What is the story behind the Savannah Bananas and what the heck does a minor league baseball team have to do with educational leadership?!? Find out more about the Thursday afternoon keynote speaker at the Professional Conference in June in this conversation with TJ Ebert, OAESA Zone 6 Director, and Jared Orton, keynote speaker and president of the Savannah Bananas baseball team.

Many thanks to Curriculum Associates for generously supporting this podcast.

Audrey Staton-Thompson, OAESA Minority Representative, discusses key issues that the Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators is working on with educational partners across the state. Her conversation with Thanda Maceo, OABSE President, and Tyrone Olverson, co-chair of the Superintendent Commission for OABSE, highlights the mission and work of OABSE to address equity issues and long-term funding, literacy and literacy skills, mental health and establishing positive learning cultures, and the educational leadership pipeline.

Show notes:

Join in the conversation with OABSE leaders at OAESA's upcoming spring meeting on March 14th via Zoom. Click HERE for more information and registration.

Plan to attend OABSE's conference, April 20-22 at the Columbus Hilton at Polaris! Learn more about their work and register for the conference at their website, https://www.oabse.org/.

Tyrone Olverson shared his book, Beyond Theory: Practical Strategies making a Difference in Schools. Click HERE to get your copy on Amazon.

Many thanks to Renaissance for their generous support of this podcast.

In this episode, sponsored by FranklinCovey, we speak with Principal Navigator author, Jolene Reinhart, who writes about ways to choose and create joy. She is a former teacher, principal, ESC consultant, and leadership coach, having served 39 years in the Summit and Cuyahoga County area. Her vast opportunities to be a leader and to research leadership are some of her greatest gifts of the profession. She is now semi-retired, still passionate about being a lead learner, and choosing joy every day.

Recommended Reading:

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (view on Amazon)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey (view on Amazon)
• More 7 Habits resources on FranklinCovey's website
• Informational brochure about Leader in Me.

As November comes to a close, we have gratitude fresh on our minds, and with all of the research out there about the benefits of gratitude practice on our emotional well-being we would like to encourage our listeners to extend this practice beyond the month of November and create a process in your lives. So for all of you out there wondering how a busy administrator can fit this beneficial practice into your hectic schedule, we have invited OAESA member and former NAESP state representative on the OAESA board, Cathryn Rice to share how she made gratitude a daily dose of self-care vitamins rather than first aid for feeling bad.

Sponsored by Lexia.

In this episode, Dr. Becky Hornberger has a conversation with Scott Hunt, Executive Director of ODE Field Relations, to thank Ohio's principals and share some updates and resources from ODE to support the important work of educational leaders. Tune in to learn how the Office of Field Relations is working to build a bridge between the Department and practitioners. Scott Hunt also shares how ODE has used their key priorities to build the Future Forward Ohio initiative.

Resources shared in this episode:

• Future Forward Ohio: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Future-Forward-Ohio
  • Future Forward Ohio Spotlights:
  • School and district leaders, share your story! Schools and districts that have used emergency relief funds to launch promising practices are invited to share their stories by completing this brief survey.
• Plan to address literacy: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Learning-in-Ohio/Literacy
• ACE Educational Savings Account Program: aceohio.org

"Prioritizing Teaching and Learning" Featuring Jim Gay, OLAC Project Co-Director In lieu of a new episode of Leaders AdvantEDGE, OAESA is highlighting an episode of OLAC's Lead the Way podcast that is the perfect lead up to our summer conference. Equity is a core value to Ohio's strategic plan, Each Child Our Future and to Each Child Means Each Child, Ohio's plan to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. In episode 17 of OLAC's podcast, "Prioritizing Teaching and Learning," three educators discuss how equity is defined in their work. Two regional state support team consultants and a district superintendent share their views on how the prioritization of teaching and learning impacts equity in a variety of settings.

Dr. Hornberger's conversation with Dr. Deborah Telfer, Director of University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center, and Oli4 and AIPL participants highlights the benefits of these programs and the importance inclusive leadership practices from the top down. Participants will share how these programs have increased their knowledge and skill in the use of inclusive instructional leadership to engage ALL students more effectively—regardless of classroom or school assignment—in strong core instruction.

Thank you to our guests: Katie Dean, Junior Research Associate at the UC SDI Center, Herneika Johnson, Principal at Grove Patterson Academy, Dr. Deb Telfer, Director of the UC SDI Center, and Karen Winston-Carpenter, Lead Teacher/Instructional Coach at East Cleveland City Schools.

To learn more about OLi4, click HERE.

To learn more about OH-AIPL, click HERE.

In a conversation with Jessica Horowitz-Moore, Executive Director of ODE's Center for Student Supports, Becky Hornberger and Mark Jones will uncover the great resources that are available to help you serve the 'whole child' needs of your students. Horowitz-Moore shares an overview of what her center does, highlights the key resources she most wants administrators to know about, and gives an introduction to the workshop topics that her group will be sharing at our Professional Conference this summer.

Resources shared in this episode:

• ODE's email resource, EdConnection
• Center for Student Supports Ideas for Innovation website:
• OAESA Professional Conference Brochure
• Each Child Means Each Child
• Whole child framework infographic
• BetterLesson's "I Wish My Teacher Knew" resource center

After 16 years of service to OAESA, Dr. Julie Davis retires on December 31st, 2021. In her final episode on Leaders AdvantEDGE, she introduces our listeners to OAESA's new executive director, Dr. Becky Hornberger. They share a conversation about the legacy of sustainable leadership, the mission and vision of the organization, and personal stories of their 'why'.

Thank you, Dr. Davis, for your service to the association and welcome, Dr. Hornberger!

Have you noticed the 'help wanted' signs in virtually every business you pass lately? Principals are essential to their district's human capital system through their role in hiring, growing, and retaining staff, yet with the job market as it is, many principals are wondering what they can do to recruit and retain a great team to support the students in their buildings. In this episode, Dr. Julie Davis talks with Tony Bagshaw about developing great people systems, as he likes to call human capital. Tony shares his wealth of knowledge about about Human Capital Essentials for Principals, including an upcoming PD opportunity that BFK and ODE have collaborated to develop.

Here are some great resources to get you started:

• Click HERE for more details about the upcoming Human Capital Essentials for Principals workshop.
• Ohio HCRC at a glance: https://ohiohcrc.org/getting-started