Johnathan has seven years of experience as a special education teacher at a therapeutic campus for students with emotional disturbance and four more years as an in-school suspension teacher at two middle schools. After discovering how in-school suspension programs are failing to meet the needs of our most at-risk students, Johnathan created a successful in-school suspension program to address the current disciplinary, academic, and restorative requirements of our student populations. After estab...
Sep 11, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, is an accomplished executive coach, organizational consultant, and sought after trainer and lecturer. He is passionate about leadership and writes about what makes leaders most successful. Naphtali is a former educator and school leader who loves to teach, learn and garden. He is the proud father of six and is married to a woman who he doesn't deserve. Naphtali Hoff is a former school headmaster with a passion for performance, leadership, and productivity. This passion is ex...
Sep 04, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 22
As a guest on Defacto Leaders by Karen Dudek-Brannan, I had a great conversation covering a wide range of topics relating to how leaders can better empower their staff, including: ✅What it means to be “teacher-centered”, and why being “student-centered” isn’t always the most effective way to run a school. ✅Are constraints a bad thing? Or can they lead to more creativity? How can school leaders guide their staff without micromanaging them? ✅Should school administrators ask for feedback during eva...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Over 30 years of experience developing winning high-school basketball teams, including 428 career victories, sets the stage for the unique credibility and power of Coach Jim Johnson’s message. Many speakers talk about leadership, but it’s rare to find a speaker who has, quite literally, led thousands. In a moment later celebrated all over the world, Coach weighed risk with the potential for great opportunity for an autistic student-manager, Jason McElwain (JMac) catapulting Jim, the team, and JM...
Aug 21, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Over 30 years of experience developing winning high-school basketball teams, including 428 career victories, sets the stage for the unique credibility and power of Coach Jim Johnson’s message. Many speakers talk about leadership, but it’s rare to find a speaker who has, quite literally, led thousands. In a moment later celebrated all over the world, Coach weighed risk with the potential for great opportunity for an autistic student-manager, Jason McElwain (JMac) catapulting Jim, the team, and JM...
Aug 14, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Vicki Wilson is an educator, author, consultant, and professional development presenter who has served children and educators for over 30 years as a teacher and principal. She is passionate about education - especially about adult learning and the value/impact it has on student learning. Vicki's interests include educator learning, leadership, organizational change, progressive and innovative practices in education, and leveraging best practices at school to make an improvement so that all stude...
Aug 07, 2023•40 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Vicki Wilson is an educator, author, consultant, and professional development presenter who has served children and educators for over 30 years as a teacher and principal. She is passionate about education - especially about adult learning and the value/impact it has on student learning. Vicki's interests include educator learning, leadership, organizational change, progressive and innovative practices in education, and leveraging best practices at school to make an improvement so that all stude...
Jul 31, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 17
I had the opportunity to be on Monday Mornings With Dr. Nick. Nick Davies does a lot of qualitative research about leadership. We had a great conversation where I spoke about three things: Learning to prioritize. There is no such thing as a work-life balance. Move up with yourself first. Enjoy! Don't forget to check out Monday Mornings With Dr. Nick! We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is a...
Jul 24, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Tara Martin is an enthusiastic educator, national speaker, and author who thrives on change and refuses to settle for the status quo. She has served as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach for several years, and most recently, a district administrator. As the founder of #BookSnaps, the latest reading comprehension strategy currently implemented in seventeen countries, she is always seeking unique ways to make learning fun, relevant, and meaningful. Tara is the author of the inspirational ...
Jul 17, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Carla Mayrink is the director and co-founder of The Community for Learning, an International School in the Dominican Republic. For the past 32 years she has worked as a secondary language arts teacher, an academic coach, and school director. She presents workshops on new initiatives in education including restorative practices, student-led learning, coaching, leadership skills, and professional development. Her work on inquiry based professional development has been highlighted in Edutopia. She ...
Jul 10, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Dr. Nick Davies is an elementary associate principal for Vancouver Public Schools and an adjunct Faculty Member at Pacific University. He has a Ph.D. in Education and Leadership and wrote his dissertation on Curriculum Implementation. Nick has previously held roles as a high school associate principal/athletic director and was a high school math teacher and head track and field coach. He was a two-time state track and field coach of the year in Oregon. Nick also served as a reservist in the U.S....
Jul 03, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Rachel Archambault, M.A. CCC-SLP is speech-language pathologist who specializes in trauma-informed care (TIC). Rachel found TIC after experiencing a traumatic event at work on 2/14/18. She was looking for ways to help her students who had just undergone trauma as well as herself. She realized that not only would this help for those specific students, but that TIC could be applied to any setting, any population, and with any age group. As an SLP, she offers a unique perspective to how trauma info...
Jun 26, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Rachel Archambault, M.A. CCC-SLP is speech-language pathologist who specializes in trauma-informed care (TIC). Rachel found TIC after experiencing a traumatic event at work on 2/14/18. She was looking for ways to help her students who had just undergone trauma as well as herself. She realized that not only would this help for those specific students, but that TIC could be applied to any setting, any population, and with any age group. As an SLP, she offers a unique perspective to how trauma info...
Jun 19, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan is the founder of Dr. Karen, LLC, a company focused on empowering educators to support language, literacy, executive functioning, and cognitive wellness. She currently offers professional development focused on helping K-12 teams develop programs and services that support students in the areas of leadership, language, literacy, and executive functioning. Dr. Karen is a licensed SLP and has a doctorate in special education, a special education director license, and an assi...
Jun 12, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Kelly Chase is a high school history teacher and middle leader. She is the creator of the History Detective Podcast and more recently the History Detective YouTube channel which is a classroom ready teaching resource that teachers can use in both their classroom and online learning environments. Kelly started her teaching journey as an English as a Second Language teacher in Japan and eventually made the switch to high school where she fell in love with teaching history. She has a passion for bo...
Jun 05, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Mary Howard is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher and teaches 6th grade ELA and Science in Grand Island, New York. She has found success using digital tools that not only make learning fun for her students, but encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and create a life-long passion for learning. Whether the digital experience is related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or promotes literacy, Mary believes passionately in the potential that technology has for reaching and enga...
May 29, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
I was lucky enough to be a guest on The Authority Podcast, also a member of the BE Podcast Network, hosted by Ross Romano. In this episode, we discussed my book, SEEing to Lead, published by Code Breaker, Inc. Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies , a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twi...
May 22, 2023•49 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Laurie Guyon is the Coordinator of Model Schools at Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). Her role focuses on professional learning around technology integration for over 31 school districts across five counties. Laurie is the Capital Region Director and a trainer for New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE). Laurie is also the author of the book SMILE Learning: Leveraging the Power of Educational Tech...
May 08, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Allyson Apsey has been an educator for more than twenty-four years; a school leader for nineteen of those years. She is passionate about having a serendipity mindset, looking for the beautiful lessons that every experience holds. She tries to be transparent, vulnerable and supportive, and she doesn't ask questions unless she wants the answers. Despite the fact that she never wanted to set foot in a school again after high school graduation, there is nowhere else she'd rather spend her days than ...
May 01, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Victor Nixon is originally from South Carolina, but calls Texas home. He graduated with a BA in Psychology from The Citadel (Military College of South Carolina). He earned a M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma. Victor also earned a MA in Counseling from Amberton University. He earned an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University. Vic has over 20 years of public school experience in Texas. He was a behavior adjustment teacher in the elementary level be...
Apr 24, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Jethro Jones, is a national award-winning former school leader, podcaster, and author of the books How to be a Transformative Principal and SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for the people right in front of them! He is also founder of the BE Podcast Network, the best educational podcast network out there. Jethro currently consults school leaders on strategies to help them save time, lead more effectively, and overcome their own weaknesses. Jethro has worked as...
