turn into a...

Scott explains the importance of knowing where you are going and the value of having a sense of confident purpose in the path.     Quotes: Charles Dickens: "The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose."   Bible Verse: Acts 13:3 "So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.   Coaching Question: Did I do my best to live with...

Scott discusses the immense joy and grace one feels when they walk humbly through all areas of our lives.    Saint Augustine "It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels." — Saint Augustine   "Amazing grace how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see." — John Newton "Blessed are the poor in...

Scott discusses the real destructive force of rumors and gossip within a school and the responsibility each of us carry to rise above the temptation to join in.    Quotes: Night Rider - "Rumors in the air like a thief in the night. Taking more than their share. Taking more than their right. Rumors in the air like a thief in the night." Lawrence Lovasik - "Judging their character. Condemning their...

Scott discusses the abundant areas in your life that can be positively impacted by how you handle your adversaries.     If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the...

This is the second in the series of unique episodes in which Scott Barron shares educator stories from interviews he gathered from several teachers and others involved in the field while at an education conference. You will enjoy hearing about the insights they draw from personal experiences and lessons learned and all while sharing the impact of educators on others.     __ Educators Fellowship is...

Scott Barron discusses how one single choice we can make everyday which will have a profound impact on all those around us.   Quotes: Jim Collins: "Good is the enemy of great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.   Helen Keller: "I long to accomplish a great and nobl...

Scott Barron addresses the challenges and benefits of facing our fears head on and how that can strengthen us individually and a school as a whole.   Quotes: John Scott: "It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique."   Adam Grant: "Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly...