Leaders AdvantEDGE
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOAESA's new podcast giving Ohio’s school leaders the advantEDGE they need for success by bringing them the most up-to-date resources, information, and connections to enable them to be great building leaders. Our goal is to intentionally connect our members and give them the resources they need to take personal responsibility for improving the lives of those entrusted to their care.
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Why Embark on the Mentorship Journey
May 02, 2024 16:02 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBA principal mentorship program is designed to provide guidance, support, and professional development opportunities to new school administrators. Tune in to learn how OAESA/OASSA’s grant-funded Beginning Administrators Mentorship (BAM) Program, has impacted both mentors and mentees with the addition of the Leadership Immersion Institute for mentors through NAESP. Episode Host: T.J. Ebert, principal at Independence Primary School Guests: Abbey Bolton, principal at Davey Elementary in Kent...
Making School Safety a Daily Habit
November 30, 2023 20:07 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. Becky Hornberger has a conversation with school safety experts, Dr. Amy Klinger and Amanda Klinger, about their approach to helping schools address the topic of school safety. Tune in to dive deeper into why you should shift from a ‘response’ mindset to a mindset of prevention and learn ways to integrate school safety into your daily building culture. To learn even more, sign up for OAESA’s Virtual Second in Command Institute where today’s guests will present a session ...
The Science Behind Personalized Ed-Tech School Solutions
August 02, 2023 17:54 - 33 minutes - 75.6 MBWith so many ed-tech options available, this episode focuses on the importance of evaluating the efficacy of these digital resources. Dr. Becky Hornberger’s conversation with Hee Jin Bang, VP of Efficacy, Research, and Evaluation at Age of Learning—OAESA’s newest corporate partner— and Carmen Alvarez, Early Childhood director at Harlingen Consolidated Independent SD in Texas shares details about an opportunity for Ohio educators to take part in a research study evaluating Age of Learning’s u...
Use Your Gifts
May 25, 2023 13:27 - 26 minutes - 21.5 MBAs the school year draws to a close, we hope you are as excited as we are for our upcoming Annual Professional Conference, Stay Gold: Honoring Our Past. Inspiring Your Future. To share in this excitement, Dr. Becky Hornberger sits down with current OAESA Board President and opening keynote speaker for our summer conference, Carrie Sanchez. In this conversation, Carrie shares insights on her leadership journey, the importance of being involved with your professional associations, and key take...
The Magic of Coaching: Programs to Build Your Inclusive Instructional Leadership Practices
May 11, 2023 14:55 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBThis episode highlights Inclusive Instructional Leadership – or IIL - programs offered through the University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center, also known as the UC-SDI Center. These programs include OLi4, AIPL, and the Central Office Project, all of which are focused on the importance of inclusive leadership practices from the top down. Dr. Becky Hornberger is joined by Dr. Rodney Harrelson of RTH Strategic Planning and Consulting, and Dr. Libby Wallick, Research A...
Building a Community Fan Base
April 07, 2023 14:50 - 26 minutes - 60.6 MBWhat is the story behind the Savannah Bananas and what the heck does a minor league baseball team have to do with educational leadership?!? Find out more about the Thursday afternoon keynote speaker at the Professional Conference in June in this conversation with TJ Ebert, OAESA Zone 6 Director, and Jared Orton, keynote speaker and president of the Savannah Bananas baseball team. Many thanks to Curriculum Associates for generously supporting this podcast.
Building Bridges of Support with OABSE
February 28, 2023 15:49 - 31 minutes - 25 MBAudrey Staton-Thompson, OAESA Minority Representative, discusses key issues that the Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators is working on with educational partners across the state. Her conversation with Thanda Maceo, OABSE President, and Tyrone Olverson, co-chair of the Superintendent Commission for OABSE, highlights the mission and work of OABSE to address equity issues and long-term funding, literacy and literacy skills, mental health and establishing positive learning cultures, and the ...
