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  • 168. Breaking the Labels of Education: Featuring Trevor Timmerberg
    This week’s guest, Trevor Timmerberg, shares how his experience in the military shaped his self discipline and changed his perspective on leadership. As a student who had labels placed on him, Trevor is determined to teach his students that mistakes don’t define who you are as a person. 
    In this episode, we also discuss:
    • Cafeteria as a Temperature Check 
    • Restorative Practices built on Relationships
    • And Constructing a Leadership Mission Statement

      • About Trevor Timmerberg:
      Trevor is a High School Administrator, Commissioned Officer, YMCA Downtown Board of Directors and Ed.D Leadership Student. 
      Follow Trevor Timmerberg:
      Twitter: https://twitter.com/Trevor_Tberg @Trevor_Tberg
      Linkedin: Trevor Timmerberg
       
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        •  
        Aspire to Lead made it to the Best New Education Books
        I'm happy to announce that my book, "Aspire to Lead", made it to BookAuthority's Best New Education Books:
        https://bookauthority.org/books/new-education-books?t=1424ls&s=award&book=1953852386
        BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to get this kind of recognition. Thank you for all your support!
        The book is available for purchase on Amazon.
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        30 min
      • 167. Evolving Education: Featuring Dr. Katie Martin
        It’s time to leave behind practices that don’t best serve all learners and educators, and to prioritize what matters most: relationships, connection, purpose, flexibility, agency, and authentic learning. Education must evolve. Looking to learners will help us see what’s working, what’s challenging, and, ultimately, what’s possible. To ensure that all of those learners thrive, we’ll need to use insight from our own experiences, research from the field, and new tools and approaches to adapt our practices.
        This week’s guest, Dr. Katie Martin, advocates for a much-needed shift to a learner-centered teaching model. Learner-centered education creates purposeful, personalized, authentic, and competency-based experiences that help students develop skills that empower them to learn, grow, and solve problems that matter to them and others. 
        In this episode, we also discuss:
        • Instructional Practices that Enhance Essential Skills 
        • Changing Grading Practices
        • And Katie’s New Book, Evolving Education

          • About Dr. Katie Martin:
          Dr. Katie Martin is the author of Evolving Education and Learner-Centered Innovation. She has served as a middle school English language arts teacher, instructional coach, and led the district's new teacher mentoring program. She teaches in the graduate school of Education at High Tech High and is on the board of Real World Scholars.  Dr. Martin is the Chief Impact Officer at Learner-Centered Collaborative and works in diverse contexts to learn, research, and support authentic and purposeful learning for all students
          As a mom, she wants her kids to have learning experiences in school that build on their strengths and interests, and as an educator; she is passionate about making sure we do the same for all kids.
          Follow Dr. Katie Martin:
          Website: www.KatieLMartin.com 
          Twitter: @katiemartinedu
          Instagram: @katiemartinedu
          Facebook: @katiemartinedu
          Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-martin-42805714/ 
          Other: www.LearnerCentered.org 
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            • Aspire to Lead made it to the Best New Education Books
            [caption id="attachment_3718" align="alignnone" width="1024"] I'm happy to announce that my book, "Aspire to Lead", made it to BookAuthority's Best New Education Books: https://bookauthority.org/books/new-education-books?t=1424ls&s=award&book=1953852386[/caption]
             
            BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honor to get this kind of recognition. Thank you for all your support! The book is available for purchase on Amazon.
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            26 min
          • 166. Back to Normal or Back to Better: Featuring Tom Burton
            After two years of new educational practices, are we trying to get back to normal or a way to get better? This week’s guest, Tom Burton, shares how going back to the way things were is not the best mindset. In his district, during the pandemic, they uncovered many inequitable practices that needed to be addressed and they are determined to find better practices moving forward. 
            In this episode, we also discuss:
            • Creating diverse leadership teams
            • Leading regardless of your title
            • And partnering with businesses to serve the community 

