The Edify Network: Insights for Every Education Stakeholder

The Edify Network: Insights for Every Education Stakeholder

The Edify Network is the unified audio platform dedicated to illuminating the world of education for everyone who cares about its future—from the classroom and the staff room to the boardroom and the living room.We connect you with leading voices in teaching, school leadership, policy, and parenting across a digital constellation of practical, powerful podcasts, including CTRL Shift Lead, Vice Principal UnOfficed, and Your Morning Boost.Stop wondering what's happening in schools. Tune into The Edify Network to get: Teacher Perspectives: Hear the strategies, challenges, and triumphs happening daily in classrooms. Leadership Clarity: Understand the decisions driving school and district transformation. Parent/Advocate Insights: Get practical tools and knowledge to support students at home and engage effectively in your community. Whether you are a teacher seeking new strategies, a parent navigating the system, or a leader shaping policy, The Edify Network is Where the Whole Education Community Listens and Learns. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-edify-network-insights-for-every-education-stakeholder--6630377/support.

Episodes

Your Morning Boost - The Leader's Holiday Playbook: Intellectually Disconnect, Recharge, and Celebrate Your Wins

December 19, 2025 • 5 mins
You've navigated the intensity of the fall semester, and you deserve every moment of rest that is coming your way. This final episode of the season is dedicated entirely to you, the school leader, focusing on essential strategies for how to intellectually disconnect, recharge, and celebrate your incredible accomplishments. Resilience is a resource that must be renewed, and you cannot pour from an empty cup.We provide a crucial thre...
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Your Morning Boost - Throwing a Lifeline: Proactive Communication and Support for Parents Before the Break

December 18, 2025 • 4 mins
As schools approach the final days before the holiday break, the focus is often on students and teachers. However, parents—especially those who rely heavily on the school for support services and routine—can feel immense pressure, anxiety, and stress right before a long pause.In this episode of Your Morning Boost, we shine a light on this crucial community member and focus on how school leaders can throw a lifeline to parents who n...
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Your Morning Boost - Beyond Trinkets: Deeply Meaningful, Non-Material Staff Appreciation

December 17, 2025 • 5 mins
The end of the semester often brings with it the pressure of staff appreciation—an admirable sentiment that can unfortunately lead to forced spending, clutter, and even socioeconomic discomfort associated with office gift exchanges. True appreciation should be genuine, inclusive, and focused on what educators truly value. In this episode of Your Morning Boost, we tackle the tricky but important topic of staff appreciation by explor...
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Your Morning Boost - Beyond Burnout: Strategic Energy Management for Teachers Before Holiday Break

December 16, 2025 • 4 mins
The final stretch before winter break is mission-critical for school leadership. Teachers have been running a marathon, and the goal is to ensure they cross the finish line energized, motivated, and not burnt out.In this episode of Your Morning Boost, we focus on actionable, high-impact strategies for keeping your incredible faculty engaged, motivated, and happy right up to the very last bell, guaranteeing a smooth and professional...
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Your Morning Boost - The Anchor Role: Proactive Support for Vulnerable Students Before Holiday Break

December 15, 2025 • 4 mins
As the excitement builds for the holiday break, the energy in school buildings is often high. However, for some students, this extended time away from the routine safety, structure, and nourishment of school can bring profound anxiety, not joy, due to instability at home.In this crucial episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive into essential strategies for school leaders and educators to proactively identify and support their most vu...
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Your Morning Boost - Title IX Prevention: Moving Beyond Compliance to Culture and Climate

December 11, 2025 • 5 mins
Ready to shift your focus from reaction and remedy to the ultimate goal: prevention? Title IX excellence is defined not by how you handle complaints, but by actively fostering a school climate that eliminates sex discrimination from the outset. We challenge leaders to move beyond basic policy and implement genuine, proactive strategies. Discover the power of anonymous school climate surveys to identify "hot spots" and target interv...
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Your Morning Boost - Navigating the Intersection of Title IX and IDEA: Compliance and Student Rights

December 11, 2025 • 5 mins
How do you maintain Title IX compliance while fully upholding the rights of students protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)? This episode tackles the crucial, complex intersection of these two legal frameworks. School leaders must prioritize conducting a Manifestation Determination Meeting (MDM) before imposing disciplinary sanctions on any student with a disability to ensure the preservation of thei...
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Your Morning Boost - The Title IX Decision-Maker: Due Process and the Preponderance of the Evidence

December 10, 2025 • 5 mins
Today, we tackle the most high-stakes administrative role in the Title IX process: the Decision-Maker. This role requires unwavering objectivity and a deep understanding of due process to ensure fairness for all. We unpack the critical K-12 standard of evidence—the preponderance of the evidence (more likely than not, or $>50\%$ likelihood)—and how your team must be trained to apply it objectively. We provide three procedural saf...
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Your Morning Boost - Title IX Supportive Measures: Your Non-Punitive Toolkit for Immediate Student Safety

December 9, 2025 • 5 mins
Are you clear on the difference between supportive measures and disciplinary action in Title IX cases? Today, we focus on the most immediate and powerful tool in your administrative toolkit: supportive measures. These are individualized, non-punitive services designed to restore or preserve equal access to education for all parties, often serving as the crucial first intervention. Learn the high-impact strategies you can implement ...
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Your Morning Boost - Stop Fearing Title IX: Building Your Proactive Administrative Foundation

December 8, 2025 • 5 mins
Are you an administrative leader who feels daunted by Title IX compliance? This episode flips the script, reframing this challenging area not as a source of liability, but as a crucial opportunity to build the strongest, most equitable administrative foundation possible. Tune in for the core mandate and discover the essential first steps for administrative readiness. We dive into the critical need for specialized, role-specific tra...
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Your Morning Boost - 🤝 The Magic is in the Simple Acts: Transforming School Culture with Intentional Greetings 👋

December 5, 2025 • 5 mins
The most powerful tool for improving school climate might be the simplest one: the intentional greeting. In this highly practical episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive into the transformative power of using a student’s name, making eye contact, and offering genuine acknowledgment. Drawing on key insights from Erin King's work, we explain how this consistent act of connection significantly impacts emotional regulation and fosters a...
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Your Morning Boost - 🚀 The Academic Accelerant: How SEL Directly Drives Measurable Student Achievement 🎯

December 4, 2025 • 4 mins
Is Social Emotional Learning (SEL) just a "nice-to-have"? Absolutely not! In this data-driven episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive into new evidence confirming SEL is a must-have academic strategy that yields significant, measurable gains. We discuss key takeaways from EdSurge, which show a strong positive correlation between effective SEL integration and improved test scores, better attendance, and reduced disciplinary incidents...
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Your Morning Boost - 🧠 It's Not Talent, It's Mindset: Unlocking the Learnable Traits of High Achievers 🚀

December 3, 2025 • 5 mins
Stop believing success is solely about raw talent or inherited IQ. In this empowering episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive into the science of achievement, focusing on two learnable traits that truly differentiate high performers: grit and curiosity. School leaders, this is your blueprint for transforming potential into performance! We explore how to cultivate these traits across your entire school culture, emphasizing the need t...
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Your Morning Boost - 🚨 Crisis in the Classroom: How to Be the Stability Our Homeless Students Need 🏠

December 2, 2025 • 5 mins
The rise in K-12 student homelessness is alarming, and school leaders cannot afford to wait. In this urgent episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive into the necessity of implementing strategic measures to support our most vulnerable learners. Your school can be the primary source of stability and equity they desperately need. We explain the critical components of the McKinney-Vento Act and why every staff member must be trained to i...
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Control+Shift+Lead - From Survival to Celebration: Energizing Your Staff in December ❄️

December 1, 2025 • 45 mins
Are you just counting down the days until winter break, or are you actively building energy to carry your staff through it?In this episode of Control Shift Lead, we are joined by Jim Dutrow, Principal of Lake Ridge Middle School in Prince William County. Together, we explore how to shift the December mindset from "survival mode" to "thriving mode." We discuss the power of being mentally present at student performances, how to turn ...
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Your Morning Boost - 🤯 Your Contract is Your Blueprint for Sustainable Leadership! 💼

December 1, 2025 • 4 mins
Stop viewing your employment contract as just legal jargon. In this essential episode of Your Morning Boost, we dive deep into how strategically understanding and leveraging your contractual benefits—from time-off provisions to professional development and liability protection—is the most powerful tool for boosting leader retention and avoiding burnout. We discuss key takeaways from the AASA Superintendent's Salary and Benefits Stu...
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Your Morning Boost - 🎧 The Single Most Powerful Tool for School Leadership: Strategic Gratitude

November 26, 2025 • 6 mins
As we head into a much-deserved break, we're bringing you a special bonus listen! We pause our usual actionable advice for a moment of deep reflection on why the simple act of gratitude is the single most powerful, yet often overlooked, tool for strengthening your team and restoring your own energy. This episode is a vital conversation about viewing appreciation not just as a kindness, but as a strategic daily practice. Learn the d...
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Your Morning Boost - Budget Crisis? Three Smart Ways to Cut School Spending Without Harming Students

November 25, 2025 • 8 mins
The reality of tighter budgets and impending cuts is top of mind for educators everywhere. 📉 This episode tackles the crucial puzzle: How do we maintain excellence and avoid increasing teacher workload when facing financial constraints? We explore three actionable strategies focused on operational efficiency that should be prioritized before touching the classroom. Learn why advocating for utility and energy audits (like switching...
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Your Morning Boost - Stop the Conflict! Collaborative Strategies for Difficult Parent Meetings

November 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Starting your week with a tough question from the mailbag: How do you handle parent meetings that feel consistently defensive or hostile? 🥊 We dive into actionable strategies to shift the dynamic from adversarial to collaborative, ensuring student success remains the shared goal. The key is leading with empathy and finding the source of the parent's frustration, which often isn't personal. Learn how to immediately disarm tension b...
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Your Morning Boost - The One Piece of Evidence Every AP Needs in Their Principal Portfolio

November 21, 2025 • 9 mins
It's the final episode of our American Education Week series! Join us as we wrap up our five-question conversation with Dr. Lisa Hill, host of Vice Principal Unofficed and leader at Valley Southwoods. Dr. Hill answers the crucial question for every aspiring leader: If you could gather one piece of evidence right now for your future principal interview portfolio, what should it be? Discover how to select an initiative—like PBIS, PLC...
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