95. Bold Humility: Featuring Dave Schmittou

Have you ever failed so many times that you began to blame everyone and everything around you? This week’s guest, Dave Schmittou, shares his impactful story of how failure helped him create a reflective system to increase his humility. 

In this Episode, we discuss:

Interview Techniques
Changing Districts as a Leader
Reflection after Failure
Education is like Riding a Bike
And The Lasting Learning Podcast

Follow Dr. Dave Schmittou: 

Website: https://schmittou.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daveschmittou
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daveschmittou/
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-schmittou

About Dr. Dave Schmittou:
Named the 2018 College Educator of the Year and the 2014 Michigan Principal of the Year, Dave Schmittou is currently the Executive Director for Curriculum and Instruction in Michigan, a former elementary school principal, former middle school principal, assistant principal, coach, teacher, and college professor.

Dave is a proud father of four children, resident beach bum/educational pirate, and author of “It’s Like Riding a Bike- How to Make Learning Last a Lifetime” and “Bold Humility: Growing Students by Empowering Teachers.” Dave speaks, writes, runs, and barely sleeps, but he is living his best life while he can!

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This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.

The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.

What makes this community different is that it is:

An investment, not free
A private community with the same goal
A conversation, not a variety of...

Have you ever failed so many times that you began to blame everyone and everything around you? This week’s guest, Dave Schmittou, shares his impactful story of how failure helped him create a reflective system to increase his humility. 

In this Episode, we discuss:

Interview Techniques
Changing Districts as a Leader
Reflection after Failure
Education is like Riding a Bike
And The Lasting Learning Podcast

Follow Dr. Dave Schmittou: 

Website: https://schmittou.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daveschmittou
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daveschmittou/
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-schmittou

About Dr. Dave Schmittou:
Named the 2018 College Educator of the Year and the 2014 Michigan Principal of the Year, Dave Schmittou is currently the Executive Director for Curriculum and Instruction in Michigan, a former elementary school principal, former middle school principal, assistant principal, coach, teacher, and college professor.

Dave is a proud father of four children, resident beach bum/educational pirate, and author of “It’s Like Riding a Bike- How to Make Learning Last a Lifetime” and “Bold Humility: Growing Students by Empowering Teachers.” Dave speaks, writes, runs, and barely sleeps, but he is living his best life while he can!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X1W996K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07X1W996K&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=8a794039be1ac79c9f57c4800b2d9591

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Go Community!
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This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.

The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.

What makes this community different is that it is:

An investment, not free
A private community with the same goal
A conversation, not a variety of self-promoting presentations
Evergreen, not ephemeral
Focused on serving school leaders, not advertisers, companies, or investors


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