Apr 17, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 2
As a chronically late student, Danny Bauer once told his Chemistry teacher a fib about saving an entire girl scout troop from a burning building to get out of a tardy. Danny is not sure if it was the very made up story, the very real cookie he offered his teacher, or a combination of both that got him out of a detention that day … That experience taught him it pays to develop your storytelling skills. Danny has been telling stories since then, most recently on the Better Leaders Better Schools p...
Apr 10, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Jen Schwanke, Ed.D., is a longtime educator, teaching and leading at all levels. She is the author of three ASCD books, including the just-released, The Teacher's Principal: How School Leaders Can Support and Motivate Their Teachers. She has written and presented for multiple state and local education organizations, and has provided professional development to various districts in the areas of school climate, personnel, and instructional leadership. She is an instructor in educational administra...
Apr 03, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Crystal Frommert, M.Ed, has over 20 years’ experience as an educator in middle and high school. Crystal has taught math, computer science, and social justice in public, parochial, and international schools. Beyond teaching, she has served as an instructional coach, school board member, adjunct college instructor, technology coordinator, and assistant head of middle school. She has presented at local, national, and international educational conferences on topics ranging from social and emotional ...
Mar 27, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 51
I share some of the insights from my book around how to better support those we serve. The second part of this double episode covers the areas of: Modeling Pathways Building a Bridge Giving Feedback on Progress Thanks for taking the time to listen! SEEing to Lead Extras! Like the content, want to be a guest, or know someone who would? Reach out to me on Twitter at @DrCSJones Have you taken the time to order and read my latest book! Seeing to Lead is filled with practical resources and personal s...
Mar 20, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 50
I share some of the insights from my book around how to better support those we serve. The first part of this double episode covers the areas of: Strategies for Building Trust Coaching Instead of Mentoring Communication Thanks for taking the time to listen! SEEing to Lead Extras! Like the content, want to be a guest, or know someone who would? Reach out to me on Twitter at @DrCSJones Have you taken the time to order and read my latest book! Seeing to Lead is filled with practical resources and p...
Mar 13, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Lindsay Lyons is an educational justice coach who helps schools and districts co-create feminist, antiracist curricula that challenges, affirms, and inspires all students. A former NYC public school teacher, she holds a PhD in Leadership and Change, and is the founder of the blog and podcast, Time for Teachership. She believes the secret sauce of educational equity is student voice. Key Takeaways: Inaction for just causes harmful. We need to go from being the sage on the stage to making content ...
Mar 06, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Dr. Erik Youngman is an education leader who is passionate about topics such as homework, growth mindset, grading, and leadership. Published books he has written include, "The Magic of Growth Mindset," and "12 Characteristics of Deliberate Homework," as well as a chapter for, "100 No-Nonsense Things That All Teachers Should Stop Doing." Erik has also written numerous blogs about growth mindset and grading. This is his twenty-second year in educational leadership. Erik is the Assistant Superinten...
Feb 27, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 47
As a Digital Learning Coach in Walpole, Massachusetts, Jed Stefanowicz provides job-embedded professional development and instructional coaching for academic technology. Through conferences, workshops, and coaching, Jed aims to engage and build staff/student digital learning capacity, keeping the focus on practice over product. As a 25 year elementary educator, speaker, blogger, and former Massachusetts Teach Plus Policy Fellow, Jed shares his passion for effective tech integration to transform ...
Feb 20, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Bryon Carpenter is an online and blended learning teacher in Abbotsford BC Canada. Bryon just entered his 15th year of teaching. Being your former research scientist, Bryon teaches chemistry and math online, and digital literacy and media design with students in his building two days a week. Bryon served as a helping teacher for technology in his district which really enhanced his game in leadership and digital tools. Bryon is the host of the FreshAirAtFive podcast. He is a husband and the proud...
Feb 13, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 45