              • About Tom Burton:
              Mr. Tom Burton is the Superintendent of Princeton City Schools, located just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Tom has been in administration since 1995 and has been in the Princeton district since 2015.  He is the author of “Mark of Leadership: Strategies for Leading with Purpose, Plans, and Passion.” Additionally, Tom has written articles for publications both in Ohio and nationally and a columnist for Middle Ground Magazine.
              As superintendent, Tom lives out the Princeton mission to empower each student for college, career, and life success.  He celebrates the achievements of all students. His Business and Community Partnership Quarterly Breakfasts connect students with business leaders and foster conversations about the students’ courses and interests generating conversations about post-high school education and occupations.  Tom has been actively pursuing business/community partnerships and most recently hosted over 120 business community leaders at the quarterly breakfast.  Along with a talented staff, he is proud of the major increase in participation and looks forward to hosting over 200 leaders in the near future.
               
              Tom’s support for the recently passed Ohio Alternate Pathways for Graduation and newly created Princeton Work Ethics Certificate is addressing the needs of students entering the workforce after high school.  In addition, Tom is encouraging internships at local businesses. “The business community is critical to Princeton as Princeton is critical to the business community.  Working together we each ensure that the future is strong not only for the district and region but the state and country as well.”
               
              In July 2021, Tom was elected as one of three new members of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Educational Advisory Council. In this role, he will participate in discussions to help guide future strategies and inform the Education and Museum Outreach department's effectiveness. He will make recommendations, provide feedback, and perspectives on community outreach, engagement, programming, curriculum, and technology.  Members are selected for this appointment for the value they place on the role of education, critical thinking, and lifelong learning.
               
              He was named the 2018 Business Person of the Year through the Sharonville Chamber of Commerce.  Further, Tom was the winner of NASSP/MetLife Ohio Middle School Principal of the Year, Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Slippery Rock University. Additionally, he was selected as the recipient of the Gordan Vars Lifetime Achievement Award, Ohio Educator of the Year by the Ohio Middle Level Association and was inducted in both the Cleveland Heights High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame and John Carroll University Athletic Hall of Fame.
               
              Tom is married to wife Franca, and they share the joy of raising three children, Cailey (2017 Princeton Graduate), Bryce (2019 Princeton Graduate), and Tommy (Class of 2022) as residents in Sharonville.
               
              Follow Tom Burton:
              Website: www.princetonschools.net  
              Twitter: https://twitter.com/VikingDiffSuper 
              Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikingdiff1/ 
              Facebook:  Princeton City Schools 
              Linkedin:  Tom Burton
              YouTube: PrincetonVikings
               
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                27 min
              • Bonus Episode: Aspire to Lead Featuring Evan Robb
                Aspire to Lead with Empathy, Creativity, and Passion
                With the launch of my new book, Aspire to Lead, Evan Robb joins me to share about his author contribution.
                In this Episode, we also discuss:
                • Activating and Taking Initiative
                • The 10 Pillars of Leadership
                • Delegation for Leadership Development

                  • About Evan Robb:
                  Evan Robb is presently Principal of Johnson-Williams Middle School in Berryville, Virginia. He has over twenty years of experience serving as a building level principal. Prior to being a school principal, he was an English teacher, department chair, and Assistant Principal. Evan is a recipient of the Horace Mann Educator of the Year Award. In addition, the NCTE Commission on Reading selected him to serve on its national board.
                  A TEDx Speaker, Evan offers inspirational keynotes, workshops, and on-going professional learning opportunities across the country on leadership, mindset, culture, impactful change and how to improve literacy in schools. Evan has shared his ideas with thousands of educators at dozens of workshops across the country.
                  His first book titled, The Principal’s Leadership Sourcebook: Practices, Tools, and Strategies for Building a Thriving School Community was published by Scholastic in the fall of 2007. His next book, The Ten- Minute Principal was published by Corwin in May 2019. Evan and Laura Robb collaborated with Dave Burgess Publishing to write Team Makers, which was published in August of 2019. In addition, Evan is partnering with Laura Robb to write, A School Full of Readers, with Benchmark Education, Fall 2019.
                  Follow Evan Robb: 
                  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ERobbPrincipal
                  • Website: https://evan-robb.com/
                  • TEDX: https://youtu.be/oS4WMsdLIM4
                  • Blog: https://therobbreviewblog.com/
                  • The Robb Review Podcast: https://therobbreviewpodcast.podbean.com/

