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

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  • Meet the Host of Better Leaders Better Schools

    Danny “Sunshine” Bauer is the founder of Better Leaders Better Schools, a popular blog and most-downloaded podcast for leaders in education. He helps school leaders fight isolation and frustration through his leadership community, “The Mastermind,” in order to gain clarity and find solutions to their greatest challenges. Danny is also the author of a “#1 Hot New Release" on Amazon, The Better Leaders Better Schools Roadmap, which helps educators create legendary schools.  

    David Domena is today’s host.  David is an elementary teacher in southern California and a loyal follower of this very podcast,  Today the mic is turned to host Danny “Sunshine” Bauer.ny “Sunshine” Bauer.

    Danny Sunshine Bauer - Avoiding Isolation

    Danny experienced isolation as an assistant principal in Chicago. He felt overlooked and that is really why the podcast was birthed. Danny realizes that some school districts excel in their leadership development out of the park. Um, but has found through networking with assistant principals that they're often the leader that's overlooked.   So often assistants don't have meetings or leadership development. Danny knew that he had so much more to offer. Avoiding isolation is really hard to do, so through the podcast Danny connects leaders and helps to solve problems.

    "And so basically as a podcast listener and listening to different leadership, business related entrepreneurial related podcasts, I thought to myself, well, if I invite people to a powerful conversation, put it out there for free through the show, maybe I'll learn some things right.  I could hear people's success stories, uh, what they've learned from failure and all the tips and tricks, you know, that we try to unpack through the better leaders, better schools podcast." – Danny “Sunshine” Bauer

     

    Danny’s Dream School

    Take time to download this episode and listen to Danny’s answer to a question he asks often on his podcast.  He will share is idea of what his dream school would look like. He will also share a little secret with his listeners!  Be sure to tune in!

     

    Connecting Consistently

    The greatest paradox that Danny experienced is when he opened up the podcast and the mastermind to the world,  HeI was able to connect on a much more consistent basis. Danny is in the Netherlands and David is in California and Danny is able to record this interview and share it worldwide through technology.  

    "So looking at what's available and just trying to get like minded people together a form of tribe and see what we could do as a result." – Danny “Sunshine” Bauer

     

    Staying Focused

    Danny is focusing on being fully present during these type of conversations or coaching conversations.  He practices meditation to help with choosing whether you want to stay distracted or bring yourself back with intention.  Danny desires to record inspiring and empowering conversations out there for educators. Danny makes a habit of checking in with himself to ensure that he is present frequently.

    "But it's the small stuff, you know, it's not real big grand things, but they, they, they add up and when I can address them, it helps me just keep trying to become that best version of myself." – Danny “Sunshine” Bauer

     

    Career Highlight

    Danny’s career highlight is his mastermind group. He has worked with a mentor himself and has gained so much personal growth over the past six months.  While working with Aaron Walker in his mastermind Iron Sharpens Iron, Danny realized that the education industry needed the same type of group to avoid isolation and for transformation of leaders.  He decided that he would step up and fill the gap and serve school leaders. The mastermind group is there week in, week out, where you can build strong deep relationships. Members can be their true authentic self. Leaders can can bring issues of what they don't have figured out and where they need some help and the other members will  alongside you during this leadership journey and help you through it.

    “And the best part is we don't work together so we can be brutally honest. There's no thinking like, well, you know, what's it going to be like at work if I, if I'm honest and blah, blah, blah. Say this stuff, uh, in, in there's no politics, so we're all just cheering each other on wanting everyone to be successful and we can do that in a very, very authentic, honest, but rooted in love and rooted in love type of way” - Danny “Sunshine” Bauer

      Danny “Sunshine” Bauer’s Resources:

     

    • The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

     

    Danny “Sunshine” Bauer’s Contact Info:
    • Website
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Insta
    • LinkedIn
    • Email
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    We help school leaders fight isolation and frustration via a leadership community in order to gain clarity and find solutions to their greatest challenges.

    Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

     

    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2019 Better Leaders Better Schools

    41 min
  • STEAM Labs and Maker Spaces in Early Childhood Education

    Nancy Alvarez is the principal of Celina Primary School in Celina, TX.  She has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and a Masters. in Educational Leadership. She has 20 years of experience in early childhood education.  She has taught in both private and public schools. She also has experience with homeschooling, curriculum design, professional development, instructional coaching, bilingual education, and technology integration.  Her passion and specialty are early childhood education. She has presented at both state and national conferences on the following topics: STEAM in the Early Years, QR and AR Integration, Parental Involvement, Building a Powerful PLN, Learning Spaces, and Future Ready Leaders. On Twitter, she co-moderates a weekly early childhood chat called #ECEchat and blogs regularly at  www.teachngwithnancy.com.

