The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast | The #1 Downloaded School Leadership Show

Lynn Hardin is a retired elementary school principal and certified life coach with over 20 years of experience working with school leaders at all levels.

She is passionate about staying current with the latest research and trends in education leadership. But most importantly, she is committed to helping her clients achieve greater success, both personally, and professionally and become the leader everybody loves.

Show Highlights

• Let your DNA and "universe" help guide your career.

• The golden thread behind creating a high performing and/or award winning school.

• 3 things to look for to spot and support good teaching in your building.

• Create strategic leadership that attracts good teachers and repel those that are not a fit.

• "The Model" you need for coaching "Brain 101" to to process the emotional side of leadership and teaching.

• School leaders should NOT want to get rid of stress entirely.

• Get a free tool that will shift you into action to free up time for rest with The Principal Planner.

"Good teachers, good teaching, that's all I needed. I didn't need programs. I didn't need more technology. I didn't need more textbooks. My philosophy was always to give me good teachers, and that's where I put my blood, sweat, and tears. It was good teaching. That was the golden thread that ran through all of 'em. And the last one was one of America's best urban schools. And they kind of picked us because of our STEM lab and all that was going on in there. But without good teaching, having all of this technology means nothing."

-Lynn Hardin

Get the episode transcript here!!

Lynn's Resources & Contact Info:

• Lynn Hardin | Certified Life Coach for Principals

• Free Planner for Principals

• Podcast

• Linkedin

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

Apply to the mastermind today!

How We Serve Leaders

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

When you download The Principal Checklist you'll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn't work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The "secret" to peak performance is ot complicated. It's a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ I'll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired.

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation.

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.

Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go

Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca. Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/go READY TO LEVEL UP? Apply to the mastermind -- a leadership community changing the landscape of professional development for school admin. https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermind-application/ Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca. Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/go READY TO LEVEL UP? Apply to the mastermind -- a leadership community changing the landscape of professional development for school admin. https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermind-application/ Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Lisa is a high school writing teacher & PK-12 principal of a rural South Dakota school district. She leads a 2020 ESEA Distinguished Elementary School and a 2021 National Blue Ribbon Elementary School. She is a co-developer and facilitator of the South Dakota Department of Education's "Good to Great" Teacher Mentoring Program and a public speaker at a variety of state and national education

events.

Show Highlights

• Leverage student input to build connections and solutions to benefit the whole school.

• Looking through the eyes of who you're talking to allow you control in any situation

• Giving is the best approach to getting things that you want.

• Communicate in ways that "softening the edges."

• Tips to "beat the message home" to increase family engagement and buy-in from those that have an aversion or are disconnected.

• Invite challenge and criticism with families to dig in and navigate a path together.

• Understanding the pitfalls of Happiness, Toxic Positivity, and Perfectionism.

• Choose a relationship-based emotional profession to share the load.

"I have to control my emotions. I really get to decide how I interpret something that happens to me. I really believe events don't have meaning. No event has meaning. We decide what it means. We put the judgment on there."

-Lisa Parry

Lisa's Resources & Contact Info:

• Linkedin

• Twitter

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

Apply to the mastermind today!

How We Serve Leaders

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

When you download The Principal Checklist you'll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn't work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The "secret" to peak performance is ot complicated. It's a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ I'll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired.

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation.

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.

Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go

Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca. Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/go READY TO LEVEL UP? Apply to the mastermind -- a leadership community changing the landscape of professional development for school admin. https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermind-application/ Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca. Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/go READY TO LEVEL UP? Apply to the mastermind -- a leadership community changing the landscape of professional development for school admin. https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermind-application/ Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca. Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/go READY TO LEVEL UP? Apply to the mastermind -- a leadership community changing the landscape of professional development for school admin. https://www.betterleadersbetterschools.com/mastermind-application/ Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Carlon is the Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder of Equity Institute. In his role, he oversees organizational strategy, internal operations, and implementation of Equity Institute's educator pathway program. Carlon is an avid reader and lifelong learner who spends much of his time exploring topics related to social science, history, and leadership.

Show Highlights

• Storytelling builds a collective support community that creates connections to each other.

• Unlocking student engagement can be found in a ripped up piece of paper.

• Leaders need to embrace fractal thinking to make lasting change.

