Get the book, The Daily SEL Leader Visit the Brass Tacks Innovations website, www.brasstacksinnovations.com About the Authors James Bailey’s career has encompassed teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, school turnaround leader, consultant and superintendent roles spanning Texas, Colorado and Wyoming. As Superintendent in Wyoming, his district was the first member in the state to join the League of Innovative Schools after reform efforts around personalized learning and social-emotional d...
Sep 17, 2021•26 min•Ep. 542
Get the book, The School Leader: Surviving & Thriving Visit Andrew's website, www.AndrewMarotta.com About the Author Andrew Marotta is an author, speaker, high school principal, and former NCAA basketball official.
Aug 09, 2021•27 min•Ep. 541
Get the book, A Parent's Guide to Powerful Teaching Learn more about Patrice on her website, www.PatriceBain.com Follow Patrice on Twitter @PatriceBain1 About the Author Patrice M. Bain, Ed.S. is an educator, speaker and author. Finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year and a Fulbright Scholar in Russia, she has been featured in national and international webinars, podcasts, articles and press. Bain was asked by the Department of Education to work with cognitive scientists to co-author Organizin...
Aug 09, 2021•30 min•Ep. 540
Get the book, The Forty-Hour Principal: Provocations for the Discerning Educator Visit the 40-Hour Principal website, 40HourPrincipal.com Follow Steve on Twitter @OABZonnie About the Authors Steve Zonnevylle and David Armstrong are both principals on the South Island of New Zealand and the authors of the book, The Forty-Hour Principal: Provocations for the Discerning Educator...
Aug 05, 2021•25 min•Ep. 539
Get the Book, Stop Leading, Start Building!: Turn Your School into a Success Story with the People and Resources You Already Have Follow Robyn on Twitter @Robyn_Mindsteps Visit Robyn's Website, Mindstepsinc.com About the Authors Robyn Jackson, PhD., is the founder of Mindsteps and the host of School Leadership Re-Imagined, the podcast for school administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders. She's the award-winning author of 11 books including the best selling The Instructional Lead...
Jul 22, 2021•35 min•Ep. 538
Get the Book, Teaching With Instructional Cha-Chas Visit Leann's website, MaximizeLearningInc.com Visit Melissa's website, MelissaDickson.com Follow Leann on Twitter @lnickelsen1 Follow Melissa on Twitter @mdickson221 About the Authors Melissa Dickson, MEd, is an outstanding presenter and educator. She is passionate about providing teachers with research-based ideas and strategies that can be immediately implemented. In her decades as an educator, Melissa has been a literacy coach, staff develop...
Jul 09, 2021•25 min•Ep. 537
Get the Book, Leadership Begins With Motivation Visit Danny's Website, DannyBrassell.com Visit The Reading Habit website, TheReadingHabit.com Follow Danny on Twitter, @DannyBrassell About the Authors A highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph.D.,” Dr. Danny Brassell has spoken to over 3,500 audiences worldwide and authored 16 books, including his latest, Leadership Begins with Motivation. He is the co-founder of www.theREADINGhabit.com , the world’s top readi...
Jul 06, 2021•23 min•Ep. 536
Get the Book, The Playful Classroom: The Power of Play for All Ages Visit Jed's Website, www.MrDearybury.com Follow Jed on Twitter @MrDearybury About the Authors Jed Dearybury is a teacher educator and award-winning classroom teacher, who was featured as GQ Magazine as Male Leader of the Year, met President Obama as the SC winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. Since 2015, he has become an educational leader by providing quality, hands-on, engaging learning...
Jun 21, 2021•25 min•Ep. 535
Get the book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain Visit Annie's Website Follow Annie on Twitter @AnnieMurphyPaul About the Authors Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, Psychology Today, O the Oprah Magazine, and many other publications. She is the author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives, The Cult of Personality Testing, and her new book, The Extended Mind...
Jun 14, 2021•27 min•Ep. 534
Get the book, The Teaching Online Handbook Visit Courtney's Website, CourtneyOstaff.com Follow Courtney on Twitter @Ostaff1 About the Authors Courtney Ostaff has been teaching online since 1999. With a wide variety of experience as a public school special education teacher, an in-home early intervention specialist, a community college algebra instructor, and a homeschooler, she has worked with students ranging from the very young to the elderly. Along the way, she has developed practices and tec...
Jun 14, 2021•28 min•Ep. 533
Get the book, 10 Things Schools Get Wrong and How We Can Get Them Right Visit the LME Global Website, LMEGlobal.net Visit the Vidaly website, Vidaly.com Follow Jared on Twitter @JCHorvath Follow David on Twitter @DavidBott About the Authors Jared Cooney Horvath is a cognitive neuroscientist based out of the University of Melbourne specializing in human thought, learning and brain stimulation. David Bott is an education consultant who works with government organisations and some of the world’s le...
Jun 14, 2021•38 min•Ep. 532
Get the book, The Book of Dares: 100 Ways for Boys to Be Kind, Bold, and Brave Visit the A Call To Men website, ACallToMen.org About the Authors Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague are friends, parents, and anti-violence educators with A Call to Men, where they help men and boys promote healthy manhood and prevent violence and discrimination, working with students, professional athletes, and organizations like the NFL, US military, and United Nations....
Jun 02, 2021•16 min•Ep. 531
Get the book, Rigor In The Remote Learning Classroom Visit Barbara's Website, BarbaraBlackburnOnline.com Follow Barbara on Twitter @BarbBlackburn About the Author Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of 29 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. Dr. Blackburn has been named to the Top 30 Education Gurus by Global Gurus for 3 years running, and she’s the author of the ne...
May 24, 2021•32 min•Ep. 530
Register for our upcoming Having Hard Conversations training with Jennifer Abrams Visit Jennifer's Website, JenniferAbrams.com About the Author Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, hospitals, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators, and others on new employee support, supervision, being generationally savvy, having hard conversations and collaboration skills....
May 17, 2021•25 min•Ep. 529
Get the book, The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever Visit Michael's Website, MBS.Works About the Author Michael Bungay Stanier is a bestselling author and Rhodes scholar who helps people stay curious a bit longer, and rush to action and advice-giving a little more slowly. strengthens leadership and culture within organizations by giving busy managers and leaders the tools to coach in a way that works....
May 13, 2021•19 min•Ep. 528
Get the book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence Get a signed copy of the book Visit Jessica's website, JessicaLahey.com About the Author Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom, with a background in juvenile and education law, but she's best known as a writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, and the New York Times, and she's the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn...
May 04, 2021•27 min•Ep. 527
Get the book, Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness Visit Houston's Website, HoustonKraft.com Visit the CharacterStrong Website, CharacterStrong.com Follow Houston on Twitter @HoustonKraft About the Author Houston Kraft is a popular speaker working in schools around the country and co-founder of CharacterStrong, which provides curriculum and training for safer and kinder schools....
Apr 27, 2021•26 min•Ep. 526
Get the book, Read Write Code: A Friendly Introduction to the World of Coding, and Why It's the New Literacy Follow Jeremy @Jkeesh on Twitter Visit Jeremy's website, thekeesh.com About the Author Jeremy Keeshin is the CEO and co-founder of CodeHS, the leading coding education platform for schools used by millions of students. He is an expert in computer science education and education technology, and he has visited hundreds of schools all over the world. Prior to starting CodeHS, he taught compu...
Apr 19, 2021•18 min•Ep. 525
About the Author Robert Slavin, PhD is a distinguished professor and director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University. A member of the National Academy of Education, he is the author of more than 300 articles and books, including the textbook, Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice. He is co-founder of the Success For All foundation as well as the new website ProvenTutoring.org.
