SEEing to Lead
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis podcast is about supporting, engaging, and empowering teachers and leaders by offering solutions to everyday problems and ideas for proactive improvement. It assists you in becoming a better leader and creating a world class educational environment utilizing a teacher centric approach. Each conversation with teachers, leaders, and students will provide concrete, practical examples to help you, the leader or teacher, discover the difference between believing and knowing as these strategies are examined from various perspectives. It provides the resources to help you take action and elevate everyone’s level of achievement.
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Everyone is Unique with David Shultz
April 29, 2024 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBDave is a former schoolteacher with 16 years of classroom experience. Dave also has 20 years of teaching experience in untraditional settings. He has a bachelor's degree and two masters degrees in education. While in the classroom, he was certified as a music teacher. He taught Band, Orchestra, Choir, and general music at all levels, preschool through college. Other items he has taught include swimming, Microsoft Office, SAP, Contract Management, Soft Skills, Customer Relationsh...
Simple Acts of Service
April 25, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.87 MBHow often have we slowed down the pace of our lives enough to notice the small acts of service we can perform for others? Those small acts for us often have a larger impact on those who receive them. All we have to do is notice what we can do for others to make a large, positive impact on them and eventually our whole community. There is a challenge in the video. Start small and then build up to multiple acts. Whether they are small gifts or physical help they create small ripples...
The Life Skills handbook with Shari Pierce
April 22, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBShari Pierce was born and raised in Yonkers, New York and was a special educator for the Yonkers Public Schools for thirty-three years. For twenty-three of those years, she worked with middle and high-schoolers with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Following her retirement, she wrote a book, "Life Skills: A Handbook for Parents & Teachers of the Intellectually Disabled" which gives gentle advice about educating this most special population and emphasizes collaboration a...
Around, Over, or Through
April 18, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBNobody is perfect. Situations, even less often. We will always run across stumbling blocks or barriers to our success. When we do we have three choices we can make instead of giving in and not reaching our goal. We can go around by finding another solution to the problem. We can go over by persevering until we can overcome by outlasting what is in our way. We can go through by learning from our mistakes and failures and improving the skill set we need to be successful. What we ca...
Emotional Freedom Techniques With Kathleen Weber
April 15, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBKathleen Weber is a former school counselor of 25 years and is a Certified, Accredited Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner. She is passionate about bringing tools to educators and students that help to regulate emotions and calm the nervous system. Prior to using these techniques, she felt like something was missing from her toolbox. Students would return with the same issue time and time again, or they would return with the same theme, but different players. It wasn'...
Giving Thanks, Gratitude, and Mental Health
April 11, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.57 MBThree things that unfortunately, are sometimes overlooked when they can be helped with small steps. Have a listen for a "3 for 1" strategy, repeated 5 times for maximum positive impact. Don’t Forget to Review the Show! I appreciate you checking out the episodes. I would mean a lot to me if you took a minute right now to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen! It helps the show out a lot! Who am I? I’ve been an educator in Massachusetts fo...
Creating Sustainable Change With Dan Kelley
April 08, 2024 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBDaniel Kelley is an Associate Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Rhode Island. He previously served as the principal of Smithfield High School in Smithfield, RI. During his tenure, he successfully implemented sustainable change initiatives that profoundly impacted the school’s learning culture. Dan’s contributions to education extend to national leadership roles as well. He served as the president of the National Association of Secondary Sc...
You First With Chris Jones
April 04, 2024 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MBWe often get caught up in our schedules as we move through the day. Before we know it, days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. Suddenly we realize that there is a feeling of being unfulfilled. That feeling is an effect of not making time for ourselves as we stay busy making sure we are working to meet the needs and expectations of others. What we don't realize is that we can do all of that for others much better if we first make time for ourselves. By setting aside time to...
Taking Responsibility For Your Success with Mike James
April 01, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBMeet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of all sizes to become organizations for good. Recently venturing into Social and Emotional...
Paraverbal Communication with Chris Jones
March 28, 2024 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.46 MBWe often forget about one of the most important types of communication when interacting with people. You ever hear of the old saying, "It's not what you say, but how you say it"? That's because as humans, we scan our environment and other people for signs of acceptance or threats and what we hear feeds into our conclusion. We often use our tone to cover up our authentic feelings. The challenge in the video is about being true to ourselves, speaking our mind in the moment, and using...
Be a Guest, Not a Visitor with Mike James
March 25, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBMeet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of all sizes to become organizations for good. Recently venturing into Social and Emotional...
Fighting Procrastination With Chris Jones
March 21, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MBProcrastination creeps into a persons life in ways that make it a habit before being noticed. That makes it all the more difficult to combat so we can all more efficiently achieve higher levels of success. Creating consistent, distraction free activities and then utilizing systems to help organize your time are ways to combat the ever present urge to procrastinate. Take the challenge and let me know how it works out for you! Don’t Forget to Review the Show! I appreciate you chec...
IQ + EQ = Success with Mike James
March 18, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBMeet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of all sizes to become organizations for good. Recently venturing into Social and Emotional...
Artillery Fungus and Goals With Chris Jones
March 14, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MBHabit driven behaviors create habit driven results! I had a recent run in with some artillery fungus and considered how it relates to smoothing over habits that may be detrimental to your overall success. We can always add a new layer of action on top, but if we don't solve the underlying issue the need to "do the work" will eventually arise. Artillery fungus leaves small marks that become recognizable when there are a lot of them. But by then it's too late to easily get rid of th...
Finding the Lever for Positive Change with Mike James
March 11, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBMeet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of all sizes to become organizations for good. Recently venturing into Social and Emotional...
Play That Game With Chris Jones
March 07, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.68 MBWe don't stop playing games because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing games! We are all busy. Often with pretty serious things. Unfortunately, it eats up all our time and we forget to step back. While our lives are serious we shouldn't always take ourselves so seriously. This week brings a message and challenge designed to help increase joy and connectedness in your life by not just building relationships, but maintaining them at a deeper level. We all desire fun at...
Your Community is You with Mike James
March 04, 2024 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBMeet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 years of experience in guiding, leading, and building national programs designed to teach, train, develop, and inspire, Mike brings a wealth of expertise. His goal is to instill positive psychology principles and inspire communities of all sizes to become organizations for good. Recently venturing into Social and Emotional...
Use That Excuse With Chris Jones
February 26, 2024 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBExcuses are bad, but incredibly powerful! We often use excuses to get out of things we don't really want to do. We also use them to make ourselves feel better for having fallen short of a goal or not doing what we need to get there in the first place. But what if we could use the power of excuses for good? What if we could use them to help us reach our goals instead of not succeeding? We can if we just flip the excuse around! Next time you are going to make an excuse to get out o...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words With Chris Jones
February 19, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBThis is an old phrase, but still relevant every day. How can we keep from not matching what we value with the time we spend doing it? I offer a strategy to find out what our actions say we value rather than what we say in the video. Take the challenge by examining what you currently do and comparing it to how that shows what you value through action rather than speech. Then take the steps to align your actions and words. Let me know your thoughts and how the challenge works for y...
Minimize, Prioritize, Say No With Chris Jones
February 12, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBReaching our goals is about more than just setting them and then making a plan. It is often about how we approach the small steps that present themselves every day. Follow the steps I outline to make progress on those small steps that make the bigger picture a reality. Distractions come in many forms, minimize them. Putting lower priority tasks first halts our ability to complete what is needed at the time. Taking on extra when it isn't aligned with our goals makes us do multiple t...
Focus First With Chris Jones
February 05, 2024 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBKey Points: Focus is not the product of our environment. Instead our environment is the result of our ability to and level of focus. Things like anxiety , poor relationships, and low self-esteem can be improved when we learn to increase our focus in certain areas. Anxiety comes with feelings of being overwhelmed. If we take a step back, focus on the things we can control and narrow down what we try to accomplish, we will notice that progress is being made and what lies in front o...
Two Affirmations and One Question
January 29, 2024 10:08 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MBKey Points: Walking the line between empathy and problem solving is difficult. Try this strategy to help support those facing difficulties and the trap of the negative self talk cycle. Then maybe they will return the favor when you need it. After all, we will always face negative circumstances. The question is how do we move past them so we can be positive and realize greater levels of success. SEEing to Lead Extras! Like the content, want to be a guest, or know someone who wou...
STEM Punks
January 22, 2024 12:39 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBThrough 23 years in Education, Jonathan has been at the bleeding edge of learning how digital tools (STEM, AR/VR, AI, environment sensors) and a focus on our humanity can boost the success of students everywhere. He has also learned by working with luminaries such as Dr. Rubin Puentedura (SAMR), Dr. Larry Johnson (NMC) and Prof Stephen Heppell (Learnometer), the FutureWe Community, and his current role as Chief Futures Officer at STEM Punks, how tools alone are not enough - but must...
The Principal's Journey
January 08, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBDr. Rachel Edoho-Eket (Ed-oh-eck-it) is a wife, mother, principal, public speaker, and author. With decades as a teacher and leader in public education, she has earned the reputation as a strong instructional leader, passionate educational advocate, and dedicated mentor. As the Principal of a top ranked school in Maryland, she is a life-long learner who strives for excellence not only for herself, but also for everyone she serves. Dr. Edoho-Eket’s belief in fostering meaningful rela...
Silencing the Inner Critic
December 25, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBSam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover their professional purpose and achieve their dream lifestyle. Key Takeaways: Setting a quick timer to design or reach a goal turns off the critic in our head and silences the negativity so that we can enter a state of divergent thinking quicker. The less we talk when leading workshops or lessons, the better the lea...
Identifying Limitations
December 18, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBSam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover their professional purpose and achieve their dream lifestyle. Key Takeaways: Nine limitations, we all face. Clarity Discipline Beliefs Culture Location Rules Connections Money Time The first three are internal. The second three external. The last three are the strategy. We need to invite students in to ...
Accomplishing Goals Without Sacrificing Values
December 11, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBSam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover their professional purpose and achieve their dream lifestyle. Key Takeaways: Values, goals, and process is a key framework to follow when getting into Divergent thinking. This is an important framework because it teaches leaders, or encourages them, to stay hands off when it comes to process. This is another way to ...
Finding Your True Interest
December 04, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBSam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover their professional purpose and achieve their dream lifestyle. Key Takeaways: Divergent thinking is what's required for complex problem solving and discovering personal values and philosophies and passions. You can tell what someone is passionate about by analyzing their time spent. Where they spend their time the m...
The Importance of Involving Parents
November 27, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBHarvey Hazen was a public school educator for 37 years. He was a teacher, counselor, high school principal and vice principal, middle school principal and district superintendent. During that time Harvey followed the progress of many students' careers as they went off to college. Many of them were less than successful even though they left high school with great academic records. Over the years he talked with many of them. Many reported two things to Harvey. Their program simply see...
Changing Professional Development to Professional Learning
November 20, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBDr. Melinda Vandevort is a dynamic educator, career transition coach, and podcast host. With a passion for professional development, she guides educators on their journey to leadership roles through her podcast, Empowered Educator. As a former teacher who successfully transitioned into a leadership position, Dr. Mel offers valuable insights and actionable advice to help educators realize their leadership potential. Her mission is to empower educators to make a lasting impact on educ...
SEEing to Lead on Thriving Educator
November 13, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBI had the opportunity to speak with Charle Peck from the Thriving Educator Podcast about the mental health issues we are seeing in schools and possible ways to assist both students and staff. Charle Peck is not just a podcast host, but also the co-creator of Thriving School Community, co-author of Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution, and a global keynote speaker delivering powerful messages of hope to educators. I really enjoyed this talk and ask t...
From Striving to Thriving
November 06, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBDr. Karavedas is an experienced leader with over 25 years of executive-level leadership in independent schools and nonprofits. With a Masters in Education and a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, Dr. Karavedas actively teaches as a Professor at Bachelors and Masters levels. She currently holds the position of Director of Research and New Program Development at Orange Lutheran High School where she is responsible for development and oversight of the school’s flexible learning ...
Using Technology to Include
October 30, 2023 09:26 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBAs the CITES Project Director, Christine Fox manages the planning and implementation of CITES activities. In coordination with the center’s Principal Investigator (PI) and CAST Director of Technical Assistance, Christine coordinates the evaluation and reporting, budgeting, and leveraging of internal and external partnerships related to this project. Prior to joining CAST, Christine was the Senior Director of External Relations for the Consortium for School Networking (COSN) where...
Unraveling the Mental Health Issue
October 23, 2023 18:50 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBCharle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. With over 20 years of education and mental health leadership experience, she has the unique lens of both a certified teacher and a licensed clinical therapist specializing in trauma. Charle holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work. Her role as a high school teacher coupled with her work with children and families in crisis gives her incredible i...
SEEing to Lead on Evolving With Gratitude
October 16, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBI had a great opportunity to speak with Lainie Rowell about how we breath gratitude into our lives each day by becoming a grateful person Check out her podcast Evolving with Gratitude wherever you listen.! We’re thrilled to be sponsored by MyFlexLearning, the scheduling platform that helps middle and high schools meet the individual needs of all students. Create and manage time for flex blocks, WIN time, activity periods, RTI, counselor and teacher appointments and much more. An...
Seen and Known
October 09, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBInnovative business management professional experienced in academics, education, admissions, and non-profit development. An energetic creative visionary and strategic organizational leader, possessing a growth-oriented solution driven mindset, and effective communication, relationship building, project planning, complex problem solving, and change management skills. Analytical, decisive, and influential in driving profitability and creating working cultures where team members thrive...
Education to Change the World
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBJulia Briggs was an educator for 12+ years, taught science and chemistry in the United Kingdom and then in Colombia, where she led the Chemistry team. Julia has worked as an adult learning facilitator for the past 3 years and now works as head of operations for Education to Change the World. She has a master's degree in educational leadership from Tampere University of Applied Sciences in Finland. Some Key Takeaways: We need to be educating students for the future right now inste...
Scaling Back Structure and Amplifying Autonomy
September 25, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBSome Key Takeaways Teachers need to be given the opportunity to creatively educate students rather than being told what and how to teach and talk. Help teachers reengage with their why by scaling back restriction and amplifying autonomy General structures need to be present for teachers to act creatively and if we are going to offer autonomy. Increasing opportunities for collaboration among teachers increases like experiences for students across classes. We need to exercise the...
Educational Innovation 360
September 18, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBCassandra Williams is an accomplished educator, administrator, and entrepreneur with a passion for transforming education and supporting teachers. She holds a Master's degree in Educational Administration from California State University, Northridge, and a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Southern Illinois University. As the CEO and Founder of Educational Innovation 360°, Cassandra leads a successful consulting group specializing in teacher training, adult learning, an...
The Art of In-School Suspension
September 11, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBJohnathan 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...
Becoming the Productive Boss
September 04, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBNaphtali 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...
SEEing to Lead on De Facto Leaders
August 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAs 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 fee...
Life Accumulates
August 21, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBOver 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, t...
Consistency, Vulnerability, and Clarity
August 14, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOver 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, t...
Challenge Isolation
August 07, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBVicki 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 ...
Perspective Matters
July 31, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBVicki 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 ...
SEEing to Lead on Monday Mornings With Dr. Nick
July 24, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBI 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 MyFlexLearning, the scheduling platform that helps middle and high schools meet the individual ...
Being R.E.A.L.
July 17, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBTara 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 th...
Community for Learning
July 10, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBCarla 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 E...
LEADership Framework
July 03, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBDr. 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 reservis...