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                      19 min
                    • 165. Engagement is Not a Unicorn, It’s a Narwhal: Featuring Heather Lyon
                      How do you define student engagement in your classroom? This week’s guest, Heather Lyon, shares a common understanding of what engagement looks and sounds like so that anyone can design and gauge instruction using this understanding. More importantly, with this knowledge, educators can make changes to instruction to truly increase student engagement. 
                      In this episode, we also discuss:
                      • Grading practices that need to be assessed
                      • The teacher and resource shortage in education 
                      • And her books, Engagement in Not a Unicorn (It’s a Narwhal) and The Big Book of Engagement Strategies

                        • About Heather Lyon:
                        Heather Lyon is author of Engagement is not a Unicorn (It’s a Narwhal) and The BIG Book of Engagement Strategies.  Heather is a former English teacher and has a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and an Ed.M. in Reading from the University at Buffalo. She is an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology for Lewiston-Porter Central School District in Western New York. Heather has been a staff developer and held various administrative titles, but the professional title she likes best is learner. She is also a proud wife and mother who struggles with but values the importance of boundaries and balance—which are so critical for all of us. Heather lives with her husband and three children, who make her smile and teach her the importance of kindness, respect, and patience. 
                        Please follow Heather on Twitter @LyonsLetters and visit her website www.LyonsLetters.com.
                        Follow Heather Lyons:
                        Website: www.lyonsletters.com 
                        Twitter: @Lyonsletters
                        Instagram: @Lyonsletters
                        Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-lyon/ 
                        Other: www.cutt.ly/Buy-Books
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                          37 min
                        • Aspire Mailbag: New School Year Problems
                          Aspire Mailbag: New School Year Problems

                          In this 23rd Aspire Mailbag episode, Jeff Gargas and I answer questions on different leadership topics provided by the listeners. Please join us for this episode as we answer questions on how to shift the mindset of educators on social emotional learning, how to lead when there are positions not hired, professional learning days, and the latest news with the Teach Better Team!

                          Featuring Jeff Gargas and Joshua StamperFollow Jeff Gargas:
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                          30 min
                        • Bonus Episode: Aspire to Lead Featuring Allyson Apsey
                          Aspire to Lead with Empathy, Creativity, and Passion
                          With the upcoming launch of my new book, Aspire to Lead, Allyson Apsey joins me to share about her author contribution.
                          In this Episode, we also discuss:
                          • Creativity in Leadership
                          • 3 tools to use to enhance your creative ideas
                          • Confidence in leadership to be innovative