      Nancy Alvarez Show Highlights:
    • How to get out of the routine of observations
    • Why Nancy wanted a maker space for her school
    • Incorporating more STEAM into early childhood ed
    • The difference between STEAM labs and maker spaces
    • The extraordinary things kids produce in Nancy’s STEAM labs
    • Nancy’s “wake up call” for unplugging from work
    • The importance of social emotional development for our students
    • Are you learning from podcasts?
    • Be positive and optimistic

     

    Nancy Alvarez Resources:
    • Eat, Move, Sleep
    • The Happiness Advantage

     

    Nancy Alvarez Contact Info
    • Website
    • Twitter

     

     

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    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    37 min
  • Be Excellent on Purpose

    Dr. Sanée Bell is the principal of Morton Ranch Junior High in Katy, TX. She has served as an administrator since 2005 at both the elementary and secondary levels. Sanée was recognized as the 2015 Katy ISD Elementary Principal of the Year. Prior to becoming an administrator, Sanée taught middle school and high school English and also coached girls basketball. She earned her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston Clear Lake, where she currently serves as an adjunct professor.

    Sanée Bell is passionate about authentic, purposeful learning for students and teachers, and also has a strong passion for leadership and its impact on teacher engagement, student learning and school culture.  She recognizes her impact as a leader and uses her role to inspire, motivate, and empower others. Sanée has presented at local, state, national and international conferences, and has written publications and several guest blog posts focused on leadership and its impact on students and teachers. She shares her thoughts on leadership on her blog saneebell.com and via Twitter @SaneeBell.

     

    Sanée Bell Show Highlights:
    • Take care of yourself prior to work to get the most of your work day
    • Planning the day with intention (and with your admin assistant)
    • How to recalibrate when you drop a new (but good) habit
    • Building high performance teams
    • Honoring your individual team member strengths
    • Ah-ha moments of understanding who you are a leader vs the actual organization you lead
    • Collaborating on the #EdWriteNow Vol II
    • Preventing teen suicide with the Will to Live Foundation
    • How to engage in productive conflict via collective agreements

    “You can’t principal from the office”

    -Dr. Sanée Bell

      Sanée Bell Resources:
    • The Breakthrough Coach
    • Compass points activity
    • Strengths Finder 2.0
    • DISC
    • #EdWriteNow Volume I
    • #EdWriteNow Volume II (Coming in January)
    • Will to Live Foundation

     

    Sanée Bell Contact Info
    • Website
    • Twitter

    “Be excellent on purpose”

    -Dr. Sanée Bell

    Podcast Upgrade

    Download the Power of DISC Profiles here https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/176-sanee-bell/

     

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    Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

     

    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    37 min
  • Unlocking Innovation

    Julia Freeland Fisher is director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. She leads a team devoted to informing policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation to transform schools.

    In her new book, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks, authors Julia Freeland Fisher explores a fresh perspective, giving educators and school administrators a model for breaking the pattern of inequality in the classroom. While discussions about inequality in education often focus on achievement gaps, opportunity is about more than just test scores. Opportunity sits at the cross-
    section of what students know and whom they know.

     

    Julia Freeland Fisher Show Highlights:
    • Addressing the opportunity gap in education
    • Are we naive to the networking opportunities available to our students?
    • What is social capital and understanding the value of your networks
    • Strong ties vs weak ties
    • Avoiding an echo chamber
    • What schools can do when students lack sufficient care and support networks
    • Real-world opportunities and bolstering networks via emerging tech
    • Thinking critically about technology
    • Schools can do something about improving their students’ networks
    • Social capital within a network correlates to student achievement
    • Are students individuals or networks?

     

    Julia Freeland Fisher Resources:
    • How to Live Forever
    Julia Freeland Fisher Contact Info
    • Who You Know website
    • Christensen Institute
    • Twitter
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    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    32 min
  • Leverage Leadership 2.0

    PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is the Chief Schools Officer for Uncommon Schools and the Founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, creating proof points of excellence in urban schools nationwide.

    Author of multiple books, including Driven by Data, Leverage Leadership 2.0, Get Better Faster, A Principal Manager’s Guide to Leverage Leadership, and Great Habits, Great Readers, Bambrick-Santoyo has trained over 20,000 school leaders worldwide in instructional leadership, including multiple schools that have gone on to become the highest-gaining or highest achieving schools in their districts, states and/or countries.

    Prior to these roles, Bambrick-Santoyo co-founded the Relay National Principals Academy Fellowship and spent 13 years leading North Star Academies in Newark, NJ, whose results are among the highest-achieving urban schools in the nation.  He also taught for six years in a bilingual school in Mexico City.

    Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Show Highlights:
    • What Paul’s perfect day looks like
    • System for spreading great ideas
    • Expanding the experience of what excellence is
    • Professional development and leadership is only as good as  what you practice
    • Creating a school of practice
    • Codifying the best practices with leaders
    • Key skills you need to be a successful leader
    • Laser focus on the core
    • What would I do differently
    • Taking a pause to re-energize
    • Learning from those on the front lines
    • Planning backwards where every child can exceed, relentless on whether or not students are learning, and sustained involvement

    “Every great teacher I’ve met, they’re at home on a Sunday night revising their lesson plan even if they have taught it for 20 years and they’re looking at a piece of student work saying that this individual student needs something new, what am I going to do differently? ” - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

     

    Resources:

    • Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools
    • The Founder's Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth
    • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

     

    “I think what distinguishes a great school from an average school is how a leader uses their time.” - Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

      Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Contact Info
    • Website
    • Leverage Leader Institute
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Email
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    Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

     

    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    40 min
  • Changing the World with Lifter Leadership

    Paresh Shah is a unique combination of a technology engineer, Harvard MBA, serial entrepreneur, strategist to companies around the world, heroic speaker, innovation trainer and trained mindfulness yogi. Prior to his role at the Non-Obvious Company, Paresh was an engineer at Northrop Grumman Aerospace and has been in technology, media and science his whole life.

    Paresh was also an early executive at Monitor Company, a strategic consultancy formed by several Harvard Business School professors, including world-renowned business strategist Michael Porter. As a complement to his business background, Paresh graduated first in his engineering class, has taught in several MBA programs and is under contract with IdeaPress Publishing to publish Lifter Leadership later this year.

      Paresh Shaw Show Highlights:
    • A very practical exercise to get calibrated for your day
    • Why it’s important to go with the flow
    • How to integrate our minds and our hearts
    • Building character through lifter leadership
    • Younger generation is more attuned to authenticity
    • Do you “Word watch”?
    • The four mindsets of lifter leadership
    • Labels and boxes and the harm they can cause to people
    • The misunderstanding Darwin introduced into the world

    “You can create the world through your positive attitude”

    -Paresh Shah

      Paresh Shaw Resources:

     

    • How to Win Friends and Influence People
    • The Art of Possibility

     

    “Life unfolds beautifully when we are attuned”

    -Paresh Shah

      Paresh Shaw Contact Info
    • Website & TEDx Talk
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Email

     

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    Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

     

    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    1 hr 3 min
  • Predictably Building Great Teams

    Arthur Carmazzi is one of the Top 10 of the world’s Top 30 Thought Leaders in both Leadership and Organizational Culture categories by Global Gurus.

    Arthur is on a mission to revolutionize the entire education system. He’s the Designer of the Arthur Carmazzi education methodology utilized by The Kingsley Leadership Academy, a high school cultivating the world’s future leaders through Arthur’s New Education System.

    Arthur is also the Bestselling Author of 11 books specializing in psychological approaches to leadership and corporate culture transformation.

     

    Arthur Carmazzi Show Highlights:
    • Using gamification in organizational culture
    • Arthur’s approach to creating teams
    • The Colored Brain and how we deal with ambiguity
    • How Squadli infuses gamification into your organization
    • Connecting emotional drivers to create diverse “Hives” & “Pods” at Kingsley
    • Incentives that are used at Kingsley
    • Kingsley uses “Success Coaches” not Teachers
    • Every student publishes at least one book a year and a YouTube channel to share their learning
    • Setting kids up for success
    • Secrets of building great teams

    “We want to break things … we want to be innovators.”

    -Arthur Carmazzi

      Arthur Carmazzi Resources:
    • Architects of Extraordinary Team Culture
    • Squadli

    “Building effective teams is a predictable formula.”

    -Arthur Carmazzi

    Arthur Carmazzi Contact Info
    • Kingsley Leadership Academy
    • Website
    • Colored Brain
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Email

     

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    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    34 min
  • Can 30 minute conversations improve a School?

    Dan Butler serves as the principal of Epworth Elementary School in the Western Dubuque Community School District. He received his BA in Elementary Education and MA in Educational Leadership from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls. Dan received an Advanced Studies Certificate (Superintendent) and is currently enrolled in the Doctorate of Education Degree (EdD) program at UNI. In the past, he served as the principal of Epworth and Farley Elementary Schools simultaneously for 4 years focusing on positive relationships with all members of the learning community, high impact instructional techniques, building leadership capacity in others, and establishing successful school cultures. Dan continues to learn, grow, and contribute to education by presenting at local, state, and national conferences about digital leadership, 21st century public relations/communication, continuous improvement, positive psychology/employee engagement, and developing leadership capacity.

    Dan has received a number awards and was most recently recognized as the University of Northern Iowa Educational Leadership Legacy award winner and 2017 bizTimes.biz Rising Star in the Dubuque area. He serves as the co-moderator of Iowa Educational Chat (#IAedchat), a weekly Twitter forum held on Sunday evenings at 8:00 CST focused on the latest trends in education. Dan has published various articles to Principal Magazine focused on digital leadership, literacy, and productivity.

