Schurtz and Ties: A podcast about education and culture

Schurtz and Ties: A podcast about education and culture

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  • Ep. 46: Safe, secure, and stable. A reflection of over 40 years.

    Mr. Moore has served in the education world for over 40 years as a teacher, principal , and superintendent. In this episode, he reflects on his time, this profession, and the foundational purpose of education.

    Thank you, Mr Moore, for your years of dedication, and for sharing your journey and wisdom with us.


    Show Sponsors:

    Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!

    ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."

    Please reach out and let us know your thoughts or share a topic:

    X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies

    #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking

    53 min
  • Ep. 45: The destructive and constructive nature of comparison.

    As educators, we often feel isolated. Sometimes its because we feel less then others and are fearful we will be discovered as a fraud. Other times, we feel isolated because we are successful and we are afraid the spotlight will only isolate us more. Both are unfair. Both are destructive. In this episode, Brian and Kasey talk about the pitfalls of comparisons, the manifestations of its destructive nature, and how best to overcome and confidently lean into who we are as people, and as educators.


    "We take the best of somebody and compare it to our weakness, and of course we're not going to measure up." - Brian Miller

    "Feeling insecure when comparing myself to others can often be a motivator to be better" - Kasey Schurtz


    References:

    How to Keep Going, with Austin Kleon

    Show Sponsors:

    Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!

    ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


    Please reach out and let us know your thoughts or share a topic:

    X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


    #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


    Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

    56 min
  • Ep. 44: The Future of Schools, Now

    Are schools broken? Or do they simply need some change?

    In this episode, Kasey and Brian discuss the current condition of schools, what the future of schools could look like, and how we can cause a ruckus right now.


    Show Sponsors:

    Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!

    ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


    Please reach out and let us know your thoughts or share a topic:

    X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


    #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


    Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

    48 min
  • Ep. 43: Be a Ruckus Maker, with Danny Bauer

    "Ideas are great but not the greatest."

    In this episode, Danny Bauer explains why Ruckus Makers have a bias for action and a passion for change. And they do so by telling stories.

    Mr. Danny Bauer is a principal development & retention expert, 2x best selling author, host of two of the world's most downloaded podcasts, and Chief Ruckus Maker. He founded Better Leaders Better Schools in 2015.


    Ruckus Makers play the infinite game by:

    1. Challenging the status quo
    2. Designing the future of schools right now
    3. Continually investing in their own growth.

      4. Also, check out GapingVoid and their culture walls, but also their blog. It is brilliant!


      Show Sponsors:

      Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!

      ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


      Please reach out and let us know your thoughts or share a topic:

      X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


      #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


      Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

      49 min
    4. Ep 42: Safe vs Brave Schools.

      Are safe spaces coddling the young mind? Are brave spaces empowering the fringe? And is there a healthy marriage of the two? In this episode, Brian and Kasey wrestle through the history of safe spaces, discuss its flaws, and consider a better, braver, and more appropriate way to raise up the current and future generations.


      References:

      - The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

      - Moving from Safe Classrooms to Brave Classrooms

      Show Sponsors:

      Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!

      ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


      Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

      X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


      #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


      Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

      52 min
    5. Ep 41. "Localize your message" and how best to embrace the hard, with Jenn Ford

      Graduate of Georgetown and the University of Colorado, President and founder of the Frederick Mountain Group, and a wilderness guide for seven years, Jennifer Ford brings the good and powerful word! Speaking truth into public school marketing strategies and how best to engage in difficult conversations with passionate or politically charged parents, Jenn Ford breaks down how public educators can push through difficult times.

      Kasey and Brian also consider alternative podcast partners. 

      Show Sponsors:

      Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!


      ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


      Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

      X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


      #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


      Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

      46 min
    6. Ep. 40: "Sharpen Your Ax" : Spend time focusing on humans

      Education is an exhausting profession. It is a service profession. And if we're not careful, it can get the best of us and steal our ability to give our best. In this episode, Kasey and Brian talk about how we can stay healthy, be mindful, and "sharpen our ax."


      What dulls the ax?

      1. Physical Exhaustion
      2. Emotional Suppression
      3. Social Demands
      4. Mental Performance

        5. How can we sharpen the ax?

        1. Physical

          2. - Shut down the things that stimulate you (phones, grading, planning)

          - Go for a walk, find a workout partner for after school

          1.  Emotional

            2. - Go easy on yourself

            - Let yourself feel your emotions

            • Social

              • - Find a positive social group, people who will refill your tank instead of drain it

              - Limit gossip to clarifying problems not magnifying problems

              - Find time to be alone

              Mental

              - Indulge in a few guilty pleasures

              - Celebrate

              - Adjust your pacing-have slow, fun day

              • References:

                  • “And into the words I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” - attributed to John Muir
                    • "Your imagination
                      Is in an awful place
                      Don't believe in manifestation
                      Your heart'll breakDon't you understand?
                      Your mind is not your friend again
                      It takes you by the hand
                      And leaves you nowhere" - The National
                      • Are You Human? TEDTalk
                        • Giving Less than 100% is 100% okay
                          • The Simpson’s Moaning Lisa
                            • The Dash, a poem by Linda Ellis
                              • Resume vs Eulogy Virtues from Road to Character by, David Brooks
                                • “So consumed with whether or not we could we didn’t stop to think if we should” - Malcolm from Jurassic Park

                                  • Show Sponsors:

                                  Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!