                            • About Allyson Apsey:
                            Allyson Apsey has been an educator for more than twenty years; a school leader for sixteen of those years. She is passionate about having a serendipity mindset, looking for the beautiful lessons that every experience holds. She tries to be transparent, vulnerable and supportive, and she doesn't ask questions unless she wants the answers.
                            Despite the fact that she never wanted to set foot in a school again after high school graduation, there is nowhere else she'd rather spend her days than in classrooms. In fact, she doesn’t even have a chair at her desk because she is moving around the school all day long. The challenges and delights of being a principal fill her days with joy. She enjoys nothing more than helping others be the very best they can be.
                            Allyson is so proud of her school district and the Zeeland, MI community, and she loves being the principal of Quincy Elementary. She cannot imagine a more dedicated, passionate and skilled group of teachers. They elicit wonder, excitement and a love for learning in their students. Recognizing the significant impact trauma has had on many of our students, staff and families, Allyson is a Certified Trauma Practitioner in Education. The support that students affected by trauma need are beneficial to all students because they are grounded in a foundational core of strong, positive relationships based on trust.
                            She is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for MEMSPA (Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association). Additionally, she is on the Steering Committee for MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) SIG-ADMIN. She recognizes the value of working with and learning from amazing educational leaders in both of these organizations.
                            Allyson is the author of a blog called Serendipity in Education (allysonapsey.com) has written four books: a middle grades chapter book called The Serendipity Journal, a picture book called The Princes of Serendip, and two professional learning books for educators called The Path to Serendipity and Through the Lens of Serendipity. She loves speaking to passionate groups as they work to be happy and effective people for the benefit of themselves and everyone around them.
                            She is married to Jim, that man she met at the Orbit Room dance club all those years ago, and she has two amazing sons with him, Laine and Tyson.
                            She is blessed. Contact her at [email protected]
                            Follow Allyson Apsey: 
                            • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllysonApsey
                            • Website: https://allysonapsey.com/

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                                16 min
                              • EduMatch Launch with Mandy Froehlich and Todd Nesloney
                                EduMatch Celebration for Aspire to Lead 

                                On the day my new book, Aspire to Lead, launched, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Mandy Froehlick and Todd Nesloney about the different aspects of this educational leadership resource. Join us as we share some strategies, insights on leadership, and funny stories about the process. 

                                In this Episode, we also discuss:

                                • The A.S.P.I.R.E. Model 
                                • Why I wrote this book and how it will help current and aspiring leaders
                                • Stories with Todd Nesloney about his foreword

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                                About Mandy Froehloch:

                                Mandy Froehlich passionately encourages educators to create innovative change in their classrooms. A former Director of Innovation and Technology, technology integrator, and teacher, she has experience at many levels of the organizational structure. Her interest lies in reinvigorating and re-engaging teachers back into their profession, as well as what’s needed to support teachers in their pursuit of innovative and divergent thinking and teaching. She consults internationally with school districts and post-secondary institutions in the effective use of technology to support great teaching, mental health support for educators, and how to create organizational change. Her first book, The Fire Within: Lessons from defeat that have ignited a passion for learning, discusses mental health awareness for teachers. Her second book, Divergent EDU, is based on an organizational structure she developed to support teachers in innovative and divergent thinking. Her third book, based on educator engagement and mental health called Reignite the Flames, will be released spring 2020.

                                Follow Mandy Froehloch: 
                                • Website: www.mandyfroehlich.com
                                • Twitter: @froehlichm
                                • Instagram: divergentedu
                                • Facebook: Divergent EDU: Leadership, Innovation, and Divergent Thinking
                                • Linkedin: mandyfroehlich
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                                About Todd Nesloney:

                                Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He was previously a Principal/Lead Learner at a PreK-5 school in Texas. He is an award winning author for his work in co-authoring Kids Deserve It! and Sparks in the Dark. He has also written the book Stories from Webb and published a children’s book, Spruce & Lucy. Todd has been recognized by John C. Maxwell as a Top 10 Finalist for the 2018 Transformational Leadership Award, by the White House as a Connected Educator “Champion of Change”, the National School Board Association as one of the “20 to Watch” in Education, the Center for Digital Education as one of their “Top 40 Innovators in Education”, the BAMMYs as the “National Elementary Principal of the Year” and the “National Elementary Teacher of the Year”, and the Texas Computer Education Association as their “Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year”.

                                Follow Todd Nesloney: 
                                • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechNinjaTodd
                                • Website: https://www.toddnesloney.com/
                                • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToddNesloney/

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                                33 min
                              • Bonus Episode: Aspire to Lead Featuring Jill Siler
                                Aspire to Lead with Empathy, Creativity, and Passion

                                With the launch of my new book, Aspire to Lead, Jill Siler joins me to share about her author contribution on executing as a leader.