Creating Joy
January 19, 2023 14:41 - 31 minutes - 72 MBIn this episode, sponsored by FranklinCovey, we speak with Principal Navigator author, Jolene Reinhart, who writes about ways to choose and create joy. She is a former teacher, principal, ESC consultant, and leadership coach, having served 39 years in the Summit and Cuyahoga County area. Her vast opportunities to be a leader and to research leadership are some of her greatest gifts of the profession. She is now semi-retired, still passionate about being a lead learner, and choosing joy every...
An Attitude of Gratitude
December 01, 2022 12:36 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBAs November comes to a close, we have gratitude fresh on our minds, and with all of the research out there about the benefits of gratitude practice on our emotional well-being we would like to encourage our listeners to extend this practice beyond the month of November and create a process in your lives. So for all of you out there wondering how a busy administrator can fit this beneficial practice into your hectic schedule, we have invited OAESA member and former NAESP state representative ...
Supporting Ohio's Principals
October 05, 2022 19:58 - 33 minutes - 76.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. Becky Hornberger has a conversation with Scott Hunt, Executive Director of ODE Field Relations, to thank Ohio’s principals and share some updates and resources from ODE to support the important work of educational leaders. Tune in to learn how the Office of Field Relations is working to build a bridge between the Department and practitioners. Scott Hunt also shares how ODE has used their key priorities to build the Future Forward Ohio initiative. Resources shared in th...
Featuring OLAC's "Prioritizing Teaching and Learning"
June 01, 2022 16:54 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MB"Prioritizing Teaching and Learning" Featuring Jim Gay, OLAC Project Co-Director In lieu of a new episode of Leaders AdvantEDGE, OAESA is highlighting an episode of OLAC's Lead the Way podcast that is the perfect lead up to our summer conference. Equity is a core value to Ohio’s strategic plan, Each Child Our Future and to Each Child Means Each Child, Ohio’s plan to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. In episode 17 of OLAC's podcast, "Prioritizing Teaching and Learning,"...
Equity Begins with Inclusion
May 11, 2022 13:11 - 31 minutes - 24.8 MBDr. Hornberger’s conversation with Dr. Deborah Telfer, Director of University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center, and Oli4 and AIPL participants highlights the benefits of these programs and the importance inclusive leadership practices from the top down. Participants will share how these programs have increased their knowledge and skill in the use of inclusive instructional leadership to engage ALL students more effectively—regardless of classroom or school assignment—...
It Takes a Village: Highlighting ODE's Center for Student Supports
March 31, 2022 15:36 - 37 minutes - 29.7 MBIn a conversation with Jessica Horowitz-Moore, Executive Director of ODE’s Center for Student Supports, Becky Hornberger and Mark Jones will uncover the great resources that are available to help you serve the ‘whole child’ needs of your students. Horowitz-Moore shares an overview of what her center does, highlights the key resources she most wants administrators to know about, and gives an introduction to the workshop topics that her group will be sharing at our Professional Conference this...
Passing the Torch
December 29, 2021 14:18 - 38 minutes - 30.5 MBAfter 16 years of service to OAESA, Dr. Julie Davis retires on December 31st, 2021. In her final episode on Leaders AdvantEDGE, she introduces our listeners to OAESA's new executive director, Dr. Becky Hornberger. They share a conversation about the legacy of sustainable leadership, the mission and vision of the organization, and personal stories of their 'why'. Thank you, Dr. Davis, for your service to the association and welcome, Dr. Hornberger!
Building Great People Systems
November 29, 2021 17:57 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBHave you noticed the 'help wanted' signs in virtually every business you pass lately? Principals are essential to their district’s human capital system through their role in hiring, growing, and retaining staff, yet with the job market as it is, many principals are wondering what they can do to recruit and retain a great team to support the students in their buildings. In this episode, Dr. Julie Davis talks with Tony Bagshaw about developing great people systems, as he likes to call human ca...
Overcome Overwhelm
October 27, 2021 14:08 - 46 minutes - 37.2 MBDr. Julie Davis talks with Dr. Jim Gay, Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC) Co-director, about the OLAC resources and Dr. Becky Hornberger, SAIL/CUC Department Chair, about how these resources are utilized within the content of the Ohio Instructional Leadership Academy (OILA), as well as our licensure and degree programs with CUC. The show notes below link to many of the resources discussed and you might find it helpful to click through them as you listen. The OLAC website is constantl...
Keeping Kids Central
September 29, 2021 09:30 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBGuests: Dr. Sue Brackenhoff, Bob Buck, Dr. Robyn Floyd, Audrey Staton-Thompson, and Dr. Julie Willoughby This episode of Leaders AdvantEDGE, Keeping Kids Central: Behind the Scenes at Central Office, brought to you by Equitable, features a conversation between Dr. Julie Davis and five central office administrators who are active members of OAESA. Our guests share how they, in their unique roles as district administrators, work every day to keep the students at the center of everything they...
Demystifying Dyslexia: Instilling a Love of Reading in ALL Learners
August 25, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 41.1 MBDr. Julie Davis has a conversation with Dr. Melissa Weber-Mayrer, Director of ODE’s Office of Approaches to Teaching and Professional Learning, LaMonica Davis, principal of Helen Arnold CLC in Akron Public Schools and member of the Ohio Dyslexia Committee, and Maggie Oliver, finalist for Ohio Teacher of the Year and reading specialist at Helen Arnold CLC in Akron Public Schools. Their enthusiastic conversation gives a behind the scenes look at Ohio’s recent dyslexia legislation, the work ODE...
Liberty and Justice
May 26, 2021 18:52 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBIn her conversation with Ohio principals, Felecia Evans and April Knight, Dr. Davis facilitates a discussion on how we move forward from the challenges presented to educators by the pandemic and our nation's reckoning with systemic racism. Rather than just admire the problems of inequities revealed, they discuss the importance of really having those uncomfortable, sometimes very difficult, conversations in order to move more closely to a nation which not just promises, but delivers LIBERTY A...
Power of Partnerships
April 28, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 37.2 MBA conversation on understanding ESSER III funding and how to maximize partnerships to efficiently use these funds for afterschool and summer learning. Dr. Julie Davis talks with afterschool program advocates, Michele Ritchlin and Dr. Terry Peterson, to help you understand how to access these funds in order to partner with community programs in your area. Show notes: The evidence base for afterschool and summer: Planning for Impactful Summer Learning 2021 Afterschool Alliance Research...
Meet Me in the Middle
March 31, 2021 04:30 - 38 minutes - 32.3 MBIt has been more than a year since Ohio’s schools were closed due to COVID and we are ready to get back to normal. Or, are we? In this episode, Meet Me in the Middle, Dr. Julie Davis talks with Carrie Sanchez, Principal of Port Clinton Middle School and Matt Bradley, Principal of Highland Middle School about “COVID silver linings” and the opportunity to make some important changes to create a new, improved normal. Ideas and resources shared in this episode include: Flip Grid—teaching ...
Unstoppable Principals
February 24, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 34.6 MBDr. Julie Davis shares a conversation with the 2020 and 2021 Ohio NAESP National Distinguished Principals, Kati Mann and Bonnie Kubec. They discuss the importance of leveraging systems of support in order to develop as a building leader. They also share some of their secrets of success; after you hear them you will want to check out these resources that they share: Voice communication for remote teams with the Voxxer app: https://www.voxer.com/ Teachers Deserve It by Adam Welcome Jon ...
Welcome to Leaders AdvantEDGE
February 02, 2021 14:22 - 10 minutes - 8.4 MBAn introduction to OAESA's new podcast giving Ohio’s educational leaders the edge they need to be successful by bringing them the most up-to-date resources, information, and connections to enable them to be great building leaders. Our goal is to intentionally connect our members and give them the resources they need to take personal responsibility for improving the lives of those entrusted to their care.