Show Highlights & Resources Opportunity for educational disruptors to create a lasting influence. Key cultural values to be addressed at the summit, exemplified by gaping void's culture tiles. Broadening school success metrics beyond academic scores. This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadership...
Mar 15, 2024•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 5 Benefits You Will Experience In Nashville Show Highlights & Resources Danny highlights five benefits that attendees can expect from the Sustainable School Leadership Summit. This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadership-summit/ Jump Start Passes are available until March 15 (50% off ticket pri...
Mar 14, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nurturing Trust and Building Connections In Education With over two decades of experience as an educator in various school settings, I have cultivated a profound philosophy of education known as Two Rules. This philosophy serves as a foundation for fostering building-wide support for the social-emotional learning and mental health needs of students. Through the years, I witnessed the transformative impact of prioritizing these essential aspects of education, contributing to a positive and nurtur...
Mar 13, 2024•38 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Attracting Top Talent / Scorecard Show Highlights & Resources School leadership scorecard with seven categories to assess effectiveness. A tool to set your school apart when competing for teachers with other similar schools. Set "now" and "next" goals for improvement. This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com...
Mar 12, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Show Highlights & Resources Play it safe principals fear, risks and potential failure. Embrace the unknown, pivot, and adapt This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadership-summit/ Jump Start Passes are available until March 15 (50% off ticket price). Get the episode transcript here!! Read my late...
Mar 11, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Show Highlights & Resources This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers … Teach about the friction versus flow continuum in school leadership. Discuss the concept of ruckus makers investing in runways for sustainability. Encourage firing oneself to build team capacity and open new opportunities. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadershi...
Mar 10, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Show Highlights & Resources This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers … Avoid a square peg in a round hole feeling in education. Emphasis on sustainability in school leadership Delve into the question of what education is for and the need for innovative shifts in the educational system. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadership-summi...
Mar 09, 2024•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Show Highlights & Resources This summer you're invited to attend the ONLY event in education available to Ruckus Makers … Friction versus flow continuum in school leadership. The concept of Ruckus Makers investing in runways for sustainability. Firing oneself to build team capacity and open new opportunities. Join us in Nashville this July 12-14 for The Sustainable School Leadership Summit. Learn more here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/school-leadership-summit/ Jump Start Passes are av...
Mar 08, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Husband and father who teaches high school in Cedar Springs, MI. His blog, DaveStuartJr.com, is read by over 50,000 educators each month, and his bestselling These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most has been cherished by teachers and leaders around the world. Accomplished creator of professional development facilitator, having spoken on nearly 200 different occasions, both overseas and in every US state. Show Highlights Five key beliefs for cultivating student motivation a...
Mar 06, 2024•43 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Stephanie Pierotti is the Director of Arizona State University's ShapingEDU Community. She leads this transdisciplinary network of over 4,000 "K to grey" education changemakers. Stephanie recently created a partnership with Learning Planet Alliance (powered by Learning Planet Institute in Paris and UNESCO), and forges new collaborative relationships within ASU, and across universities around the world. She also serves as an advisor to REFASHIOND Ventures, pioneers in the refashioning of global a...
Feb 28, 2024•36 min•Ep 200•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Pascoe Aguilar, PhD, MDiv, is passionate about problem solving and collaborating with students, alums, the university community, and community organizations on meaningful partnerships and innovative strategies for the development of a diverse, purpose-driven, interculturally sensitive, and systemic-challenge-ready next generation of leaders. Currently, Daniel is Excelsior University’s CDO & founding director of the Center for Social Justice. Before this, Daniel served in career developmen...
Feb 21, 2024•35 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast Eric Potterat, Ph.D. is a Clinical, Performance and Sport Psychologist who is considered one of the leading experts in high performance psychology, performance optimization, decision-making and teamwork under pressure, mental skills training, and individual and organizational resilience. He retired as a Commander in the Navy after 20 years of service, the last 10 of which he served as the Head Psychologist for the US Navy SEALs and was responsible for all the psychological Assessment, Selection,...
Feb 14, 2024•46 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast Zaretta Hammond is an educator focused on literacy and equity. She is a former classroom writing teacher. And is a lover of all things Marvel. She’ll quote the Lord of the Rings at any opportunity she gets. In her spare time, you’ll find her reading up on cognitive neuroscience or out in nature and can be seen routinely hugging trees. Show Highlights Culturally responsive teaching isn’t hot sauce The ripple effect caused by leaders ignoring the slow burn of “Cognitive Redlining.” Embrace intelle...
Feb 07, 2024•49 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast GLENN ROBBINS is the proud Superintendent of the Brigantine Public School District in Brigantine, New Jersey. He has served as a public school superintendent in New Jersey since 2016. Prior to becoming a superintendent, he was a middle school principal, a high school assistant principal, a high school social studies teacher, and a high school varsity coach. He is also an author and speaker. Glenn has been awarded numerous administrative national and state recognitions including the National Exem...
Feb 05, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Netzer is the Vice Dean of Research and the Arthur J. Samberg Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, an affiliate of the Columbia Data Science Institute, and the author of Decisions over Decimals . Professor Netzer is a world-renowned expert in data-driven decision-making and extracting meaningful insights from data. He wrote dozens of papers published in the top tier academic journals. His award-winning research is broadly read and highly cited. He is an award winning teac...
Jan 31, 2024•45 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast Justin Breen is the Founder/CEO of the exclusive connectivity platform BrEpic Network and global PR firm BrEpic Communications. His newest book, Epic Life, features a foreword from Dr. Peter Diamandis and has been the No. 1 overall book for sales on Amazon Kindle. It also recently made the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller lists. Show Highlights Tools to recognize patterns and the 4 things that separate Ruckus Makers. Establish the right mindset to attract the right network that creat...
Jan 24, 2024•38 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Leena Bakshi McLean is the founder of STEM4Real, a nonprofit professional learning organization committed to combining STEM and standards-based content learning and leadership with principles of justice-centered pedagogy. She currently serves as the Director of Multicultural Education and Equity for the National Science Teaching Association. Leena has worked with pre-service teachers at UC Berkeley and Claremont Graduate University teaching STEM methods and Universal Design for Learning. She...
Jan 17, 2024•36 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Ablin, the author of The Gender Equation in Schools: How To Create Equity and Fairness For All Students, consults with schools across the country regarding gender and creating positive school cultures. At American Jewish University’s Graduate School for Education, he trains teachers to create gender aware classrooms and is also the founder/director of AJU’s Mentor Teacher Certification Program. Show Highlights Be able to receive feedback from a “cringe worthy moment.” Practical tools to fr...
Jan 10, 2024•30 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast Show Highlights After Action Review and the Ruckus Maker Eight Step Goal Setting Tool are two tools you need in your leadership toolbox. Resources and game changing ideas to equip and empower you to have an incredible 2024. Create talent incubators to avoid the turnover in education. Tap into your inner Ruckus Maker to confidently create the future of schools. Get Danny’s last two books Build Leadership Momentum, The Remarkable Vision Formula and the Ruckus Maker Newsletter FREE! “The future of ...
Jan 03, 2024•30 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rachel Roberts has served in various leadership roles in education for over 20 years as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, principal, and principal supervisor. Rachel is passionate about women in leadership and believes that relational leadership is key to high-performing schools. Rachel lives with her wife Jules, and a menagerie of pets and enjoys biking, reading, and fishing. Show Highlights Bucking the status quo yields the greatest results when dropping the archetype of...
Dec 27, 2023•38 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast Michael (Mike) Nelson began his career as an elementary school teacher before becoming an elementary school principal. As a district leader, he led learning initiatives in two Washington state school districts. As the superintendent for Washington’s (EEE)Enumclaw school district, he led several initiatives to improve cultural support and academic outcomes for Native students. In 2019, the Washington Association of School Administrators named him the Washington State Superintendent of the Year. P...
Dec 20, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Heidi DeCoux is a serial entrepreneur who’s built four businesses with 50%+ profit margins, sold 3 of them, including a 7-figure exit, and has appeared in magazines and websites like Forbes . She’s become known as “The Optimizer” because she’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs optimize their businesses and life. She’s now gearing up to launch her newest company, Alchemized Teams , designed to help small businesses build winning teams. Show Highlights Unleash the “genius” of every child with...
Dec 20, 2023•34 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast Lynn Hardin is a retired elementary school principal and certified life coach with over 20 years of experience working with school leaders at all levels. She is passionate about staying current with the latest research and trends in education leadership. But most importantly, she is committed to helping her clients achieve greater success, both personally, and professionally and become the leader everybody loves. Show Highlights Let your DNA and “universe” help guide your career. The golden thre...
Dec 13, 2023•39 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca . Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbett...
Dec 08, 2023•4 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca . Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbett...
Dec 07, 2023•4 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca . Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbett...
Dec 06, 2023•4 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa is a high school writing teacher & PK-12 principal of a rural South Dakota school district. She leads a 2020 ESEA Distinguished Elementary School and a 2021 National Blue Ribbon Elementary School. She is a co-developer and facilitator of the South Dakota Department of Education’s “Good to Great” Teacher Mentoring Program and a public speaker at a variety of state and national education events. Show Highlights Leverage student input to build connections and solutions to benefit the whole...
Dec 06, 2023•44 min•Ep 188•Transcript available on Metacast The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca . Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbett...
Dec 05, 2023•5 min•Ep 309•Transcript available on Metacast The School Leadership Series promises to provide motivation on your way into school every Monday-Friday in five minutes or less. Co-hosted by Karine Veldhoen (founder of Learn Forward) and Danny Bauer (founder of Better Leaders Better Schools) we'll offer you a challenging idea and a clear action step each day. Make sure to SUBSCRIBE. Learn more at https://betterleadersbetterschools.com and https://learnforward.ca . Buy Daniel's latest book published by Corwin and AASA: https://betterleadersbett...
Dec 04, 2023•4 min•Ep 308•Transcript available on Metacast Carlon is the Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder of Equity Institute. In his role, he oversees organizational strategy, internal operations, and implementation of Equity Institute’s educator pathway program. Carlon is an avid reader and lifelong learner who spends much of his time exploring topics related to social science, history, and leadership. Show Highlights Storytelling builds a collective support community that creates connections to each other. Unlocking student engagement can be found...
Nov 29, 2023•41 min•Ep 187•Transcript available on Metacast 
