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We wanted to share this conversation with our friend Esther Brunat earlier this year because of how relevant it is to us as teachers! We invited her to be on the podcast after her session on the Teachers Reboot Conference put on by Educators 2 Educators titled Petty On Purpose.

We have so much fun with Esther and want to ensure that you understand that being petty for her is just code for using humor to build relationships. We hope you enjoy this episode and the "exclusive news" is about to happen!

Be sure to find Esther on Instagram @estherbrunat!

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I have to apologize for not following through on the promise to record one solo episode a week. Travel and schedules and family caused me to lose my focus, but a lot of amazing things have happened over the last month and I want to share them with you!

Kyle

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Some of you may not know this, but we created our non-profit Lighthouse Educator Development long before we created our podcast. We started it with the dream that every student in America would have the teacher they deserve in every classroom from K-12 and the mission to achieve it by adding value to the teaching craft. Over the four years we've been working together on LED we have tried to get our work into the hands of teachers and schools, but it is a difficult hill to climb. WE have started the podcast to share our conversation two years ago and now we have found a platform to build our community.

The professional development work that we do is now available to teachers at patreon.com/valueaddsvalue! We are licensed through the state of Texas to provide professional development and our Patreon page will give teachers options of how many hours they would like to spend working with us. More importantly it allows teachers to "do PD on their own terms."

Patreon also allows us to be monetarily supported for our work and the PD we provide. When you become a part of our Patreon community you are not only growing as an educator you are allowing us to dedicate more of ourselves and our finances to reach more students and teachers.

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Thanks for checking out this episode of the Value Adds Value Podcast! We loved being in the same room when record podcasts and in this episode we talk about how our relationships with students impact the leaders they will become. If you listen to this podcast you know that we believe there is nothing more important for a teacher to succeed than their ability to build, maintain and leverage their relationships.

Building relationships is the easy part, maintain them is more difficult, but being able to leverage them is the most difficult challenge for teachers. When you have built and maintained relationships with kids you still are using some degree of authority to get them to do things, but when you have built relationships that are deep enough to leverage you then are able to move kids through influence rather than authority.

If you want to hear more about what we mean take a listen to this episode, and if you love it please hit the subscribe button!!

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Sorry for the delay in this week's podcast, but we promise you it is worth it! We were so excited to get to record this episode together in person on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Sea aboard the Teach Your Heart Out Cruise! We even had special impromptu guest appearances from Casey Bethel and Vanessa Cronin.

We chatted with them about how we can change our attitudes from "I have to do these PDs" to "I get to do these PDs!" We discuss what it means to develop yourself as a teacher on your own terms and how to always stay focused on the mission. The right attitude about PD can change the trajectory of your craft! We hope you enjoy this and thank you to Casey and Vanessa for stopping by.

If you want to learn more about Teach Your Heart Out which has upcoming events in San Antonio, San Diego and Toronto you can find them at teachyourheartoutcon.com!

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Hey everybody! After a couple week delay the podcast is back. We had to take some time to refocus our energies and set our goals for the second half of 2019.

In this episode we talk about the end of the school year and how we are approaching our development for the summer. More importantly we discuss how to deal with situations in which people say, "You sure toot your own horn" or something to that affect. We talked about it because it happened to Wilkie this past week.

We started Lighthouse Educator Development with the belief that there has never been a more important time for teachers to stand tall and shine bright. With that comes push back from those who don't share that belief, so we want you to be prepared for it!

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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Here is my weekly update and thoughts. I passed over again for a job and here is what it has felt like and how I plan to keep going! Thanks for tuning into Value Adds Value!

Thanks for checking out part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Shaun Woodly on preparing our pre-service teachers, building a brand through a podcast and book, and what we can all do to serve our urban student populations better!

You can find Dr. Woodly online @teachhustleinspire and at teachhustleinspire.com or go buy his book MC Means Move the Class on Amazon!!

On this episode I discuss a second interview with two Montessori schools that are adding the humanities to their middle school programs and why I worry that sometimes I wear rose colored glasses.

Welcome to part 1 of our podcast with Dr. Shaun Woodly-- A college professor who is preparing future teachers and training educators on how to better connect with their urban students. Dr. Woodly is also the host of the Teach Hustle Inspire Podcast and the author of MC Means Move the Class!

In part one we get to know Dr. Woodly and hear his educational journey! Tune in to part two next week to hear how his work is impacting teachers from across the country!

You can find Dr. Woodly on Instagram @teachhustleinspire and his website https://teachhustleinspire.com!