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This week on Educational Relevance, we’re joined by Dr. Eric Gallien, a seasoned educational leader who opens up about navigating both personal and professional challenges in the world of education.
From community resistance to personal loss, hear how resilience, reflection, and relentless focus helped them lead with impact.
If you’re a school leader, educator, or aspiring administrator—this one’s for you.
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Join us on Educational Relevance as we welcome Elizabeth Steege—a dynamic music educator with over 30 years of experience in the Racine Unified School District. Hosts Bryan Wright and Mark McBeth sit down with Elizabeth to explore how she built a lasting classroom culture, led with heart, and used the power of music to impact generations of students. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation with a true educational changemaker!
Coach Michael P. Dressler, inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006, has built a remarkable career grounded in a set of five non-negotiable life rules:
Be on Time. Pay Attention. Do Your Best. Do What is Right. Don’t Lie.
More than slogans, these values became the foundation for how he led his teams, taught his students, and influenced generations of young people across Wisconsin. From P...
Learn about about Laser Conversations and the SR3: A Framework for Teacher Evaluation and Support
Laser Conversations are a tool for administrators to conduct informal, focused check-ins with staff throughout the day. These are brief but intentional conversations centered around a specific topic, strategy, or area of practice. The goal is to support teacher growth by providing timely feedback, asking reflective questions, and f...
Growing Intentionally via Systemic Thinking
by Dr. Frank Davila
This is an insightful perspective! Growth, whether personal or professional, often requires a deliberate and intentional approach. Dr. Frank Davila's emphasis on systemic thinking highlights the importance of preparation and understanding the interconnectedness of actions and decisions in leadership and teaching.
For more information about the the topics di...
Restorative practices are a teaching and learning approach that focuses on building relationships and repairing harm in schools:
- Building relationships: Restorative practices help students and staff build relationships and create a safe learning environment.
- Repairing harm: When harm is caused, restorative practices help students understand how their actions impact others and work to repair the harm.
- Accountability: Restorative pr...
Welcome to our exciting new series focused on School Discipline and Classroom Management. In this four-part exploration, we aim to empower educators with effective strategies and insights from experienced professionals in the field. Each session will feature guest speakers who have successfully navigated the challenges of discipline and management, offering proven methods that can be adapted to various educational environments.
Turnaround 4C Plan Tools:
Three Tier Teacher Evaluations, SR3 method of evaluating teachers, 5 x 5 Parent Contract
The Tier Teacher Evaluations, SR3 Method of Evaluating Teachers, and the 5 x 5 Parent Contract, integral components of the 4C Turnaround Plan, are key strategies designed to support new teachers in enhancing student learning and building leadership capacity across all stakeholders: students, teachers, administrators...
The Discipline Matrix is a progressive disciplinary model to be used by staff that brings consistency to student consequences for minor behavior infractions. Teachers are empowered to address student behavior issues before it moves to administration. It identifies inappropriate student behaviors and provides consequences for their actions but also allows fairness in providing students opportunities to make informed decisions.
Wh...
The Turnaround 4C Plan is your educational map for the school year to improve student success. This starts with developing a strong culture where all groups, students, teachers, and parents, feel safe and comfortable in their school, where they feel that they matter.
Your game plan goals are to build a positive climate, create a unified working environment, have a viable curriculum that will improve test scores and increase a school...
The last piece of the Turnaround 4C Plan is Connections. Bryan and Mark discuss how Connections is the interwoven piece that makes the other three components; Climate, Culture, Curriculum successful and sustainable part of the process. In addition, they share how relationships between teachers, students, administration and community build connections and how each group buy-in contributes to the success of improving a school.
For mo...
Bryan Wright and Mark McBeth discuss part three of the Turnaround 4CPlan.
Once Climate and Culture is implemented with fidelity, schools are ready for true academic change that is sustainable. This usually occurs in year three.
For more information about the the topics discussed, contact us at
Bryan Wright: brwright44@gmail.com
Mark McBeth: mark@educationalrelevance.org
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Welcome to Educational Relevance, a platform for experienced educators to share proven successful strategies to educate today’s students.
Bryan Wright, who has over 25 years experience as a lead school administrator, along with Mark McBeth, who also has experience as a school administrator, will continue sharing the Turnaround 4C Plan to improve any school. The 4Cs stands for Climate, Culture, Curriculum, and Connections.
Clim...
Part Two of the Turnaround 4C Plan
Bryan Wright and Mark McBeth discuss tools used to build a positive school climate in order for students to feel safe in their school which will increase student learning. Tools such as norms vs. rules, and being visible in the community.
For more information about the the topics discussed, contact us at
Bryan Wright: brwright44@gmail.com
Mark McBeth: mark@educationalrelevan...
With the new school year fast approaching, learn about the Turnaround 4C Plan. A proven method used over the past twenty years to improve school test scores, increase attendance, lower disciplinary rates, and for high schools, increase graduation rates.
Topics discussed:
- Each component of the Turnaround 4C Plan
- Why improvement starts with your school’s climate (not school curriculum)
- Developing your code as the educational le...
Dr. Jerry Valentine, who is a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri, brings over 50 years of experience to the educational field. His strategies have been utilized in over 35 states currently in several international countries.
Dr. Valentine will share information on higher order thinking in order to positively impact academic success.
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Dr. Jerry Valentine, a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri. Jerry brings a half century of knowledge and experience and is sharing the instructional practice inventory which involves an opportunity to collect data and communicate with educators about what is happening inside the classrooms to engage students.
For more information on this process, contact Dr. Jerry Valentine at ValentineJ@missouri.edu
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Sue Alexander and Dr. Sarah Jerome share ideas on being a creative thinker in order to develop consensus and build a vision in your schools and school district. These educators have decades of successful school leadership experience to share.
For more information about the the topics discussed, contact us at
Bryan Wright: brwright44@gmail.com
Mark McBeth: mark@educationalrelevance.org
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Our guests, Sue Alexander and Dr. Sarah Jerome, share strategies, Isolate the Issue and Predict and Prevent, which efficiently and effectively address problems that arise for the school administrator. This episode will be helpful to new and experienced school administrators.
Sue Alexander served on administrative teams in three different public-school districts holding the positions of
- Superintendent
- High School Principal
- Assistan...
For more information about the the topics discussed, contact us at
Bryan Wright: brwright44@gmail.com
Mark McBeth: mark@educationalrelevance.org
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Thanks for listening. Until next time, keep leading with heart—and stay educationally relevant.
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