Mafost Mashup

Season 3 is about people. It's about what's simpler but not easier. Addressing the health of a school is simpler than addressing the complex data, spreadsheets, tactics, and plans. Those things are complex, but they are also tangible and easy to see. They are the brains. But the health of the school is much more subjective and requires nuance and common sense mixed discipline to execute. School leaders who understand school health are poised to empower their people and reach levels of outlier success.

This happens to be that time of year where back to school enthusiasm is long-gone, and teaching is deep in the trenches. This is good for learning momentum, but it takes its toll on energy. Student attendance might be dropping. Staff attendance might also be dropping.

So here are 5 Morale Boosters for Right Now.

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A Mashup of Three Ideas: Not on the Job Description; Career Moves; The Mirror. These 3 concepts can place you in control of your career and make you indispensable in your organization.

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Educator, Creator, and Culture Shaper.

In this interview, you're going to get inspirational, innovative, and practical ideas from Danny "Sunshine" Bauer as we discuss his new book, Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap.

Topics include:

- Part 1: The Inward Journey

- Holding Difficult Conversations

- Being Other People Focused

- Routines To Perform Your Best

- Genuine Empathy

- Morning SAVERS Routines

- Helping People Reach Their Dreams

- Giving to Give

- Free Coaching Opportunity

- Part 2 of Leading Your School

- Envision Your Best School

- Fighting Isolation for School Leaders

- Always Questioning the Why

Preview and purchase the book at https://mafost.com/blbs

Why did IBM fall from the top 10 tech companies? Why has school been so successful in preparing employees in the 20th century? How do these two questions parallel each other?

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Good Sense and Creativity was originally a long-read at https://mafost.wordpress.com/2018/09/29/good-sense-and-creativity-or-lack-of/

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Impact on Learning. The season 2 finale explores the amazing learning of dolphins in Florida. Connections are made to dropouts, successful business leaders, and the next horizon for education. Topics include:

-- Dolphins

-- Curiosity

-- Dropouts

-- Beyond Accountability

-- Next Horizons

-- The show notes will be available at https://mafost.com/mashup.

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Getting biggest impact on learning usually requires us to look beyond the quick fixes of visible and easy adjustments. Enter, overarching factors.

Measuring Impact. Education is too important to get this wrong, and the gaps are getting too large! Let's talk about the why and how behind knowing our impact on learning. In this episode:

- Canary in the Coal Mine

- Program for International Student Achievement

- Breaking Rankings

- High-Yield Strategies from John Hattie

- Knowing When Something Works

- Case Study with Common Assessments

- False Positives

- Pursuit of Happiness

- Impact on Learning

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Execution gaps are deadly little traps that put serious limits on the impact of instructional leadership. They result in fragile plateaus and false positives only to be exposed in times of change. There is a solution though, which we explore in detail in this episode of the Mafost Mashup. Topics include:

- Quote from Howard Gardner

- Results of the short-game

- Recent trends in instructional leadership

- Limits of instructional leadership

- The dangers of plateaus

- "The Silver Bullet"

- Perfect, in theory

- Insights from Daniel Goleman

- People, Culture, and Impact

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These 3 monthly activities will help you approach instructional coaching with systems-thinking. It's a bonus for Season 2 Episode 7: Process of Coaching.

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