Mitchell Slater

School Success Podcast

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The journey to becoming a school leader is not an easy one. There are many challenges along the way, but it becomes manageable when you have the correct information and tools to help you. In this podcast, you will hear from excellent school leaders who share their stories of successes and failures to inspire and motivate us. We want you to be able to find one takeaway that will help you best in your leadership journey. We are excited you are here! Welcome to the "School Success" Podcast.

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Mitchell Slater

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#201, The Hybrid School Blueprint with Timothy Lugg 29.12.2025 38:41

”𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆.” – 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑳𝒖𝒈𝒈 , 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 Learn how to overcome the financial and logistical hurdles of launching a school. Listen to our latest episode today! 🎙️ -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultimate partn...

#200, A Leader's Guide to Discipleship and Parent Partnership with Brig Thompson 22.12.2025 47:37

”𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕. It is something that is very intentional and has to be worked for.” – 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒐𝒏 , 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒙𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 Brig shares how to build a culture of excellence intentionally, engage parents, and disciple students. Listen to the full episode today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and Class...

#199, Building Unwavering Community Support for Your School with Joey Bluege 15.12.2025 37:34

”𝑴𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍.” – Joey Bluege , Executive Director at Faith Lutheran School What a powerful reframe for leaders! 🙏 Hear Joey's incredible startup story and listen to the full episode today! -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultimate partner in streamlining school m...

#198, The Unseen Challenges of Starting a School with Derrian Fletcher 08.12.2025 25:48

“𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓… 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 — 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑥 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑒𝑦𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒.” – 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 , 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 From navigating faith-based learning to handling the business side of starting a school, Derrian shares the lessons, heart, and help behind Rock of Arrows’ journey....

#197, Iuri T. Melo on Proactive vs. Reactive Student Support 01.12.2025 33:34

”𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒔. 𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.” – 𝑰𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝑻. 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒐 , 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 . Discover how to build a system of proactive care, not just crisis response. 🎧 Listen to the full episode today! -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultimate partner in str...

#196, The Secrets to Sustainable School Fundraising with Vince Torres 24.11.2025 47:41

”When it comes to supporting our school, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒔.” – 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔 , 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝑭𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 He shares how to build a thriving school from the ground up, nurture donors, and create sustainable fundraising. Listen to the full episode today! 🎙️ -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach...

#195, Faith Over Fear: Kristie Stoddard on True Education 17.11.2025 44:35

“𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔—𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒚𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒎.” – 𝑲𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 , 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 In this new episode of the School Success Podcast, Stoddard shares how beauty, truth, and faith shape education that transforms hearts—not just minds. 🎧 Listen to the full episode today on Spotify or YouTube! -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖...

#194, Faith, Safety and Leadership with Danny Maggart 10.11.2025 52:13

"𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎: 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆.” - 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝐶𝑜-𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑡. 𝐽𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑝ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 On this episode of the School Success Podcast, Danny Maggart shares how humble, accountable leadership shapes stronger schools and healthier communities. 🎧 Listen to the full episode today! -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕...

#193, Ryan Hyde on Leading with Faith and Strategy 03.11.2025 45:51

"𝑾𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑪𝑬𝑶𝒔." – 𝑅𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑦𝑑𝑒, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 Discover how faith-based schools in Ohio are expanding access without losing their mission or control. 🎙️ Listen to the full School Success Podcast episode with Ryan Hyde today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach...

#192, Grace and Accountability in Schools with Nick Reeves 27.10.2025 46:45

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.” – 𝑁𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 In this School Success Podcast episode, Reeves shares leadership lessons every school leader can use today. Listen now! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and ClassReach . ClassReach is your ultimate par...

#191, Christian School Growth Lessons with Greg Forrest 20.10.2025 52:19

“𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕, 𝒊𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐, 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒈𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒏.” — 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑆𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 In this School Success Podcast episode, Forrest explains how Summit grew from 180 to 350, why a quiet phase beats pledge nights, and how Semble helped when space ran out. Listen to the full episode now. 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠...

#190, Faith, Education & Leadership | Dr. Christopher D. Pearson 13.10.2025 30:42

“ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 , 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 , 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 ? 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 . 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 , 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 ?” – 𝐷𝑟 . 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐷 . 𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 , 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 From servant leadership to building loving leaders, Dr. Pearson shares his journey on the School Success Podcast. Listen today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐...

