Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to this podcast community! This week, Dr. Terrie Noland is joined by Elizabeth Zwerg, Community Manager at Learning Ally for a conversation around teacher appreciation. The Learning Ally Educator Community is a place of love and literacy leadership for everyone in it. In the conversation, we discuss: how big of a splash Teacher Appreciation Week is at Learning Ally, some inspirational quotes around leadership and education, stay tuned at the end of the podcast for some very special community member shout outs, and don't forget to join the Educator Community for a week of goodies and surprises!

If we are working toward a collective vision of students become skilled and competent readers, we must hold that vision, but it's only through the small, repeated actions we take every day that will get us there. This podcast highlights how we need to hold that big vision but create consistency in our learning, growth and in the actions we take every day, and before long, we are close to our BIG VISION!

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We are following up on a thought from last week's podcast that said that we only use about 10% of our potential. What does that mean and what does potential look like, feel like, and sound like. This podcast dives into what potential is and how we can release the potential in our lives as well as the lives of our students.

A simple book recommendation turned into thinking about how living a life of you squared can catapult us to the next level of literacy leadership. This episode highlights some simple principles that can be applied to living a life that creates velocity in this work.

Based on the book by Dr. Price Pritchett, we will learn the upleveled life that can have a tremendous impact on students.

A literacy leader move that you can make is to connect with others while looking for commonalities rather than leading by directing. In this podcast, Dr. Terrie Noland gives a t-chart mental model of how to lead from a place that puts we before me. The podcast ends with a national example of a group of individuals that are leading literacy by looking for commonalities.

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Dr. LaTisha Smith, Director of Professional Development at St. Louis Public Schools in Missouri joins this week to share about why she has committed herself to the growth and development of thousands of educators in her district. She understands first-hand the power that comes along with professional learning and why it matters so much in literacy. In this podcast, we will highlight the leader moves that Dr. Smith is making to drive toward educator and student success. Her passion and purpose shines through. 

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This week we are joined by a literacy leader that shares her journey from Balanced Literacy into the Science of Reading. As with many literacy leaders, Jeanne Schopf had the personal experience of her daughter's struggles with reasons which drive her passion to learn and discover more. You will hear about Jeanne's journey as well as what made her leave the classroom. Jeanne's story will most likely mirror the story of many of our listeners. 

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We can learn a lot from Michael Jordan. He never asked others to do what he was not willing to do himself. As administrators, we need to lead large in literacy by getting to know the discrete elements of teaching reading that is proven by research. This podcast gives reasons why top level positional leaders should commit to understanding the Science of Reading at a deep level. When you are grounded with knowledge and understand, your decisions will stem from that knowledge to guide a culture of literacy and learning in your school or district. 

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Brent Hartsell, Director of Solutions, Professional Learning joins the podcast this week to discuss key elements that should be included in professional learning. He shares the importance of respecting educator voice, while sharing knowledge and allowing for opportunities to practice what has been learned. Brent's passion for learning shines through and gives us critical elements to look for in high quality learning.

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On this Valentine's Day, we want to remind our listeners what it means to love out loud. To lead in such a way that we love first before we ever try to influence. This podcast highlights business case examples of individuals that have loved our loud to increase their influence.  These case examples should be transferred to education. 

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