In our season finale, Sujie Shin, CCEE's Deputy Executive Director, reflects on the unprecedented year we've had in education and on the lessons learned by the CCEE through its efforts during the pandemic. Sujie also shares the thinking behind the CCEE's plan to identify, develop, and scale-out tools, best practices, and resources to help LEAs in California in the coming months based on feedback from stakeholders throughout the state.

We close our two-part series on systems change through the creation of compassionate systems with Dr. Michelle Perrenoud from LACOE. Dr. Perrenoud shares the importance of personal change and the revaluation of existing artifacts and mindsets to facilitate larger systems change. 

Listen to Dr. Senge speak about the critical point our classrooms, schools, and society have reached and the role we all must play as leaders in facilitating a systems change that takes the whole child and whole community into account.

Speaker and educational consultant in neuroscience Dr. Ken Wesson joins Leading Forward to share insights about the science of learning. In 25 minutes, Dr. Wesson explains the relationship between emotion, attention, and memory, and how educators can leverage current scientific understanding to help engage students. 

NY Times Bestselling Author, Neuropsychiatrist, Mindsight Educator, and Interpersonal Neurobiologist Dr. Dan Siegel joins the Leading Forward Podcast to talk about learning, mental health, and fostering student well-being through a focus on 7 components for healthy living he calls the "mind platter". 

Dr. Chris Hartley, Superintendent of Schools for the Humboldt County Office of Education, joins Leading Forward to share the benefits and challenges of leading in rural settings. Dr. Hartley talks about the importance of project-based learning, technology, curriculum integration, collaboration, communication, and more. 

Teachers and district board of trustees presidents Maimona Afzal Berta and Jorge Pacheco, Jr. join Leading Forward to talk about digital equity and the prestigious Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship they have been awarded by National Geographic.  

Dr. Carlos Tuner Cortez, President of the San Diego College for Continuing Education and Chancellor Designate of the San Diego Community College District, joins Leading Forward to share insights as to how to reimagine the transition from K12 to Higher Education. Dr. Cortez also elevates the importance of students opting-in to future opportunities, compassionate hand-offs between systems, and the use of data in decision-making that focuses on student outcomes. 

Dr. Fabiola Bagula, Senior Director of the Equity Department at the San Diego County Office of Education, shares practical tips and insights on how LEAs can create work environments based on trust, shift the equity conversation from fault to responsibility, and adopt an emancipatory leadership approach. 

Dr. Gary Waddell, the Associate Superintendent of Equity and Educational Progress and Public Affairs at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, shares a valuable resource for districts everywhere: the Ways 2 Equity Playbook, a tool to deepen a site team or district team's reflection on equity.