21: Stepping Back to Step Forward
Sometimes to get ahead in life and your career you have to step back to step forward. That special decision to pause allows knowledge and rejuvenation to prosper and spill over into your next step. Listen up as I speak directly to new teachers, teachers in distress or transition and teacher leaders! Quotables Long hours…
Listen to Episode20: Hug and Reach with Melissa Emler
Melissa Emler, best known as Missy, is an elite educator. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education and a master’s in Educational Leadership. She has shared her vision and wisdom of 21st century learning at conferences such as SLATE and ISTE. Missy is currently the director of innovation at CESA 3, serving 31…
Listen to Episode18: Seeds that Sprout
Hear how a sprinkler watering the concrete inspired this episode. We need to water our initiatives with intention and follow through so that we have seeds that sprout. This requires a plan, constant monitoring, and flexibility to respond in the moment so that we align our input with our output. Tune in to get empowered…
Listen to Episode19: Peak and Pit
Life is full of high’s and low’s, but how we respond to these obstacles can make all the difference in our success, personally and professionally. Learn to use a low moment, or a pit, to reach even higher and more satisfying peaks, or highs. Tune in to this episode to hear just how to do…
Listen to Episode17: Hone in for Survival
Sometimes being an educator is overwhelming with all that is required on and off the job. I felt like I was running a 3-Ring Circus and barely keeping the plates up in the air. But, over time, I came up with a simple system to ensure I honed in on just the urgent matters of…
Listen to Episode16: Making Sense Out of Your Mess
Join in on a unique episode experience- a hybrid of sorts: interview + topic based. I pull back the curtains and let you in on some serious intimate details of my journey as an educator. This episode was inspired by a conversation I had with an edu-friend of mine over Voxer about some painful parts…
Listen to Episode15: Reach Your Leadership Potential with Daniel Bauer
Daniel Bauer is the Founder of Better Leaders Better Schools a website and podcast designed to support leaders in education. Daniel helps school leaders Create a Winning Culture, Focus on the Essential, and Lead with Courage and Integrity. He has worked in both middle school and high school as a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator in small…
Listen to Episode14: My Life’s Motto: Dream Big
Listen to my very first non-scripted episode where I just speak from the heart on a matter that drives my behavior and outlook on life. I introduced the ‘Dream Big’ mantra to my kiddos after being inspired by the song created by Ryan Shupe and the RubberBand. (See the video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KwEuNapzt0 ). I share…
Listen to Episode13: “If” versus “When” + How = Now
When we feel at our worst we begin our thoughts with the word “if.” But when we start empowering ourselves to make things happen for the better, our “if’s” turn to “when’s.” But your work can’t stop there. In order to reach a better place mentally and physically in your moment of distress or transition,…
Listen to Episode12: More Than a Test Score
Students are more than a test score. They have talents within that we as teachers need to cultivate so that students can develop as a whole individual and not just as a student. Hear how I used students’ talents to benefit themselves and the classroom learning process at the same time! Quotables My good intentions…
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