    When not at school, Dan enjoys spending time with his family and friends, reading, watching and participating in various sports, and attending a variety of events within the Western Dubuque School District. Dan and his wife, Johna, reside in Epworth with their two sons, Mason and Nolan.

     

    Dan Butler Show Highlights:
    • Using empowerment and delegation to maximize productivity
    • Do you feel a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day?
    • What makes it on Dan’s to-do list
    • Dan’s protocol for email
    • His practice of meeting with staff for 30 minute convos once a quarter
    • Make sure you consider how to include everyone in the group
    • Ask … don’t assume!
    • How Dan gives the gift of an hour to every staff member
    • The best culture building resource Dan has seen in the last year

    “I want to create an environment where people are engaged, making a difference, and strengths are utilized.”

    -Dan Butler

    Dan Butler Resources:

     

    • The Culture Code

     

    Dan Butler Contact Info
    • Website
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Insta
    • Email

     

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    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and non-cognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    39 min
  • Solving poverty in your local community

    Rebecca fights poverty. She has walked with dozens of families as they made it completely out of poverty. Rebecca sees poverty as the main driver for most social problems. So let’s get people out of poverty! She works with kids, parents, educators and communities to do just that! Trauma-informed and restorative justice principles are the tool belt. Changed mindsets become the toolbox and relationships are the playground for taking this age old dilemma and turning it into a winnable game.

      Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz Show Highlights:
    • What are we missing and what can we do better?
    • Tips on being a more flexible leader
    • The to-do list will always be there and how to deal with that
    • How Rebecca leverages community to push through roadblocks
    • Rebecca’s remarkable story of escaping poverty
    • The power of disarming and empowering
    • Middle class strategies don’t work for at risk kids.
    • Parents living in poverty and educators want the same thing
    • “How do we solve this together?” philosophy
    • Creating welcoming environments for all
    • How to crush parent - teacher conferences

    “We need you to tell us how to solve it”

    -Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz

      Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz Resources:

     

    • The Deepest Well
    • Paper Tigers
    • The Trauma Informed School

     

     

    Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz Contact Info
    • Website
    • Twitter (@PovertyEdge)
    • Email

     

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    Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.

    Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

     

    SHOW SPONSORS:

    ORGANIZED BINDER

    • Organized Binder is an evidence-based RTI2 Tier 1 universal level solution
    • Focuses on improving executive functioning and noncognitive skills
    • Is in direct alignment with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
    • Is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE)

     

    You can learn more and improve your student’s success at https://organizedbinder.com/

     

    Copyright © 2018 Better Leaders Better Schools

    36 min
  • How one Listener took Massive Action for Incredible Results

    Above all else, Scott Long is a son, a brother, a father, and a husband. These relationships inspire him to be better every single day.  Scott and his 3 1/2-year-old son Grady have a slogan they use with each other every day that best summarizes what he aspires to be for those around him, especially for his amazing wife Jessica: "Humble, Kind, Hard-working."

    Scott is moved by his relationship with God to serve others as: a coach to inspire; a counselor to support; a teacher to lead; and a friend for fellowship & collaboration.  He is the Principal at Doherty Elementary in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where their mission, in partnership with families and the community, is to provide a safe place where all children learn, laugh, and grow together into lifelong learners.  The DOherty FAMILY lives this mission by behaving with four core values in mind:

    1. Rocky's Cuff Link
    2. All Hands In
    3. Finding the Marigold
    4. R.E.S.P.E.C.T

    They succeed by growing together as a family, building a culture of positive abundance, providing strong systems of student support, and delivering wildly engaging instruction.

    Scott has served in education for 15 years as a middle school language arts & AVID teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and now as an elementary principal.  He was the 2017 NASSP Michigan Assistant Principal of the Year, which was only made possible because of the amazing team of educators with whom he worked. He enjoys spending his free time hanging out with family, reading, working out, doing anything related to baseball, and listening to music by Switchfoot.

      Scott Long Show Highlights:
    • Are you getting inspired on the road?
    • Scott’s walking club at school
    • How Scott uses his “Life Song Page”
    • The one question Scott has heard on the podcast that he asks every day
    • Scott’s approach to creating Doherty’s sticky core values
    • Dealing with the fear of rolling out an innovative initiative
    • The exact amount of time it took Scott to create core values with his community
    • Use narratives to illustrate to what you want

     

    “Which value is the most prevalent within our community?”

    -Scott Long

      Scott Long Resources:
    • TED Talk by Switchfoot - we all have a song inside of us
    • Ideal Week Template
    • The Advantage

    “Fear feeds on time”

    -Scott Long

      Scott Long Contact Info
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