• "Impacted Leadership" puts people that are mostly impacted directly in positions of power to enact the change that we all need.

• Organizational strategy, internal operations, and implementation of equity institute's educator pathway program

• Provide opportunities for your staff to gravitate towards shared and learning experience.

"This thing that we call education is much bigger than just trying to perfect the craft of teaching content. It is also about cultivating people into the best that they can be. It's about helping them maximize their potential. And that's really where the beauty and the magic exist."

-Carlon Howard

"The power and change isn't trying to figure out the perfect way to reach the most number of people. It's really about how do you have these small interactions that can then add up over time that then equate to this large scale change."

-Carlon Howard

Get the episode transcript here!

Carlon's Resources & Contact Info:

• Equity Institute

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Instagram

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

Apply to the mastermind today!

How We Serve Leaders

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

When you download The Principal Checklist you'll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn't work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The "secret" to peak performance is ot complicated. It's a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ I'll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired.

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation.

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.

Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go

Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Dr. Danya Tiara Woods is a self-motivated enthusiast who seeks opportunities to enhance the lives of today's youth through education, mentorship and cultural exposures. Currently serving as an Assistant Principal of the Dr. Joseph E. Johnson Elementary School in Red Clay Consolidated School District her education philosophy centers on the idea that students learn best when their basic needs and interests are met. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Dr. Woods obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education from Clark Atlanta University (2011), and both her Master of Education in School Leadership and Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from Wilmington University (2016/2020). When she is not dedicating her services to the advancement of her students within schools, Woods devotes her time to uplifting her community serving on city, county and state committees and initiatives.

Show Highlights

• Make your school a hub for the community with these innovative tips to create partnerships.

• Ways to connect families with resources specific to their needs.

• Building connections within the school by having colleague conversations.

• The potential unintended consequences of not communicating effectively within the school community.

• Fosters a sense of unity by involving staff in decision-making processes and addressing issues proactively.

• Create an academic atmosphere where students feel the same excitement and sense of belonging in their school.

• Provide opportunities to enhance the lives of today's youth through education, mentorship, and cultural exposures.

"In the work of education, we can't do it alone. We don't have all the ideas, but the people that are around us, the people that are across the street in those businesses or that may be in the classroom, setting up that they have answers to the problems that we had, and getting them at a table, getting them on a Zoom that we can actually support and serve our students in the best way possible with just knowing that you aren't in it alone. And to utilize the resources and the people that are surrounding you."

-Dr Danya Woods

Get the episode transcript here!

Dr Danya's Resources & Contact Info:

• Linkedin

• Twitter

• Instagram

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

Apply to the mastermind today!

How We Serve Leaders

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

When you download The Principal Checklist you'll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn't work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The "secret" to peak performance is ot complicated. It's a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ I'll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard's online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired.

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation.

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.

Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go

Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC

Jon Campopiano is in his fifth year as the Executive Director of Secondary Education for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. In his duties as Executive Director, Jon supervises all SRVUSD Middle and High Schools, leads the district Local Control Accountability Plan and strives to institutionalize equity for all students, staff and community members. Prior to his district leadership, Jon was the Principal of Stone Valley Middle School.

Show Highlights

• Coach your school leaders like you would coach your baseball team.

• Leadership practice tips that are guaranteed to inspire, empower and motivate.

• Create alignment to internal vision and values.

• You lose collaboration when you get lost in compliance and the emergencies of the day.

• Be a "people leader" to ensure every student has a support system.

• Put on your "Oxygen mask" to be able to do what matters most.

• Understand the biggest change with our leaders.

• Don't rubber stamp learning opportunities for your staff and students.

"We become addicted to compliance, it's this cover. It's a political thing or it's whatever you want to say. I see it time and time again, but the best leaders cannot thrive because they have compliance in the way. My job is trying to figure out how to remove some of those compliance blocks, to go in and change lives."

-Jon Compopiano

Get the episode transcript here!!

Jon's Resources & Contact Info:

• LinkedIn

• Twitter

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

Apply to the mastermind today!

How We Serve Leaders

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

When you download The Principal Checklist you'll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn't work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The "secret" to peak performance is ot complicated. It's a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ I'll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™ for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired.

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation.

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.

Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go

Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC