Caring, Character, and Community

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community Podcast, Hardin interviews Alex Oliver-Dávila, Executive Director of Sociedad Latina, who discusses how important it is for culturally and linguistically diverse youth to be part of a community that represents them.

*Please note that while we experienced a few short moments of technical difficulty, significant audio glitches are limited to the very beginning of the interview.*

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BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community podcast, the fourth of our community-based organizations series, Alex Oliver-Dávila, Executive Director of Sociedad Latina, discusses the importance for culturally and linguistically diverse youth of being part of a community that represents them.

For more than 20 years, Alexandra Oliver-Dávila has worked to create a community that supports young people, values their input, and believes in their ability to create positive social change. Serving as Executive Director since 1999, Alex has transformed Sociedad Latina into a cutting-edge youth development organization. Under her leadership, Sociedad Latina has quadrupled its budget, increased the number of youth and families served, and created our innovative Pathways to Success model.

Currently, Alex serves as Co-chair of the Boston Youth Services Network. She also sits on the Boards of Emmanuel College and the National Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color. In addition, Alex serves on the Community Advisory Boards for Boston After School & Beyond, Boston Private Industry Council, Greater Boston Latino Network, Children’s Hospital and Dana Farber hospitals, and the National Council of La Raza’s Workforce Advisory Council. She is also on the Boston School Committee.

In recognition for her dedication to Boston’s Latino community, Alex has received numerous honors over the years. In 2007, Alex was selected as a Barr Fellow and was named one of the 150 Boston Women of Influence. In 2014, she was recognized by the Boston Public Schools' Office of English Language Learners and the Newcomer Assessment & Counseling Center. Alex holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Emmanuel College, a Master’s in Public Policy from Tufts University and an Honorary Doctorate from Emmanuel College. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

November 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Special Episode: Nicholas Covino (President of William James College), Kenneth Elmore (Associate Provost and Dean of Students of Boston University), Pam Eddinger (President of Bunker Hill Community College), and Don Pope-Davis (Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology) gather to share their ideas about what is next in higher education to create a more caring community.  While there was no consensus as to what are the most important levers of change, there was a shared sense that we need to work across multiple settings to increase access to opportunity, and that we need to learn how to better cooperate across our silos.  They leave us to wonder how we can find common cause across the world of late-adolescent and early-adult learning. 

Part Three: Community-Based Organizations

November 11, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Three, Episode One, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of BUILD speaks to the importance of giving space to youth to find their place in their community by learning how to create an enterprise.

November 27, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Two, Charmane Higgins, Executive Director of Boston Trinity Connects, shares the challenge of providing children who have been in traumatizing situations with a sense of being valued and cared for, and discusses the demands that such care places on the adults who serve them.

December 4, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Three, Will Parish, Founder and President of 10 Strands, describes character as a function of one's actions, and centers the importance of developing environmental literacy as a key component of character development in the modern era.

December 18, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Four, Alex Oliver-Dávila, Executive Director of Sociedad Latina, discusses the importance for culturally and linguistically diverse youth of being part of a community that represents them.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’'

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community Podcast, Hardin interviews Will Parish, Founder and President of 10 Strands, who views character as a function of one's actions. Will centers the importance of developing environmental literacy as a key component of character development in the modern era.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community podcast, the third of our community-based organizations series, Will Parish, Founder and President of 10 Strands, describes character as a function of one's actions, and centers the importance of developing environmental literacy as a key component of character development in the modern era.

Will Parish is a credentialed public high school science educator with a 30-year record of innovative accomplishments in the environmental and educational fields. He taught Environmental Science at Gateway High School in San Francisco, and now serves on the board. He served on the California State Board of Education’s Curriculum Commission and then founded Ten Strands as a nonprofit organization to support California’s efforts to bring environmental literacy to all K–12 students in the state.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

November 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Special Episode: Nicholas Covino (President of William James College), Kenneth Elmore (Associate Provost and Dean of Students of Boston University), Pam Eddinger (President of Bunker Hill Community College), and Don Pope-Davis (Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology) gather to share their ideas about what is next in higher education to create a more caring community.  While there was no consensus as to what are the most important levers of change, there was a shared sense that we need to work across multiple settings to increase access to opportunity, and that we need to learn how to better cooperate across our silos.  They leave us to wonder how we can find common cause across the world of late-adolescent and early-adult learning. 

Part Three: Community-Based Organizations

November 11, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Three, Episode One, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of BUILD speaks to the importance of giving space to youth to find their place in their community by learning how to create an enterprise.

November 27, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Two, Charmane Higgins, Executive Director of Boston Trinity Connects, shares the challenge of providing children who have been in traumatizing situations with a sense of being valued and cared for, and discusses the demands that such care places on the adults who serve them.

December 4, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Three, Will Parish, Founder and President of 10 Strands, describes character as a function of one's actions, and centers the importance of developing environmental literacy as a key component of character development in the modern era.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’'

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community podcast, the second of our community-based organizations series, Charmane Higgins, Executive Director of Trinity Boston Connects, shares the challenge of providing children who have been in traumatizing situations with a sense of being valued and cared for. She also discusses the demands that such care places on the adults who serve them.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

In this episode of the Caring, Character, & Community podcast, the second of our community-based organizations series, Charmane Higgins, Executive Director of Trinity Boston Connects, shares the challenge of providing children who have been in traumatizing situations with a sense of being valued and cared for. She also discusses the demands that such care places on the adults who serve them.

Before becoming Executive Director of Trinity Boston Connects, Charmane Higgins served as Executive Director of STRIVE, a social justice nonprofit focused on young adults in Boston, from 2008-2017, during which time she transitioned the organization to become a part of Justice Resource Institute. From 2017-2019 she was a consultant to nonprofit organizations. She has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Non-Profit Practice since 2010 where she mentors a cohort of emerging nonprofit leaders of color. Charmane attended Boston Public Schools and graduated from Boston Latin School. She earned a BA in Classical Civilization from Wellesley College, an MA in Latin from the University of Texas and an MBA from Simmons College. She has served as Past Chair and current member of the Board of Trustees of Boston Latin School Alumni Association and just completed a six-year term on the board of the ACLU in Boston. She is a current Board member of the Mass Nonprofit Network and is an adjunct faculty member at Boston College School of Social Work.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

November 21, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Two, Special Episode: Nicholas Covino (President of William James College), Kenneth Elmore (Associate Provost and Dean of Students of Boston University), Pam Eddinger (President of Bunker Hill Community College), and Don Pope-Davis (Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology) gather to share their ideas about what is next in higher education to create a more caring community.  While there was no consensus as to what are the most important levers of change, there was a shared sense that we need to work across multiple settings to increase access to opportunity, and that we need to learn how to better cooperate across our silos.  They leave us to wonder how we can find common cause across the world of late-adolescent and early-adult learning. 

Part Three: Community-Based Organizations

November 11, 2021 CCC Semester One, Part Three, Episode One, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of BUILD speaks to the importance of giving space to youth to find their place in their community by learning how to create an enterprise.

November 27, 2021 CCC Season Two, Part Three, Episode Two, Charmane Higgins, Executive Director of Boston Trinity Connects, shares the challenge of providing children who have been in traumatizing situations with a sense of being valued and cared for, and discusses the demands that such care places on the adults who serve them.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’'

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this special episode of the podcast, Nicholas Covino (President of William James College), Kenneth Elmore (Associate Provost and Dean of Students of Boston University), Pam Eddinger (President of Bunker Hill Community College), and Don Pope-Davis (Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology) gather to share their ideas about what is next in higher education to create a more caring community.  While there was no consensus as to what are the most important levers of change, there was a shared sense that we need to work across multiple settings to increase access to opportunity, and that we need to learn how to better cooperate across our silos.  They leave us to wonder how we can find common cause across the world of late-adolescent and early-adult learning. 

Please share in the comments what you think are the levers of change.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Two, Webinar: Nicholas Covino, Kenneth Elmore, Pam Eddinger, & Don Pope-Davis

In this podcast, Nicholas Covino (President of William James College), Kenneth Elmore (Associate Provost and Dean of Students of Boston University), Pam Eddinger (President of Bunker Hill Community College), and Don Pope-Davis (Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology) gather to share their ideas about what is next in higher education to create a more caring community.  While there was no consensus as to what are the most important levers of change, there was a shared sense that we need to work across multiple settings to increase access to opportunity, and that we need to learn how to better cooperate across our silos.  They leave us to wonder how we can find common cause across the world of late-adolescent and early-adult learning. 

Please share in the comments what you think are the levers of change.

Welcome to Season One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’'

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this ninth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the first of our community-based-organization series, Hardin Coleman interviews Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of BUILD, speaks to the importance of giving space to youth to find their place in their community by learning how to create an enterprise.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Three, Episode One: Ayele Shakur

Ayele Shakur brings almost three decades of experience as an innovator in urban education. Prior to coming to BUILD, she served as the President and CEO of the Boston Learning Center for 15 years. Under her leadership, the Center expanded from serving 100 students annually in Boston to 700 students across the state. Ayele joined BUILD in 2011 as Boston’s Founding Regional Executive Director.

A veteran classroom teacher, Ayele taught for eleven years in the Los Angeles area and in the Boston Public Schools, and co-authored the book Boost School Performance – A Parent’s Guide to Better Grades Fast. Ayele is the recipient of the 2012 Boston Celtics Heroes Among Us Award, and the 2007 Nan Bennett Kay Great Friend to Kids Award presented by the Boston Children’s Museum. In 2014, she was appointed as Chair of the Education Committee for the Boston NAACP, and held this post for three years. In 2015, she was appointed by the Boston School Committee to co-chair the Opportunity and Achievement Gaps Task Force for the Boston Public Schools. She was honored with the 2017 Barr Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding nonprofit leaders in Boston, and in 2018 became part of the GK100 Most Influential Black Bostonians. She is a motivational speaker and a blogger for the Huffington Post.

A native of Boston, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Boston University and a Master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

Welcome to Season One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

November 11, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Three, Episode One, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of BUILD speaks to the importance of giving space to youth to find their place in their community by learning how to create an enterprise.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

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In this eighth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the fourth of our higher-education series, Hardin Coleman interviews Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology. Don shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities — particularly those that have been historically marginalized — while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Semester One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis

Don Pope-Davis (PhD, Stanford University) is Dean of the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. He is passionate about using higher education to address issues of equity, economic growth and the psychological well-being of educators and students. 

An educator for more than 25 years, he previously was dean of the College of Education at New Mexico State University, a Hispanic-serving institution. He also served in senior-level positions at the University of Notre Dame. Pope-Davis’ work on religious attitudes, multicultural competence and unintentional racism in counseling is widely published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association's Society for Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues and a Fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology. 

His most recent book, published by Cambridge University Press, examines the attitudes of Black Catholics in America. He is president-elect of the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions (CADREI), a member of the steering committee of Deans for Social Justice and Equity in Education and past chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs.

In this conversation, Don shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

November 4, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Four: Don Pope-Davis, Dean of The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology, shares the challenges of transforming a school to be centered on using its research and teaching mission to meet the needs of local communities, particularly those that have been historically marginalized, while also creating a community that is caring and supports the personal and professional development of all its members. 

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’'

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this seventh episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the third of our higher-education series, Hardin Coleman interviews Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, who shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

Semester One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger

Pam Eddinger is president of Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC), the largest of 15 community colleges in Massachusetts.  Dr. Eddinger began her tenure at BHCC in 2013 and previously served as president of Moorpark College in Southern California from 2008.

Dr. Eddinger’s service in the Community College movement spans more than 25 years, with senior posts in academics and student affairs, communications and policy, and executive leadership. Dr. Eddinger serves on a number of boards and commissions, including the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), GBH Boston, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Boston Foundation (TBF), the Massachusetts Workforce Development Board, the Boston Private Industry Council, Achieving the Dream (ATD), the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU). Dr. Eddinger was honored in 2016 by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Barnard College and her master’s and doctorate in Japanese Literature from Columbia University.

In this conversation, Pam shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

October 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Three: Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College, shares with us the importance of meeting the needs of community college students with both deep care and great expectation.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this sixth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the second of our higher-education series, Hardin Coleman interviews Kenneth Elmore, Boston University’s Associate Provost and Dean of Students. Kenn discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values while holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

 Season One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore

As Associate Provost and Dean of Students, Kenneth Elmore coordinates University efforts to provide a safe environment, where students can find their way within a vibrant academic community. He additionally works with the President and Provost to raise philanthropic support for undergraduate student scholarships, and shares leadership and management of projects associated with student-focused facilities, physical infrastructure, and capital projects.

Kenn’s duties as Dean of Students include advising student organizations, planning ways to acclimate students to the University, setting and regulating standards, offering academic support, helping students navigate career goals, making certain the University experience is accessible, and creating a vibrant and welcoming living-learning environment. The offices reporting to Kenn—the Community Service Center, Disability Services, Howard Thurman Center, Judicial Affairs, Orientation, Residence Life, Student Activities—respond to student concerns, help students solve their problems, and help students build communities.

Appointed in 2003, Kenn has more than 25 years of administrative experience in higher education. Prior to his appointment, he managed orientation programs, campus activities, and residence operations at Boston University. He has also practiced law within the Boston area. Kenn earned his AB in Psychology from Brown University; a Master of Education in Policy, Planning & Administration from Boston University; and, a JD from New England Law.

In this conversation, Kenn discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

October 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode Two: Kenneth Elmore discusses being guided by compassion, along with attention to detail and a willingness to actively navigate the tension between upholding community values and also holding space for disagreement and thoughtful discourse. When it comes to caring for one’s many community members in the higher education space, it is important to highlight opportunities to see and harness “unity of feeling,” where groups with different goals can find common ground in their core values.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this fifth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, and the first of our higher-education series, Hardin Coleman interviews Nicholas Covino, President of William James College, who discusses the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He shares the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

Semester One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part Three will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino

Dr. Nicholas Covino is president of William James College and a practicing psychologist. His clinical career has been devoted to caring for the psychological needs of medical patients and engaging in long-term psychotherapy with adults, and his research interests have mirrored his clinical work. Before coming to William James, he was the Director of Psychology and Director of Training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is a psychoanalyst, a member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a former faculty member at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Covino was named the second president of William James College in 2002. Under his leadership, the college has grown from a single-degree institution to one with 4 academic departments and specialty training in military, global, forensic, and leadership psychology. In addition, the college offers consultative services to schools, courts, and business.

In this conversation, Nick shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

Part One: PK-12

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Part Two: Higher Education

October 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part Two, Episode One: Nicholas Covino shares with us the importance of showing up — being present and available to one’s community — as foundational to effective leadership in crisis.  He discusses the challenges this commitment can pose to one’s sense of well being, and how gratifying this level of commitment can be.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com

In this fourth episode of the Caring, Character, and Community podcast, Hardin Coleman interviews Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

To watch this episode instead, please click here:

BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Center for Character and Social Responsibility

“Caring, Character, and Community” Podcast Series

To prepare the next generation to become caring and effectively engaged citizens requires a multi-faceted approach. It includes a focus on personal development, professional development, program development and implementation, and on systems change. As part of the CCSR’s focus on personal and professional development of educators, parents, and community leaders, we are pleased to announce our upcoming podcast, “Caring, Character, and Community.”

Semester One of this series will focus on how leaders integrate the ethic of caring, their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of others to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. Part One will focus on PK-12 leaders, Part Two will focus on Higher Education Leaders, and Part 3 will focus on leaders of youth-serving, community-based leaders. Each part will include 4 podcasts and an interactive webinar, during which listeners can participate in a Q&A with the leaders who have shared their stories in the podcasts. 

Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Dana Weeks serves as the head of Germantown Friends School (GFS), a Quaker independent school in Philadelphia, Pa.  She balances innovation with classical teachings, and focuses on both deep academics and developing empathetic, inquisitive students. Prior to her leadership at GFS, Dana worked at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she held teaching and administrative roles for 23 years. She holds a B.S. from the University of Scranton with a double major in Chemistry Management and Philosophy, an M.A. in Philosophy from Villanova University, and she completed additional graduate courses in Cell Physiology and Molecular Biology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University where she was a Visiting Scholar.

Welcome to Semester One of “Caring, Character, and Community,” a podcast from the BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Center for Character and Social Responsibility. In this season, we will focus on learning from leaders about how they integrate the ethic of caring, a focus on their own and others’ character development, and a commitment to serving the needs of their community, in order to guide and inform their leadership in times of crisis. 

September 7, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode One: Karen Bohlin, Principal of Practical Wisdom Group,  discusses the importance of developing a caring and compassionate framework, a compass, for guiding a leader’s and community’s response to crisis.

September 14, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Two: Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools shares with us how centering on the needs of children, with commitment to caring, helps organize the efforts of adults in the community to help children flourish-- even, and especially, in times of crisis.

September 21, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One,  Episode Three: Julie Lawton, Chief Academic Officer of YueCheng Education in Beijing PRC shares the a story of how creating a school that is centered on caring and compassion facilitates positive outcomes in times of crisis

September 28, 2021 CCC Season One, Part One, Episode Four: Dana Weeks, Head of Germantown Friends School, discusses the importance of integrity and trust in building and sustaining a caring school community that helps children to flourish.

Thanks to Lizzie Barcay for the editorial and production work.

Music:

Bluesy Vibes by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Music provided by FreeMusic109 https://youtube.com/FreeMusic109’’

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ccsr.substack.com