                                  ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


                                  Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

                                  X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


                                  #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


                                  Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

                                  46 min
                                • Ep. 39: "You. Belong. Here." Three intentional ways to create a culture of belonging

                                  Being a member of a community, a tribe, is a basic human need. In this episode, Brian and Kasey discuss how to build a culture of belonging by emphasizing the key components of healthy community, namely: acknowledging the unique selves, providing an opportunity to serve, and emphasizing the importance of now.


                                  References:

                                  • Building Belonging with Superintendent Kristi Dominguez, Outliars in Education Podcast
                                    • Beyond Diversity: How Firms Are Cultivating a Sense of Belonging, Wharton
                                      • "When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems," Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
                                        • "A community of hands to helpThus the dream becomes not one man’s dream alone,
                                          • But a community dream.
                                          Not my dream alone, but our dream.
                                          Not my world alone,
                                          But your world and my world" - Freedom's Plow, by Langston Hughes
                                          • "Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
                                            Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish . . .
                                            What good amid these, O me, O life?
                                                                                   Answer.
                                            That you are here—that life exists and identity,
                                            That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse," - Oh Me! Oh Life! by Walt Whitman
                                            • "Be interested, not interesting." - Barbara Jordan
                                              • Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose - Daniel Pink

                                                • Show Sponsors:

                                                Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!


                                                ⁠⁠TeachBetter.com⁠⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


                                                Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

                                                X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


                                                #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


                                                Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

                                                40 min
                                              • Ep. 38: Start the Year off Strong. Lean into who you are

                                                How we start the year will set the tone for the year. In this episode, Brian and Kasey share some of their strategies for starting the year of strong with intentionality and authenticity.

                                                1. Light up the room: Be optimistic, lean into who you are, and shape the narrative.
                                                2. Make the intangible, tangible: Help staff and students remember Why we are here and what we're about.
                                                3. Make people feel at home: Give voice, give food.
                                                4. Wrestle with the question, "How are we going to resolve conflict?"
                                                5. Provide clarity of what to expect for the year.
                                                6. Start a habit that creates a healthy mindset: What is your dream?


                                                  7. References:

                                                  The Alchemist:

                                                  “Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives.”

                                                  “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too." 

                                                  Shakespeare's ⁠Folly of Youth:

                                                  "Folly rode wildly on tiger of youth,
                                                  Howled like a wolf at now waning moon . . .


                                                  Martin Luther King:

                                                  "Tell them about the Dream, Martin." There is a fantastic episode on Hidden Brain that walks through this story.

                                                  Show Sponsors:

                                                  Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!


                                                  ⁠TeachBetter.com⁠: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


                                                  Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

                                                  X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


                                                  #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


                                                  Thank you Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

                                                  38 min
                                                7. Ep. 37: What are you hankerin' for?

                                                  Welcome back! Hopefully you have found ways to disconnect and recharge for the coming year. We also hope (and anticipate) that you are getting excited for the coming year!

                                                  In this episode, Kasey and Brian share what they are "hankerin' for" this coming year. From eliminating "friction points," working on student behaviors, to engaging in the Six Working Geniuses, we are ready for our students to enter the building!

                                                  Reach out and let us know what you are excited to try this year! We'd love to hear from you ([email protected]).


                                                  References:

                                                  Responsibility Centered Discipline.


                                                  Fans First: Change The Game, Break the Rules & Create an Unforgettable Experience


                                                  Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink


                                                  Working Genius, by Patrick Lencioni


                                                  Show Sponsors:

                                                  Schurtz and Ties is sponsored by PeerDrivenPD, a teacher training platform that brings "candid conversations from some of the best classroom educators in the country." You can "get your training directly from the teachers in the trenches as current classroom teachers guide your professional learning with authentic insights and practical strategies you can try immediately." Check out ⁠PeerDrivenPD.com⁠ for more information and mention Schurtz and Ties and get 10% off any purchase for one year!


                                                  TeachBetter.com: "The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom."


                                                  Please reach out and let us know your thoughts, share a topic, and let us know what you think!

                                                  X (Twitter): SchurtzandTies


                                                  #DoGreatThings and #KeepKnocking


                                                  Thank you, also, Matt Hard for the outro music (it⁠ was generated from our Chat GPT Episode⁠) and Karl DeCock for creating the cover art!

                                                  46 min

                                                About Schurtz and Ties: A podcast about education and culture

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                                                Inspired by the classroom, Kasey Schurtz and Brian T. Miller wrestle with how to become better teachers, leaders, and people.