What if someone came to you and offered you a job that was different than what you had planned for your leadership journey? This week’s guest, Jorge Valenzuela, shares how one job offer changed the trajectory of his leadership career forever.

Important skills our students need to possess

How robotics is for every subject

The importance of joining a team

The Teach Better Network

And Rev Up Robotics

Website: https://www.lifelonglearningdefined.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JorgeDoesPBL

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jorgedoespbl/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LifelongLearningDefined/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgedoespbl/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpFCeG0NRHLcReqg9cdZEjg/featured

Teach Better Speakers Network: https://www.teachbetter.com/speakersnetwork-jorgevalenzuela/

Jorge Valenzuela is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. He’s also a national faculty member for PBLWorks, a published

researcher, and an avid blogger, with his work featured in USA Today, Mediaplanet USTA, Edutopia, ISTE, eSchool News, Tech & Learning, PBLWorks, and on Medium. His work helps

educators and learners understand and implement computational thinking, computer science, STEM/STEAM, and project based learning. Valenzuela is a recipient of the ISTE Computer Science Excellence Award and STEM Excellence Awards. He also earned the Lynn Barrier Engineering Leadership Award for his contributions to STEM education in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Book: Rev Up Robotics: Real-World Computational Thinking in the K–8 Classroom

 

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CELEBRATE YOUR STORY EVENT!

In this BONUS episode, Todd Nesloney and I discuss the Celebrate Your Story Event, the topics covered at the conference and future Aspire Podcast bonus episodes. 

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I want to invite you to “Celebrate Your Story”! This two day event will be January 24th and 25th, in Brenham TX. I will be speaking at the event with some of my Texas friends and it is going to be an incredible experience! This event is truly to provide enriching professional development for those who are looking to grow in their craft. If you want more details, CLICK HERE!

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When you are presented with fear and self doubt, how do we overcome these challenges to be an effective leader? This week’s guest, Sarah Johnson, shares how she fought through isolation and provides a practical framework to break though doubt and insecurity.

In our role as a leader is working hard the most important trait to be successful? This week’s guest, Dan Kreiness, shares how he went through a tough experience as an administrator to learn his greatest lesson, which went much further than just working hard.

This week’s guest, CJ Reynolds, shares how he uses unorthodox relationship building strategies and his YouTube channel to impact his students, community and educators around the world.

THE TEACH BETTER ANNOUNCEMENT!

In this BONUS episode, Jeff Gargas and I discuss the Teach Better Speaking Network, future Teach Better projects, the upcoming conference and the Aspire Podcast. You can find this video interview on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/teachbetterteam

 

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This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.

The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.

What makes this community different is that it is:

• An investment, not free
• A private community with the same goal
• A conversation, not a variety of self-promoting presentations
• Evergreen, not ephemeral
• Focused on serving school leaders, not advertisers, companies, or investors

I highly recommend using Go! Community to enhance your leadership skills!

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Todd Nesloney, Celebrate Your Story

I want to invite you to an event that was just announced by Todd Nesloney, called “Celebrate

For anyone who has heard me present or speak as a guest on another podcast, you have heard that I’m extremely passionate about trauma informed and restorative practices. My wife and I have been foster parents for over 6 years and we had the amazing opportunity to learn from Karen Pervis and her Trust Based Relational Interventions, which has really shaped my views as an educational leader. After having the opportunity to meet my guest in person and learn what she is doing on her campus, I had to have her return to the Aspire Podcast. This week’s guest, Allyson Apsey, shares how she used her knowledge of Choice Theory and Trauma Informed practices to reshape her school’s culture.

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE!

This is the last installment of the teach better conference Bonus episodes! I hope you have enjoyed these quick episodes filled with various educational leaders. In this episode, my guests are the Alex Oris and Mark Losey as we discuss student creativity with technology, teacher facilitation, social recognition and technology to assist students with Autism. 

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Alex Oris, Technology Integration Specialist

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Mark Losey, Technology Consultant

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• Website: https://www.edtech-consultants.com/

 

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This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.

The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.

What makes this community different is that it is:

• An investment, not free
• A private community with the same goal
• A conversation, not a variety of self-promoting presentations
• Evergreen, not ephemeral
• Focused on serving school leaders, not advertisers, companies, or investors

I highly recommend using Go! Community to enhance your leadership skills!

Click Here to Try Go! Community

 

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I want to invite you to an event that was just announced by Todd Nesloney, called “Celebrate

When you hear the term Librarian, do you think of a person who strictly works with books or of someone who is leading the charge for innovation? This week’s guest, Alicia Ray, shares how she broke the mold of the traditional Library space, amplified her voice, and made an impact well beyond her campus.

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE!

 

This is the fifth installment of the teach better conference Bonus episodes! In this episode, my guests are the talented Kevin Butler, Suzanne Dailey and Nick Sutton as we discuss work life satisfaction, mentorship in leadership, creating impactful school improvements and our guest’s educational podcasts! #AspireLead

 

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Kevin Butler

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Suzanne Dailey

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• Website: http://teachwithjoy.edublogs.org/

Nick Sutton 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrNickSutton
• Website: https://www.learningthroughleading.com/
• Blog: http://drnicksutton.blogspot.com/

 

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This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.

The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.

What makes this community different is that it is:

• An investment, not free
• A private community with the same goal
• A conversation, not a variety of self-promoting presentations
• Evergreen, not ephemeral
• Focused on serving school leaders, not advertisers, companies, or investors

I highly recommend using Go! Community to enhance your leadership skills!

Click Here to Try Go! Community

 

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