The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast | The #1 Downloaded School Leadership Show

Title: Your Mess Your Message Dr. Donna Marie Cozine helps overworked and exhausted Educational Leaders on the verge of burnout increase their work-life balance, so they can lead their organizations AND live the life they DESERVE! She is a leader, author, speaker, podcast host, and executive coach. Dr Cozine has been featured in Authority Magazine, Principal Magazine, The Rochester Beacon, Medium,...

As a chronically late student, Daniel Bauer once told his Chemistry teacher a fib about saving an entire girl scout troop from a burning building to get out of a tardy. Daniel is not sure if it was the  very  made up story, the  very  real cookie he offered his teacher, or a combination of both that got him out of a detention that day … That experience taught him it pays to develop your storytelli...

Title: Improve Your Culture With For Belonging   Dr. Susie Wise is a design leader with experience in the education, tech, and the social sectors. She coaches leaders in equity design and innovation practices. She teaches at the d.school at Stanford and coaches with the Mira Fellowship . Previously she founded and directed the K12 Lab at the d.school and co-created Liberatory Design .     Show Hig...

Title: How to Use Storytelling To Address the (In)Equity in Education    Max Freedman is a reporter, producer, and co-host of School Colors . He created School Colors with Mark Winston Griffith, a veteran community organizer and the editor of Brooklyn Deep . After four years of research and reporting, the first season premiered in 2019 to critical acclaim . He is thrilled to publish Season 2 throu...

The Perfect Rejection Resume   Dr. Eli Joseph is an author, educator, and public speaker who currently serves as a faculty member at the Columbia University School of Professional Studies and as a business partner and medical examiner at ExamOne, a Quest Diagnostics company. His new book is The Perfect Rejection Resume: A Reader's Guide to Building a Career Through Failure .     Show Highlights Co...

Jean Burk is the author of the award-winning College Prep Genius program and has written numerous articles about the SAT and PSAT tests, high school prep, college prep, and how to get free college. She is a Fox News contributor on radio interviews and has been featured as an SAT expert on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, TXA21, CW33, Choice Media TV, WE, Forbes, UShop TV and The Homeschool Channel. She homesch...

Resilience expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka "Dr. G" works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress to an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversit...

Join the "Back to School Boot Camp" The one thing you need to start next year off with energy momentum is a solid 90-day plan. In the "Back to School Bootcamp" I will teach you how to create your 90-day plan in just 5-days. Join the challenge today! Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

Erika Horsley is a teacher, coach, consultant, mom, and founder of Love, Morty. With 16 years of experience teaching, she now offers coaching and consulting services supporting teachers holistically so that they can show up regulated to co-create caring classroom communities with ease. Show Highlights Build classroom culture that increases students' achievement. Effortless SEL and self-awareness s...

Resilience expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka "Dr. G" works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress to an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversit...

Julie Stern is a global consultant and author: Julie has nearly two decades experience facilitating adult learning, and feels lucky to partner with educators to take their practice to the next level. She is a four-time, best-selling author of Learning That Transfers, Visible Learning for Social Studies, The On-Your-Feet-Guide to Learning Transfer, and Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, E...

Andrea Caprio is a Master Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach who helps busy professionals take back their power from yoyo dieting and overeating with proven tools and simple lifestyle hacks! It is Andrea's mission to help others free themselves from self-sabotage and unhealthy habits so they can live a fulfilling and confident life. Show Highlights What goes into a healthy detox? Stop limi...

Cory L. Cain was raised amongst the vast palm trees of  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has served as a teacher, lead teacher, dean, department chair, assistant principal, and principal.  In these positions,  he has focused on communicative approaches to teacher-led professional development, cooperative learning, and data-driven instructional practices and has led the STEM department to record standa...

Eric Barker is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller "Barking Up the Wrong Tree," which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 19 languages. It was even the subject of a question on "Jeopardy!" Over 500,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter. His work has been covered by The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Financial Times, and others. Eric is also a...

Pete Hall is a capacity-builder. Driven to impact others' lives in a profoundly positive way, he channels his experiences as a school principal, life coach, and small-business owner into manageable lessons for continuous growth, personal improvement, and positive mindset. Tenacious, courageous, and incorruptible, Pete shares his optimism, joy, and practical application of strategies for getting th...

TaRael Kee is an Assistant Principal at Collinsville High School and currently serving as President of the Illinois School Counselor Association. He recently became a Site-Based Trainer for the American School Counselor Association.   As a former school counselor at Collinsville HighSchool, he utilized data and technology to push the department to become more innovative, efficient, and inclusive. ...

James Anderson is an Australian-based international speaker, author and educator who is passionate about helping fellow educators develop students as better learners. Originally a teacher and school leader, for the past 20 years, James has been working with schools to make classrooms more thoughtful places. He challenges teachers to think deeply about their own Mindsets and how their beliefs are c...

Show Highlights Stop spinning plates and drinking from the fire hydrant when implementing your vision and mission. The dangers of the "humblebrag"  Adopt the 3 step Zen recipe for success Create the school of your dreams with these execution tips Big mistake school leaders make when leading Adopt the Apple success strategy to your school   The process to make sustainable strides for your school  I...

Corey M. Christman is the winemaker at Bravery Wines, LLC..  He's a retired Supervisory Special Agent, USAF and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He's a Doctoral student at Drexel University studying Educational Leadership. He's a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program, Cornell University, and holds an MBA  and BA in Criminal Justice.     Show Highlights Consulting to assist leaders enac...

Christine Franklyn is an international speaker, writer and health coach. She is on a mission to help high-performing leaders get out from under the weight of everything that rests on their shoulders and truly shine. She has reverse-engineered the process she used to escape burnout and reclaim her A-Game. This is the foundation of her Power Up Formula. Show Highlights Recognize the signs of stress...

Jordan Mareno is a Partnerships Manager at Project Invent, a nonprofit that empowers high school and middle school students to invent technology for community impact. Jordan gravitates towards questions about and celebrations of human purpose, and believes that young people should be given chances — often and early — to wrestle with their own understandings of meaning.   Show Highlights Energy and...

Tanya Sheckley is the Founder and President of UP Academy, a progressive elementary lab school in San Mateo, California. UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms. Inspired by the will, drive, an...

Dr. Roseann is a mental health trailblazer, founder of The Global Institute of Children's Mental Health and Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, LLC, who is, "Changing the way we view and treat children's mental health". FORBES magazine called her, "A thought leader in children's mental health". Her work has helped thousands improve the most challenging conditions, such as ADHD, anxiety, OCD, mood, autism,...

A professional bassist, Gerald J. Leonard offers a unique approach to accomplishing more productivity in the workplace. He is the CEO of Principles of Execution (PofE), a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, Strategic Project Portfolio Management and Culture Change consulting practice with over 20+ years' experience working with large Federal and State Governments and Multinational Corporations...

Dr. Efraín Martínez is a father, husband, and the principal of Northwood Middle School in Highland Park, IL. He reflects and interviews luminary figures on his podcast Wisdom & Productivity . His one word is #improvement and he strives to do all he can to make this world better. Show Highlights The #1 productivity secret   ​​Set fire to the house to know which door to open for your mental health ...