What is the greatest impact a leader possesses? This week’s guest, Thomas Murray, discusses how to provide constructive feedback to staff, focus on the learning target instead of the trendy technology, impacting the brain through the heart and discovering each child’s story.

Do our students and teachers have a space to be creative and innovative? This week’s guest, Josh Stumpenhorst, discusses how to enhance reading by creating a space students want to be in, leading without a title, making student driven decisions, and learning from multiple perspectives.

How do we have high expectations in our assessment data while increasing the mastery of student’s soft skills and social emotional health? This week’s guest, Amy Fast, discusses how to embrace measurement, improving school culture through the amplification of student experiences, and the importance of developing your school’s story.

As a leader, how do we maintain high character with our staff and students? This week’s guest, Hans Appel, discusses how to enhance empathy, the importance of fostering leadership, creating positive intent, and developing programs to enhance student voice, social emotional learning, and leadership.

What is the most important characteristic to instill in our students? This week’s guest, Jeff Kubiak, discusses the importance of instilling kindness, opportunities for fun and play in schools, and enhancing equity in the classroom.

When do you know you are an educational leader? This week’s guest, Jennifer Gonzalez, discusses how she became an educational leader through her business, what to do to handle criticism, and the benefits of leading through areas of passion.

How can we use social media to increase the effort of the organization? This week’s guest, Joe Sanfelippo, discuss how highlighting his staff and students increased his voice, creating a team based on your weaknesses, and leaning on others to increase leadership capacity.

How can we use different discipline practices to restore harm to those who are impacted by student decisions? This week’s guest, Nathan Maynard and Brad Weinstein, discuss how restorative practices are impactful experiences for all stakeholders, the importance of building a culture of empathy, and using student voice to increase ownership and responsibility.

How do leaders use autonomy to implement initiatives? This week’s guest, Matt Miller, discusses how to provide opportunities for teachers to have a voice in important decisions, choosing to ditch textbooks and homework, and the ways to be efficient by cheating time.

When is it a good time to take risks as a leader? This week’s guest, Mark Barnes, discusses how every leader needs to take chances, the ways to handle criticism, the importance of listening, and increasing the love of learning.