Apr 12, 2021•37 min•Ep. 524
Get the book, Why We Teach: Preparing Young People For A Future That's Here Visit John's Website, JohnGCorrigan.com About the Author John Corrigan, MBA is a Melbourne-based author and consultant who helps schools operate to their full human potential.
Apr 07, 2021•36 min•Ep. 523
Get the book, The Distance Learning Playbook for School Leaders: Leading for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting Visit the Fisher and Frey website About the Author Doug Fisher is a professor at San Diego State University and a founder of Health Sciences High & Middle College. He's the author of numerous books.
Mar 29, 2021•28 min•Ep. 522
Get the book, The Innocent Classroom: Dismantling Racial Bias to Support Students of Color Visit The Innocent Classroom website, InnocentClassroom.com About the Author Alexs Pate is the President and CEO of Innocent Technologies and the creator of the Innocent Classroom, a program for K–12 educators that aims to transform U.S. public education and end disparities by closing the relationship gap between educators and students of color. Mr. Pate is the author of five novels, including the New York...
Mar 15, 2021•29 min•Ep. 521
Get the book, What If I'm Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership Visit Simon's website About the Author Simon Rodberg is a strategy consultant and coach who teaches educational leadership at American University. He was the founding principal of DC International School, an award-winning public charter, and his writing has appeared in Educational Leadership, Harvard Business Review, Principal Leadership, Principal magazine, and The New York Times....
Feb 16, 2021•27 min•Ep. 520
Get the book, The Principal's Toolbox: Real Talk on Tackling School Leadership Follow Justin on Twitter @HappyTeacherGuy About the Author Dr. Justin Thomas is an elementary principal in the Nashville area. Dr. Thomas believes that the keys to success revolve around growth and gratitude - the ideas that all members of a school can 'get better', and that a spirit of thankfulness is key to strong culture....
Feb 03, 2021•27 min•Ep. 519
Get the book, Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation Visit the BlackEngineeringPHD website About the Author Dr. Ebony Omotola McGee is associate professor of diversity and STEM education at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.
Jan 23, 2021•31 min•Ep. 518
Get the book, Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning: Tools for Achieving Success in Your School Follow Bryan on Twitter @bryanrgoodwin About Bryan Goodwin Bryan Goodwin is President & CEO of McREL International, a nonprofit school improvement organization that seeks to harness the power of curiosity and inquiry to empower all learners through rigorously researched professional learning and coaching services for school systems worldwide. He's the author of numerous books....
Jan 20, 2021•23 min•Ep. 517
Get the book, Saving Sycamore: The School Shooting That Never Happened Follow Molly on Twitter @HudgensMolly Visit Molly's Website, MollyHudgens.com About the Author Molly Hudgens is a nationally known speaker and expert on preventing school shootings. She is a counselor at Sycamore Middle School in Pleasant View, Tennessee, and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor....
Jan 11, 2021•36 min•Ep. 516
Get the book, Life at Performance Level Visit Curtis's website About the Author Curtis Zimmerman is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and host of the podcast The Next 24 Hours. He is the author of 4 books, including Keys to Success in College and Life.
Jan 04, 2021•31 min•Ep. 515
About The Author Dr. Marcie Beigel is the founder and director of Behavior + Beyond. By redesigning behavior with realistic strategies, Dr. Marcie has been transforming classrooms, families, and students since 1998. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, holds a doctorate from Columbia University, and appears regularly as a guest expert on TV and other media. She's the author of two books on behavior, including Love Your Family Again, and Love Your Classroom Again.
Dec 28, 2020•26 min•Ep. 514
Get the book, Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door: Strategies and Solutions for Educators, PreK-College Visit Karen's website About the Author Karen Gross is an author and educator with more than 40 years of experience as a law professor, college president, keynote speaker, and consultant. She's the author of books for both children and adults, including her Lady Lucy series for kids, and her new book Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door....
Dec 21, 2020•34 min•Ep. 513
