Thank you for listening to the first episode of "The Operant Chamber" during which we talk to Paulie Gloves about Leadership in Education... let us know what you think!

"Think like a scientist - behave like a social worker!"

There were plenty of gems dropped throughout... here are a few to pique your interest!

1. Lived experience with bullying. Feelings of being "lesser than" and fostered the development of a "fighting spirit."

2. Lived experiences with leadership - good and bad - blame game - good people - bad behaviors

3. Involved in school turn-around implementation - sustainability an issue - when working with adults need to also apply behavioral science to supporting them in the workplace. 

4. There's a significant cost to bad leadership - $20-30K for teacher turnover - emotional responding - need to realign with values - what to do more, less, or differently?

5. Four hats of leadership: (1) Leading - establishing motivation, (2) Training - system of adult education, (3) Coaching - keep behavior going, and (4) Managing - maintenance of systems. 

Link to Mystra's Origin Story: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tipsy-unicorns/episodes/TU-S2E1-Mystras-Origin-Story-e15b83s 

Link to Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Positional-Authority-Aint-Leadership-Performance-ebook/dp/B0CSZJNKS2 

Link to Slides: https://innovativeschoolssummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Paul-Gavoni_Positional-Authority-Aint-Leadership.pdf 

Link to Article "Fighting Words in ABA?": https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fighting-words-aba-paul-paulie-gavoni-ed-d-bcba/

Listen to episode 1 of 4 in the "Generating Momentum Within Yourself" cycle of the Radical Action Talking Circle (RAT-C). 

This 4-week cycle of conversations will serve as a call-to-action for emerging anti-oppression and pro-liberation activists. 

To read more about our plans for 2022 and this work, please read our recent blog post: https://afapw.com/how-will-we-take-afapw-in-2022/

Join us for the first episode of Season 3 during which we listened to the story of Lisi Campbell, her family and their homeschooling journey. Their story will resonate with many homeschool families around the world. Listen in as we talk about everything from coping with challenges with our public special education system to learning how to serve the needs of her neurodiverse children by slowing down and really listening. 

Thank you, Lisi, for sharing your story with us! We learned a lot and are inspired to continue acting in the service of our values of creating a more just, peaceful, and equitable education system for everyone!

If you'd like to give a Gift of Gratitude in honor of Lisi and her family, please consider making a donation to the Indiana Association of Home Educators. 

If you'd like to learn more about Our Alaskan Oasis Homeschool Collective, please visit our website!

Editor's Note: In the episode, Lisi misspoke when she said her youngest son had a "feeding tube" when he was younger. She meant to say that he had "feeding issues". 

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Join Our Alaskan Oasis (#OurAO) Homeschool Collective on Wednesday September 15th at 4PM Alaska time (5PST/8EST) for our first class with Tom Szabo. We will be learning with him together as a collective all 10-weeks of this Fall Term. Everyone is welcome!  

Free for Collective Members 

$10 for Non-Members  

Sign up today at https://alaskanoasis.com 

Below is the schedule of topics: 

9/15/21 ACT 1: Find Your Heart  

9/22/21 BCB 1: Staying Close  

9/29/21 ACT 2: Watch Your Thinking  

10/6/21 BCB 2: Using Reinforcement  

10/13/21 ACT 3: Practice Willingness to Experience Life’s Ups and Downs  

10/20/21 BCB 3: Pivoting  

10/27/21 ACT 4: Return to the Now  

11/3/21 BCB 4: Setting Expectations  

11/10/19 ACT 5: Who You Are is Not What You Think  

11/17/21 ACT 6: Doing the Next Right Thing  

Join our collective today for the Fall Term for $100 ... you'll have access to all our workshops, resources and private Facebook Group.   

Join us for the all three 10-week terms (Fall, Winter, and Spring) for $270.

On Friday September 10th, 2021, homeschool duo Adrianna Horne and Connie Stewart joined #OurAO Homeschool Collective to share their shared journey as parents and proponents of incorporating Direct Instruction, Precision Teaching, Prosocial Skills, and Self-Directed Education into every homeschool program. They believe this is the only way to create fun, engaging, nurturing, and successful environments!

Listen in as they share stories and take questions from our collective members!