#189, Max Vikhter on Building a World-Class Teaching Team 06.10.2025 48:17

“𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇.” – 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝑉𝑖𝑘ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 On this episode of the School Success Podcast, Max Vikhter shares his expert playbook for instructional leadership. Get practical tools and insights to help you build your teachers' capaci...

#188, Building Micro Hybrid Schools with Chase Eskelsen 29.09.2025 40:38

“𝑾𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅—𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔.” – Chase Eskelsen, Board Chair of ParagonEd From community frustrations to building a school around real needs — Chase Eskelsen shares the story behind ParagonEd’s micro-hybrid model. Listen to the full School Success Podcast episode today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆...

#187, Inside Alaska’s Remote Schools with Keith Kremer 22.09.2025 38:49

“𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.” – 𝑲𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑲𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓, 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒌 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 From adapting to unique cultures to leading with patience, Keith Kremer shares valuable lessons for school leaders in this week’s School Success Podcast. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now! -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏...

#186, Hope Academy’s Journey with Michael Bolland 15.09.2025 39:20

“ 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 , 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 . 𝑫𝒐𝒏 ’ 𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 .” – Michael Bolland , Managing Director at Spreading Hope Network Leadership isn’t about impressing people—it’s about staying faithful to the calling. 🎙️ Hear Michael Bolland’s story now on the School Success Podcast. Listen today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and Cla...

#185, Jim Flora on Growing Enrollment Through Storytelling 08.09.2025 29:37

“ 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 . 𝐼𝑡 ’ 𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒 ’ 𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦 .” – J 𝒊𝒎 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 , 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 , 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 From building culture to doubling enrollment, Jim Flora shares the challenges and victories of starting a new Christian school. Listen to the full School Success Podcast episode today! 🎧 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜...

#184, Granville Jones on Following God’s Vision for FOSA 01.09.2025 38:47

“𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐. 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒕.” – 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 , 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 & 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄. 𝑫𝒊𝒓. 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 From surrendering control to embracing God's timing, Granville Jones shares the story behind launching a school that balances strong faith and strong academics. 🙌 🎧 Listen to the full episode now on the School Success Podcast. -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑙𝑦 co-𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏...

#183, Building Bilingual Schools with Daniela Anello 25.08.2025 41:14

"𝐼𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑙. 𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒-𝐾 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠." - 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐, 𝑪𝑬𝑶 𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝑪 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝑪𝑺 How do you build a truly successful bilingual school? 🌎 Daniela Anello , CEO at DC Bilingual PCS, shares her journey, the science of language...

#182, Sean Nolan on Classical Education & Homeschooling Success 18.08.2025 33:19

"𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙." - 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 What does it take to save a 120-year-old school on the brink of closing? Sean Nolan shares bold moves, hybrid programs, and why authentic renewal means going against the grain. Listen now on the School Success...

#181, Building Brave Learners with Amber Kaspar 11.08.2025 33:42

" 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 - 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 ." - 𝑨𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓 , 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 How can a school create confident learners who love God and aren't afraid to fail? 🌿 Amber Kaspar shares how they're reshaping education through faith, curiosity, and community. Listen now! #SchoolSuccess #SchoolSuccessMakers #FaithDrive...

#180, Tim Lundeen: Empowering Students as Creators 04.08.2025 50:46

"𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉?" - 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 Want to empower students to create content, not just consume it? 🎙️ Tim Lundeen shares how he launched a student-driven podcast — gear tips, mind...

#179, Dave Buckles: Grow Your Team, Grow Your School 28.07.2025 38:07

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎." - 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 From people-first leadership to creating unforgettable school culture — Dave Buckles shares practical wisdom every school leader needs. Listen to the full School Success Podcast episode today! 🎧 #SchoolSuccess #SchoolSuccessMakers #Leadership 🚀 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟...

#178, Building Student Skills with Candace Heiken, M.Ed. 21.07.2025 33:33

"𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕...𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚." - 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝑴.𝑬𝒅., 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 Many students labeled 'lazy' or 'unmotivated' actually lack essential executive function skills. 🎯 Learn how to support them better with Candace Heiken, M.Ed . on the School Success Pod...

#177, Sadie Elliot on Transforming Christian School Leadership 14.07.2025 1:00:58

"𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕." - 𝑺𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒕 , 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 Sadie Elliot shares her journey in Christian education and how the Herzog Foundation is shaping the future through leadership, innovation, and impact. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now on the School Success Podcast. #SchoolSuccessMakers #EducationLeadership 🚀 -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑...