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In this episode we bring you my conversation with Lee Smith about Moral Distress in Education.

With a few stints back in Canada over the years, Lee has been mostly working in and leading schools internationally since 1996. In Australia, Taiwan, Korea, and China, he has been a Literature and Humanities teacher, curriculum coordinator, vice-principal, and principal. He has been affiliated with Canadian-accredited schools abroad, specifically British Columbia offshore schools, for twelve years. In his current role as Offshore School Representative, Lee acts as the liaison between five BC offshore schools in China and the British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care. He started his PhD studies at the University of Alberta in 2019, and is now nearing completion of his dissertation. His doctoral study seeks to understand how fifteen principals of Canadian-accredited schools abroad make sense of morally distressing situations within the context of their own professional identities.

For more information on the study that was conducted in Alberta that referenced Moral Distress in Educational Leaders (Dr. Bonnie Stelmach), please listen to this episode of the uLead Podcast or read the study.

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This episode features a conversation with Dr. Ryan Dunn. Dr. Dunn was the very first guest on this podcast and I wanted to speak with him again as he recently came out with a new book.

Dr. Ryan Dunn has considerable experience within education and has advised and collaborated with schools and districts across Australia, the USA and Canada. He has worked extensively with school leaders in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Alberta to support leadership development at a system, network and school level.
 
 As a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne his work focuses on teacher professional learning, educational leadership, mathematics, and middle level leadership. His latest book co-authored with Professor John Hattie, Developing teaching expertise: A guide to adaptive professional learning design, focuses on the effectiveness of adaptive approaches for school improvement. Ryan recently delivered the keynote presentation for the Victorian Department of Education Principal Forums on leading improvement in complex times.

You can connect with Dr. Dunn on Twitter or check out his page at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

His latest book, Developing Teaching Expertise, is now available.

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In this episode I am joined by Dr. Randy Hetherington and Bryn Spence, 2 other seasoned school leaders, to talk about changing schools as a leader. This subject is not often talked about in education circles. We discuss best practices and share tips that others might try when called to change schools. We also talk about when you know that it might be time to change schools.

You can follow Dr. Randy Hetherington on Twitter or visit the University of Portland website.

You can follow Bryn Spence on Twitter.

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Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools by Megan Tschannen-Moran

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Carolyn Cameron is back in our first episode featuring a previous guest. If you remember way back to episode 18, Dr. Cameron is an educator with over 30 years of experience within the K–12 public school system. As an administrator of a new middle school, she brought powerful teaching practises to her role as a school leader. 

She has presented at local, provincial, national and international conferences on the power of collaboration to lead meaningful student learning within a school community. As a school principal, she was a recipient of the provincial excellence in teaching award. A lifelong learner, she recently earned her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Calgary. Her professional experience includes serving as a leadership consultant for Alberta Education and the Galileo Educational Network. Currently, when not travelling, she works as a sessional instructor for school leadership programs at the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge.

For more information on Dr. Cameron and her book, please visit http://carolyncameron.ca/
You can also follow Dr. Cameron on Twitter @carolynjcameron

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Last week, we talked about the importance of personal values. We spoke about how as an individual, it can be helpful to list your values. If you have not listened to this episode, please go and take a listen. This week will build on where we left off.
This week, we shift to the importance of organizational values and the interplay between personal values and organizational values.

What - The people involved in an organization should know and construct the organizational values.
Why - The people in an organization need to see themselves in the organization, they need to participate in the selection of what is important. This will lead to better outcomes as people will be happier, make better decisions, work harder, and stay longer.

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In this episode, Corey speaks about the importance of clearly defining your core values. This simple exercise and list can help you as both a leader and a person.

What: You should have a list of your most important values.
Why: It will help you make decisions, feel better about your decisions, communicate with others, and make you happier.

James Clear's list of core values

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This episode features Raelene Finlayson. Rae has worked in education for over 20 years from being an EA to teacher, administrator, Principal, Supervisor, Senior Manager at Alberta Education and now a consultant. Along the way she completed a Masters in Early Learning. She has a passion for learning and for working with young children. She has provided support in a variety of areas across the early childhood spectrum - some other favourite topics include inclusion, play, Reggio Inspired programming, and nature based play. We get into many of these topics during our conversation and I think you will hear Rae’s passion for early learning come through.

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Armand Doucet is one of the world’s foremost pracademics and teachers in education for this Digital Age. He is a leader, inspirational speaker, coach, columnist, and author. He has spoken to tens of thousands of teachers on every continent and key international organizations. He has received the Governor General Award for Teaching Excellence in History (2017) and the Canadian Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2015) among other awards.

We need to apologize and during the interview we had some internet connection issues. It is a bit choppy in some spots, but we think it still works. We were both at home, with our kids, so you can hear some familiar noises if you are an early years teacher of children playing.

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This episode features Line Groot Degner speaking about personal coaching. Line describes herself as a transformation agent, but is also a writer and speaker. With a background in sustainable investments, her work today centres around systemic and individual change. She combines strategic acumen and understanding of complex organizational systems with the human side of social impact. Her focus is on creating meaningful change, for the betterment of ourselves and our planet.

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This episode features Cale Birk,  co-author and imagineer of the book – PLC 2.0: Collaborating for Observable Impact in Today’s Schools. Cale also wrote, Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design. and was a District Principal of Innovation in British Columbia. He is a former teacher and high school Principal who has worked with educators, district leaders, healthcare professionals and industry leaders in Canada, the US, Australia, and Asia to reimagine the experience of teaching, leadership and collaborative learning.

You can follow Cale on Twitter (@birklearns) or visit his website.

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