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We had the chance to catch up with fellow Texan and rockstar educator Hal Bowman for this episode of the podcast! Hal has taught just about everything from band to biology, but is now traveling the country working to help schools change their cultures for the better. He's been in hundreds of schools for the past few years and we had a conversation about what teachers go through and what conversations teachers are having across the country. The consensus-- there are incredible teachers doing incredible work with zero fanfare all over the country and its our job to help bring those teachers to the forefront and change our nations culture on the value of the teaching profession! We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did! And if you don't follow Hal jump on it! halbowman.com @halbowman on Facebook and Instagram.

Welcome to this episode of the Value Adds Value Podcast where we help you become the teacher your kids deserve! Happy New Year and welcome to first episode of 2020 and we're thrilled to bring you this conversation with Claudio Zavala Jr! Claudio (iamclaudius.com and @claudiozavalajr) was a bilingual teacher for 13 years before leaving the classroom to create his own content to help teachers understand the power of digital media. 

We had the chance to talk with him about what platforms and mediums he loves in 2020 and why every teacher must become a storyteller. Our only disappointment was that we had to cut the conversation short because his daughter needed a ride to soccer practice! Make sure you go check out Claudio's work and thanks again for listening to the Value Adds Value Podcast!

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As we look forward to 2020 we had to look and listen back to what we intended 2019 to be. We wanted to share this episode with you to give you perspective on our journey over the last 12 months and help us appreciate what a great year we had!

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As 2019 comes to a close we wanted for our own sake to reflect on the year that was. This year was amazing for us on so many levels, but it was also filled with some very difficult times. As you listen you'll hear where we made mistakes and how we are learning from them, but also how we worked our way to a place that has set us up for success in 2020. It starts with us remembering that we will always be friends first rather than teammates and business partners. Since we have gotten back to that our perspectives have become clearer and we are back on track professionally. 

This podcast is a little about our podcast, a little about our teaching, and a lot about our journey over the past 12 months! We hope you enjoy it!

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As we wrap up this three part series with Principal Kafele we want to express our gratitude for an incredible 2019! We were reminded by Baruti during this interview that above all else we must always remember our purpose and WHY. That is something over the course of this year that we both struggled with at times, but this conversation is such a fitting end to our year of interviews. We're so grateful to our listeners for everything that you've done for us and if you don't mind helping us with one more thing we'd love for you to subscribe to this podcast and let us know how we are doing.

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This is part two of our interview with Principal Baruti Kafele and in this part of the conversation we dig into why leadership and leadership style matters so much to teachers.  After a successful career as a teacher and administrator Kafele has spent the better part of two decades working with teachers and administrators in developing their leadership styles. Many of these questions are the ones he asked us when we saw him present at AIE in October of 2019 and we're so thrilled to share them with you.

We hope that as an educator you realize that your individual leadership style matters and the important question you must ask yourself to find your leadership style comes from Kafele-- ask yourself WHY DO I LEAD THE WAY THAT I LEAD? This episode is all about purpose and we hope that it helps you to reengage with your purpose as an educator! 

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Three years ago when we started the Value Adds Value Podcast (it was called The LED Project Podcast back then) we made a list of our dream educators to have on the podcast and at the top of the list was Principal Kafele! After three years of hard work and having the opportunity to meet Baruti in person at The AIE Conference in October we got to spend two powerful hours with him! 

Part 1 of this 3 part interview was 30 minute of Kafele's backstory and it was fascinating to us. You would assume that a person who has influenced as many educators as he has, he did 200 presentations in 2019, would have been an educator all his life. The fact is that it took him five years to get his high school degree and it was in his late 20s that he found his calling in education after taking an African American History class. This story is sums up his career in which he said he always had to "do it my way."  

In this episode he talks about how he code switches when in different settings how he has always remembered his why. Please be on the look out for episodes 2 and 3 and to learn more about his work head over to principalkafele.com!

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This time of year is filled with joy for so many of us out there, but it can be an incredibly challenging time for many of our students. We are fortunate to be friends with the Bearded School Counselor himself Michael Creekmore and are so grateful to him for coming on the podcast discuss how we can identify and support students who struggle during the holiday season. 

During this conversation we once again got to hear Mike's backstory on how he became an educator and how his journey has shaped how he interacts with students. If you want to hear more listen to the episode of Value Adds Value with Mike and his wife https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e5eghi! 

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We are so fortunate to be friends with Esther Brunat (Instagram @estherbrunat) and were so lucky to start our Black Friday with a conversation about authenticity with one of the realest teachers you'll ever find. If you follow Esther online you can see that she values authenticity and it shines through with her students. On this episode we had the chance to talk about the upside of authenticity for teachers. We know that its scary to be vulnerable with students, but Esther is a case study in how our students benefit from their teachers being true to themselves. That is why we named this episode 'real recognizes real.' From her description of the frustrations of having to repeat directions to the humor she brings with 'what the kids be sayin'  on this episode Esther  shares the best of herself and we are grateful for that! 

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