Aspire to Lead

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.

What is the culture you want as a leader in your school? This week’s guest, Jimmy Casas, discusses how to enhance the leadership skills of others, increase staff and student voice, and creating an efficient team by using the strengths of each member of the organization.

How do we enhance student engagement while providing student voice? My guest, Elisabeth Bostwick, discusses practical solutions to create student choice, innovation through classroom makerspaces, and developing ways to support teachers.

Coaching is such a powerful tool to enhance the knowledge of our staff and students. This week’s guest, Brad Currie and Dr. Emily Davis, discuss how coaching is imperative in any leadership initiative, the importance of relationship building, and how to retain your best staff members.

About our Guests:

Brad has been an educator for more than 18 years as a coach, teacher, and administrator. He currently serves as a Director of Planning, Research, and Evaluation for the Chester School District in Chester, New Jersey. He is a trainer, blogger, presenter and author of five books. Brad is also the co-founder and co-moderator of the weekly Twitter chat: #SatChat

Emily, for the past 8 years, has held research and leadership positions at Stanford and New Teacher Center, while also working with districts and colleges on developing school leadership development programs. Emily is a researcher, consultant, presenter, and author of two books, including the newly released book that was co-authored with Brad Currie, “Tech Request: A Guide for Coaching Educators in the Digital World.”

Follow Brad Currie:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBradCurrie

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Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bradmcurrie/

Website: www.thebradcurrie.com

Follow Dr. Emily Davis:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mentorEmily

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/emily-davis-14601963/

Website: https://www.teacherdevelopmentnetwork.com/

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Coaching is such a powerful tool to enhance the knowledge of our staff and students. This week’s guest, Brad Currie and Dr. Emily Davis, discuss how coaching is imperative in any leadership initiative, the importance of relationship building, and how to retain your best staff members.

Discussing race, biases, consent, and equity at a school may seem difficult. This week’s guest, Liz Kleinrock, believes it’s not only possible, but imperative towards dismantling systemic racism and institutional discrimination. In this episode, we discuss how to implement equitable practices, discover racial biases, explore systematic privilege in education, and enhance social justice on campuses.

About Liz Kleinrock:

Liz is an elementary teacher, social justice advocate, anti-bias educator, curriculum writer, consultant, professional development facilitator and presenter. Liz just had an amazing TED talk released on Ted.com called, “How to teach kids to talk about Taboo Topics.”

Follow Liz on:

Twitter: www.twitter.com/teachandtransf1

Instagram: www.instagram.com/teachandtransform

Website: https://www.teachandtransform.org

Follow our Host

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Joshua__Stamper

Instagram: www.instagram.com/joshua__stamper

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamper

Join the Conversation

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on social media and in our comments section. Please use the #AspireLead hashtag as you continue the conversation on social media.

If you’ve gotten any value from this show at all, please subscribe and leave a rating and review wherever you’re listening. The ranking of this show is 100% tied to subscriptions and reviews. You can help us reach more school leaders by subscribing to the show and leaving an honest rating and review.

Music by Ben Lundquist