Transformative Principal

Tom Mahoney currently serves as the Superintendent of Oregon Community Unit School District located in Northern Illinois.  As an educator, Tom has served as a secondary math teacher, coach, building administrator, and Assistant Superintendent. His experiences as a teacher, serving a diverse student population, continue to guide his advocacy for equity and whole child education in his administrativ...

Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and head of Michaela Community School. She and her staff wrote the book, “Michaela: the Power of Culture” which you can find anywhere books are sold. Michaela is a different kind of school. High standards of discipline - silent corridors Knowledge is our goal in the classroom Why don’t people do things to get the results - People are critical of just focusing o...

Matthew is a principal in Nashville, He was recently selected by FranklinCovey Education as a Leader in Me Community Champion in recognition of his outstanding work Trauma Informed Educators Network Facebook group “I’m an activator,” he says. “In education, everyone is waiting for someone else to do something different, but if something is inequitable, I’m not going to wait―I’m going to disrupt.”...

Transformative Principal 366 Social Media: He threw a rock at the building and I thought we were done! Via Kevin Stinehart Kevin Stinehart is in his ninth year teaching in a South Carolina Title 1 Arts Magnet School. Last month he won Teacher of the Year for his district, and he is currently in the running for South Carolina State Teacher of the year. His school made headlines 2 years ago when it...

For 30 years, Frank Forte has led projects and programs around the world for clients such as the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army, NASA, CA, CSC, GTE, and Mylan Pharmaceutical. He has worked across many different industries, including Oil & Gas, Software, Healthcare, and Construction. Frank is the author of the book A.G.I.L.E. Thinking Demystified. What is AGILE thinking? Adaptability, Growth Im...

Wanting to Get Better with Dr. Vernita Glenn-White Transformative Principal 364 Social Media: You need to have a goal. Via @DrVglenn_white Dr. V. is a professor of empowerment and executive coaching and consulting. It’s ok to admit that you will make some mistakes. How to not judge people? There’s always things that are subconscious I probably had this reaction because I listen to the news too muc...

Janneke Ritchie is an entrepreneur, speaker, designer and digital transformation expert. A robot momma, she brings both passion and a healthy dose of realism to how robots, AI and future technologies can be used to transform how we work, live and age. 
After 20 years of envisioning, designing and implementing solutions to enhance adoption of new technologies in large organizations, Janneke designs...

Kat Howard is AP at the Duston School and founder of LitDrive, PD for English Teachers. She is also the author of the book “Stop Talking About Wellbeing” Came to teaching quite late after working in finance Felt lack of reward outside of education. How to help teachers take care of themselves. Approaching workload - we have a responsibility to ourselves Building strong relationships. Effective con...

Lizzy Neiger is an elementary principal at an international school in Nepal. Previously, Lizzy was a special ed teacher and 2nd grade teacher. Geographically positioned between China and India. Only flights people could get were repatriation flights back to their home countries. Thought people would be able to return. Making my self available at the end of my days. How to support a school that is...

Hannah Costello graduated in January 2020 after homeschooling her whole life. While co-founding the Learner Council and volunteering at virtual camps in her distributed learning high school, she discovered a passion for guiding and supporting other learners, and for creating systems that work. She wants to help other kids to experience learning the way she did by designing and supporting individua...

Andrea Keith is the Vice President of School Programs at Let Grow . Let Grow non profit to bring back childhood independence. What changes have happened in the how parenting happens? Belief that it is the parents’ job to protect kids from any discomfort. Blue hands in the windows. Benefits of kids having independence. Nobody intends to give their kids the message that they’re not capable. How has...

Barb Labotka is a principal of a Montessori School in Chicago, Illinois. And this podcast is a little different in that she is going to tell some stories about Maria Montessori! integrated her faith into her theory. Montessori was the first scientific method. Inspiration will come in moments when you least expect them. At 36, she said that her educational approach will fill the whole world. Match...

Nancy Conrad is the founder of the Conrad Challenge , a global competition to help kids learn without limitations. Global competition for teams of students 13–18. Students are invited to combine innovation, education, and entrepreneurship to create something new. Students form teams and ind a coach. Summit hosted at Kennedy Space Center. As students are looking for unique opportunities for competi...

Amy Valentine , Leader at Future of School has been called a social rabble rouser, a turnaround strategist and a fighter of the status quo in K–12 education. She has served as a teacher, school leader and executive director.  Gives scholarships to students and grants to teachers. National Non-profit to support the changing of schools. Why parents seek alternative methods of education. Why wasn’t e...

JC Pohl is the co-founder and CEO of TeenTruth.net Resilience is about taking the hits and moving forward. Hear about bad things with kids. Bouncing back. It was really in the hard times in our life that we grew. 5 keys to mental health. Why is it harder for teenagers? This is developmentally appropriate. To them it really does feel like it is the end of the world. Charismatic Adults - A developme...

Mariana Aguilar did some field research to determine what causes students to be engaged in online and hybrid learning environments. How to define student engagement in online and hybrid environments. Hard to define engagement, but we all say we can feel it! You can feel it. Emotionally connected Manifests differently in hybrid environment Hard to read people’s language. How to turn on engagement f...

Danielle Nuhfer is a teacher and you can find more information about her at TeachingWell. Life Bringing Awareness to the present moment without judgment. Taking a step back and trying to think about how to proceed. The benefits of mindfulness in self-care and resilient person in our students’ lives. How to be mindful in talking about the coronavirus situation. Take a breath, think, and respond. Mi...

Crystal Xu and Purvi Patel recently wrote a paper on how to Redesign School Level Systems For Equity. How systems work together. Started with redesign systems work. We actually have a lot more autonomy than we think. Expand our self-confidence around the structures we can control. How we define engagement in school. How do we deal with criticism that we face when we try to implement equitable prac...

James Anderson is a educator, author, and speaker and a master of mindset work. Today we are talking about Learner Agency . Anders Ericson - purposeful practice. Agile Learner - capable of growth, but also knows how to go about achieving the growth. What it means to achieve the growth in life. Growth mindset is how much you see yourself as a learner. How do I get really good at achieving that grow...

Tiersa McQueen is an unschooling mom and has a great story to tell. Follow her insightful comments on Twitter . You can learn a lot of math through cooking. What about math? Math is everywhere. Homeschooling vs unschooling vs public school Many different styles. You can relax a little bit with homeschooling. Ask your child what they want to learn. More of a family interaction. When you have choice...

Cory Henwood is the Innovation Coordinator for Iron County Schools, founder of Launch HS . What Launch HS is? How students demonstrate mastery. There are systemic barriers that prevent people from taking this leap. Lots of groundwork laid for this. Partnerships are really important. How is your partnership with SUU designed? How Launch HS got started. What skills do kids need to be successful? Sta...

Marti Sievek is Assistant Principal of East High School. Tania Lyon is the talent Talent Development Coordinator. Both are in Mankato Area Public Schools Mankato Area Public Schools. District from a GT program to a more inclusive program. Professional development coordinator interim director of teaching and learning. Helping students have access to high quality instruction with no ceiling. Increas...

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Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur who founded CDBaby, and is now writing and doing cool things in New Zealand. Check out his Now page for more information. This episode is about the importance of focus and how to not be distracted all the time. Moved to Oxford for the schools. He grew up outside and that really shaped him. want him to be really focused on whatever he is interested in. If you’re focu...

Karen Gross is an author and educator, as well as an advisor and consultant to nonprofit schools, organizations, and governments; instructor of continuing education at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work; visiting professor at Bennington College; former president of Southern Vermont College; former senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Education; and author of the sidequel, B...