THIS IS A PREVIEW of Episode 050 that releases on Wednesday, 7/20/16 ...   "Smells Like Summer" was provided by Del via CC. Listen to Del here.   Better Leaders Better Schools guest Ryan Jackson is the new principal of Mt. Pleasant High in Mt. Pleasant, TN. Prior to this he served as an AP at Maplewood HS. Jackson’s tenure in education has sent him as far as China to exchange leadership philosophies as part of Vanderbilt University and Metro Nashville Public Schools’ Principal Leaders Academy of Nashville. In our first podcast we dug into his Competitive Teaching Model and his identity as the UnderdogsAdvocate.    If you haven’t listened to the first episode with Ryan Jackson, you can do that here.   Show Highlights  

• #ArtAntidote and #CourageToCreate how Arts are important to schools
• Top initiatives he is trying to accomplish
• Mechatroncis & Project Lead the Way
• PBL model that will change how we will view the moon
• Connecting with each student & weaving them into the school community
• Ryan’s mindset going out to connect with the community & staff
• The importance of being a reflective leader and how Ryan does it
• How his mentors prepared him for the leap to the principalship
• Are you connecting on Twitter, Voxer … why not start a podcast?
• Ryan’s experience in an education mastermind
• How Ryan wants to be remembered as a leader.
• How to power through excuses
• Ryan’s top 5 films

  Resources   Finding our courage to create blog post   Good to Great   Brain Rules by John Medina   Connect   Ryan on Twitter   Sign up a time to chat if a mastermind is right for you    Ryan’s Top 5 Movies   Apocalypse Now Pulp Fiction Back to the Future Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Predator      Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.   Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!  

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