Join in this freewheeling, impromptu segment where several educators drop in from the NAESP conference in Long Beach, California.

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Brad Gustafson is the principal and lead learner at Greenwood Elementary in Minnesota. He’s passionate about sharing the amazing work of students and staff. Ben Gilpin is currently the principal at Warner Elementary School in Spring Arbor. He has s Master’s in education from Spring Arbor University and has an Educational Leadership Certification through Eastern Michigan University. Special bonus: Todd Whitaker, Principal Amy Fadeji and Kathy Melton.

We all know that our work is all about the kids, but too often our actions show that we have forgotten this central fact. In this segment our guest shares with us how he keeps his students at the center of his school community.

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Adam Welcome is an Elementary School Principal in the Bay Area of California, using Twitter and Remind for school communication and believes in a fun and positive school climate!

This is the first of a series of west coast interviews with administrators who are using social media to showcase students' work and tell their school's story.

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Amy Fadeji is quite possibly, California's youngest principal. After being an elementary teacher for 7 years, Amy took the plunge into administration three years ago. She LOVES being the lead learner at Penngrove Elementary and working enthusiastically for the students of Petaluma City Schools.

Our guest is a walking talking model of inspiration. In this segment she talks about why she shares her inspiration, how she shares it, and the results sharing has produced.

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Krissy Venosdale, Lower School Innovation Coordinator at The Kinkaid School in Houston TX working with PreK to 4 Learners. She loves blogging at Venspired.com, creating graphics and posters, learning new things, and traveling with her husband and daughter.

Through trial and error, our guests discovered that what parents want from teachers and school leaders may differ from what schools and PTO's believe. Tune in to learn what matters most to many parents and how to marry what parents want with what schools need.

Lisa Davis is a Parent Leader in her community. She currently serves as Vice President of Jericho joint council of PTAs. She previously held the position of President, Vice President, and chair of numerous committees. She also serves as a member of the district's President's Council and Health & Safety Committee. Gwen Pescatore is a mother of 3, serving as the home and school association president at @KnappElementary, and on the planning committee for #ParentCamp.

Instead of being conducive to learning many classrooms are actually very distracting to students. In this segment our guest talks about how to turn up the learning by dialing down the distractions in your class.

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Erin Klein is a second grade teacher, and she blogs at Kleinspiration.com and for Scholastic, a member of the National Writing Project.Blog: Kleinspiration.com

In this segment we talk with #satchat co-founder Scott Rocco about how he renovated the communications strategy of his school using social media.

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Scott Rocco is Superintendent of Schools in Spotswood, New Jersey, adjunct professor at The College of New Jersey, instructor in the NJEXCEL program, and co-founder/co-moderator of #Satchat on Twitter; a weekly global educational conversation. He is also a founding member of EdCampNJ. His blog site is evolvingeducators.wordpress.com which discusses how the integration of technology is resulting in the evolution of our educational system.

The spectrum of child development presented in middle school makes teaching these grades particularly challenging. Our guest sheds light on some of the unique challenges and shares some of the creative ways his school addresses them.

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Don Gately is the principal at Jericho Middle School on Long Island in New York. Jericho Middle School has a comprehensive school-wide program to develop academic and social emotional literacy; the school was named a New York State/National School to Watch in 2009 by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Level Reform.

In this segment we talk about a new initiative to retake control of the public narrative around education.

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Bob Farrace is director of public affairs at the National Association of Secondary School Principals. In that capacity, he represents principals’ voices to national media and build principals’ capacity to be their own best strategic communicators.

In this segment we talk with a school principal about how he discovered what innovative school leaders were doing with technology and how he went from being a dinosaur to the cutting edge of digital leadership.

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Dr. Spike C. Cook is the Principal of RM Bacon Elementary school in Millville, NJ. He is the author of Connected Leadership: It's just a click away published in 2014 by Corwin.