                                In this Episode, we also discuss:

                                • The top ways we can execute in an interview
                                • Examples of what districts are looking for in a candidate
                                • Mistakes in the interview process

                                About Jill Siler:

                                Dr. Jill Siler has been serving as the Superintendent of Gunter ISD, a growing school district an hour north of Dallas, since 2012. Jill grew up in Rochester & Buffalo, NY and completed her undergraduate work at the University of Pittsburgh where she was a collegiate swimmer. She moved to Austin in 1996 and began serving as a high school World Geography teacher and swim coach at John B. Connally High School in Pflugerville ISD. Jill earned her Masters from Texas State University and began her administrative career in Marble Falls ISD where she served as the Assistant Principal for Instruction. In 2004, Jill went to Lake Travis ISD where she served as a campus and district leader for 8 years. During that time, she completed her doctorate at the University of Texas.

                                In her first months as a superintendent, Jill faced financial crisis along with many other challenges that leadership brings. In 2015, her school board was named a TASA Honor Board as one of the top 5 school boards in the state and one of her campuses was named a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School. Jill is the Chair of the Future-Ready Superintendent Leadership Network (FRSLN) Design Team through the Texas Association of school Administrators (TASA) where innovative leaders from across the state gather to learn, share and grow together.

                                Jill has a passion for helping others reach their goals and is the leader of TASA’s Aspiring Superintendent Academy, and a frequent speaker at Texas’ First-Time Superintendent Academy as well as other leadership and education conferences. Her writing can be found on her website, jillmsiler.com where the initial blog inspiring her upcoming book, Thrive Through the Five, was featured in the November 2019 edition of AASA School Administrator, the national school leadership organization’s publication.

                                Jill and her husband, William, have been married for 19 years and have two children: Caitlyn who is 14 years old and in 9th grade and Caleb who is 10 years old and in 5th grade.

                                Follow Dr. Jill Siler: 
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                                • Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jillmsiler/
                                • YouTube: Jill Siler’s YouTube Channel

                                 

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                                Review the Podcast

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                                12 min
                              • 164. EdTech Integration Mindset: Featuring Jake Miller
                                In this week’s episode, classroom teacher and edtech expert Jake Miller equips us to overcome the paradox of choice and select the right edtech tools for your classroom so you can start using them tomorrow. Jake offers anecdote-induced stories and explanations that actually make sense for all educators. In addition, we discuss comparisons of tools for formative assessment, student self-assessment, student blogging, audio projects, video creation, student-paced coursework, and lesson delivery, and more!
                                In this episode, we also discuss:
                                • Additional video resources
                                • Leaders as tech specialists
                                • And his books, Educational Duct Tape: An EdTech Integration Mindset

                                  • About Jake Miller:
                                  Jake Miller is an edtech and learning enthusiast who hosts the Educational Duct Tape podcast and shares #EduGIFs at @JakeMillerTech and on JakeMiller.net. He works as a science teacher for the Orange City School District in Ohio and previously spent 5 years as a technology integration specialist and an additional 12 years in the classroom teaching math, science & STEM at various grade levels. Jake’s favorite job, however, is his full-time position as a husband and father.
                                  EduDuct Tape Podcast:
                                  The #EduDuctTape Podcast, hosted by Jake Miller, focuses on viewing #edtech as a tool used to meet goals, address learning standards and solve problems in the classroom, much as duct tape is used as a tool that solves a plethora of problems in our lives. In each episode, Jake sits down with a different inspiring guest to share and discuss some awesome ideas for using tech in the classroom! Join us for Educational Duct Tape, every other week on Wednesday!
                                  Follow Jake Miller:
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                                      28 min

                                    About Aspire to Lead

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                                    Joshua Stamper provides an opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced and accomplished educational leaders. As we grow in our leadership skills, it’s imperative to learn from other…

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