Educators Among Us

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...

Scott Barron shares the importance of training your mind to look beyond the noise and the problems. To focus on the beauty of this world and the people we, as educators, influence everyday.   Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting." Dale Carnegie: "We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't...

Scott Barron discusses the vital importance of seeking solitude even through the busy school calendar. To remain connected with those around us and our true selves.   Quote: Octavio Paz: "Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.   Henri Nouwen: "Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places w...

Debutting our first Educator Stories episode! While at an education conference, Scott Barron sits down with several teachers and administrators to answer the following question: "Who is the educator who most impacted your life?" From their responses, we get a glimpse into the lasting impact an educator's actions can leave on their students. Impacts felt 10, 20, or even 30 years later.   Educators...

In this episode, Scott Barron challenges us to not take shortcuts with our relationships and the value of conflict resolution.   Quote: C.S. Lewis: History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.   Bible Verse: Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God...

Scott Barron discusses the damage that assumptions can play in relationships and how to avoid the pitfalls.    Quotes: Alan Alda: "Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."   Henry Winkler: "Assumptions are the termites of relationships."   Igor Stravinsky: "I have learned throughout my...

Scott Barron discusses the value of personal reinvention that can accompany a new school year.    Quotes: Maya Angelou: "Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise."   Martin Luther King, Jr. "If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you...

Scott Barron discusses the "nevers" that we should let go of and the ones we should hang onto.    Quotes: Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie):  "Never is an awfully long time."   Aldous Huxley: "The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."   Henri Frederic Amiel: "Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of tho...

Scott Barron opens with this video of Herbie Hancock discussing a time he made music with Miles Davis to show how essential it is to be able to adapt to changing situations and the impact it can have on others.    Quotes: Soren Kierkegaard: "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."   Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to b...