The Green Room Podcast Series

This was a super fun conversation with Bentli Lewis, #RockStar principal at Oakbrook Middle School in South Carolina! Bentli shares her thoughts on the importance of creating your school's identity, shifting the culture towards positivity, dismissal dance parties, and so much more!

This is an awesome conversation I had with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo around staff morale and thriving during the chaos of a pandemic. You're gonna love this guy, I guarantee it!

This is a dope conversation I had with Mike around ambition vs. execution and how you move from talking about ideas to executing and making them a reality.

This is a super fun interview I did with rock star educator Andi Marra from North Stafford High School in Virginia. She's a first-year leadership teacher and is absolutely crushing it for her students and staff! Thanks for listening!

This was a super fun conversation I had with my good buddy, Phil Boyte, right before the holidays. We talked about school culture, baseball, traveling, beaches, and a whole lot about self-care. Enjoy!

This is a powerful conversation that I had with my good friend, Dwight Carter, around race, equity, and how we can have difficult conversations moving forward. I'm grateful for his friendship and his willingness to help me learn and grow on my journey to becoming a better human being.

This is an awesome interview I did with Jamie Mooring, rock star educator at Puyallup High School in Washington. Jamie joined The Green Room to share her passion and infectious energy for all things school culture! She shares a ton of ideas for establishing connections, how to get started on your school culture revolution, planning and executing a school wide lip dub, and so much more!

Dr. Brandon Beck joins The Green Room Podcast Series to share his passion for teaching, coaching, speaking, and so much more! Elementary school educator by day, high school soccer coach by night, part-time professor, father of three beautiful girls, and oh! The author of a brand new book! This guy does it all!

Youth motivational speaker Carlos Ojeda Jr. joins The Green Room to share his passion for making an impact on the lives of young people. As the founder and CEO of CoolSpeak: The Youth Engagement Company, Carlos has dedicated his life to empowering students to succeed by teaching them that their voice is their power.

Tess Charnaud, STEM educator at the International School of Luxembourg, joined The Green Room to share her insights on getting more girls involved in the field of science, the importance of always maintaining a sense of wonder, how COVID-19 will change the field of education, how to create an inclusive culture when over 40 nationalities are represented on your campus, resiliency strategies, and so...

What a fun opportunity to connect with Phil Boyte and record our conversation on school culture! Make sure to follow his podcast, School Culture by Design, if you don't already!

Independence High School (VA) science department chair, PBIS coordinator, #RockStar educator, and all-around great guy Josh Mosser joined The Green Room to discuss strategies for fostering relationships with your students and your colleagues, how public recognition can dramatically impact your school's culture and climate, and strategies and tips for distance learning and finding balance during CO...

Rock star educator Dr. Farah Meadows joins The Green Room to share her insights on getting Renaissance started on your campus, overcoming adversity, multicultural education and how to have conversations around race, staying connected during COVID-19, and what it was like getting to meet and spend time with Oprah!

Curious about gaming and how it can make an impact on your school's campus? This episode is for you! Vancleave Middle School (MS) educator Chase Chatfield joins The Green Room for an awesome conversation centered around gaming, Kahoot!, and the power of connections and relationships. Check it out!

Carrie Yantzer, Director of Professional Learning and Operations for the Colorado Association of School Executives, joins The Green Room for an amazing conversation. Carrie has over 25 years of educational experience as both a teacher and a principal and has so many amazing stories to share centered around the power of relationships, equity and ways to address it on your campus, and relevant topic...

Newberg High School (OR) assistant principal Mark Brown joins The Green Room for a powerful episode to discuss mental health and strategies for addressing it on your campus, learning to be comfortable with "who you is," maintaining a positive outlook on a daily basis, and more!

Del City High School (OK) assistant principal Steve Gilliland joins The Green Room to share all of the great things happening at his school and in his community. Steve shares tips on getting kids plugged in on your campus, battling chronic absenteeism, boosting staff morale, and some super cool traditions, including one where seniors can earn a free letter jacket. Check it out!

Smyrna High School (TN) principal Dr. Sherri Southerland joins The Green Room to discuss leveling the courses at her high school and its impact on student learning, tips for implementing change, how to transition from a "your kids" mentality to an "our kids" mentality, ideas for improving staff morale and camaraderie, and much more!

Powerful, powerful episode with Heritage High School (VA) principal Shameka Gerald! She shares advice on developing processes systematically that serve ALL students, why her attitude and demeanor are so important to the daily climate of her building, how to raise the standard of expectations for both students and staff, how racial and equity issues can be properly addressed and improved, tips and...

Dr. Brad Hubbard, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for Community High School District 117 (IL), joins The Green Room to discuss tips and strategies for improving teacher retention, making the time to be visible within your building, the importance of professional learning for educators, how his district is attacking equity and SEL head on, and the story behind his limited edi...

Virginia Region 3 Teacher of the Year Dan Reichard joins The Green Room to discuss tips and strategies for becoming a better educator, methods and ideas for creating a classroom environment where learning is cool, the importance of branding your classroom, how to prevent burnout, and much more!

Rock star educator Chris Reeder joins the podcast to discuss tips for growing your leadership classes, how to implement and run Jostens Renaissance on your campus, how donut holes can transform the “new kid” into the “cool kid” on campus, operating successful school social media accounts, and more!

Fred Lynn Middle School (VA) educator Jonathan Alsheimer joins The Green Room to share his passion for education centered on a “why not” mentality and discusses how his school stands up to bullying, the journey of transforming a school from struggling to fully accredited, connecting with UFC star Paul Felder and Young & Reckless founder Drama, and so much more!

“As we hit this break, take some time to reflect, take some time to love yourself and to recharge the batteries, and always remember this: I see you, I hear you, I love you, and I thank you for what you guys do each and every single day.” -PC

“Technology is about understanding which tool to use at which time and it should always be about the learning.” Technology specialist Elizabeth King joins The Green Room to share strategies for implementing technology on a district-wide level, tips for staying up to date on the latest technology, tools and resources for bringing technology into your classroom, how to use technology to strengthen r...