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Get the book Unchartered: How One High School Transformed First-Generation College Success
Read Erika's Substack, Ask An Educator
About The GuestErika Kitzmiller, PhD is a research associate professor at the Crown School of Social Policy, Practice, and Work and the Kersten Institute for Urban Education at the University of Chicago, where she studies historical and contemporary policies and practices that contribute to inequality a...
David M. Corvi is a Leadership Coach at Lynch Leadership Academy at Boston College, author, and school leadership practitioner. With over two decades of experience across urban public schools, charter networks, and nonprofit educational organizations, Corvi has dedicated his career to improving instruc...
Get the book, Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students
About The GuestsErika Bare is superintendent of South Umpqua School District in Oregon, and has more than 20 years in the profession as a teacher, principal and district leader.
Tiffany Burns has served as a principal, instructional coach, and teacher in her more than 20 years in K-12 education, and is currently teaching pre-service teachers at the...
Learn more about the Collaborative Behaviors Conference
Visit Continua Consulting's website
About the Guests: Courtney and Chris DaikosChris and Courtney Daikos are the co-founders of Continua Consulting Group, where they provide MTSS implementation support to schools and districts including collaborative behaviors and strategies for leadership. Chris, a veteran of the US Army Rangers, is an experienced educational & psycholo...
Get the book The Art and Science of Teacher Coaching
Visit Nancy and Doug's website, FisherandFrey.com
About the GuestNancy Frey, PhD is a professor in educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is the author of dozens of books, including The Courage to Learn, The Art and Science of Coaching, How Scaffolding Works, and The Illustrated Guide to Visible L...
Get the book The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Student at a Time
About This Week's GuestMuriel Summers is an award-winning principal who twice guided her school, A.B. Combs Elementary in Raleigh, North Carolina, to being named the top magnet school of America and the original leadership school featured in FranklinCovey’s Leader in Me.
She has been recognized as teacher of...
Get the book, After the Donut: An Introduction to School-Based Father Engagement
About The GuestKeith Schumacher is the Founder and Executive Director of the National Alliance for Father Friendly Schools and the creator of School-Based Father Engagement (SBFE), a practical framework designed to help schools build meaningful, year-round connections with fathers and father figures.
With over 18 years of experi...
Get the book, A School Leader’s Playbook for Tough Conversations
Visit Erika & Tiffany's website, ConnectingThroughConversation.com
About The GuestsErika Bare is superintendent of South Umpqua School District in Oregon, and has more than 20 years in the profession as a teacher, principal and district leader.
Tiffany Burns has served as a principal, instructional coach, and teacher in her more than 20 years in K-12 educa...
Visit Katrina's website, www.HuelsAppliedHarmony.com
About The GuestKatrina is an educational consultant with more than twenty years of experience in the field, including work as a classroom teacher, special education supervisor, assistant director, and executive director. Her background in psyc...
Get the book, Digital Captives: Helping Schools Strike A Balance Between Humans And Hardware
Visit the Schools Next website, www.schoolsnext.org
About The GuestsDr. Frank Rodriguez is entering his 32nd year working in and with schools, primarily in Southern California. He entered education in 1993 through a two year commitment to teach in a bilingual 5th grade classroom in Long ...
Get the book, Productive Struggle in the 6-12 Classroom
Get the book, Productive Struggle in the K-5 Classroom
Visit Barbara's website, www.barbarablackburnonline.com
About The GuestBarbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than 40 books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students...
Visit Priten's website, www.priten.org
About The GuestPriten Soundar-Shah is an educator, philosopher, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of humanistic values and frontier technology. He is the CEO of PedagogyVentures and leads three nonprofits: PedagogyFutures (Executive Director), Academy 4 So...
Get the book, The Four Cornerstones of Effective Schools: How to Build Lasting Success on Amazon
Visit Darin's website, www.DrDarinThompson.com
Follow Darin on Youtube @drdarinthompson
Follow Darin on Instagram @drdarinthompson
About The GuestDarin A. Thompson, PhD, is a veteran K-12 leader wit...
Get the book, In Support of Student Data: A Data Workbook for MTSS Teams
Visit the Commonwealth Consulting Agency website, www.cca-pr.com
Follow Kristan on X @dr_rodriguez21
Connect with Kristan on LinkedIn
About The AuthorKristan Rodriguez, Ph.D., is an award-winning educational leader and former superintendent and principal. She is the creator of the MTSS² Framework™ that replaces fragmented referral practices with proact...
Get the book, Becoming The Delegating School Boss
Visit Naphtali's Website, www.ImpactfulCoaching.com
About The GuestDr. Naphtali Hoff is a former educator and school leader who serves as an executive and performance coach and trainer, and he's the author of three books Becoming the New Boss a leadership Book that helps new leaders hit the ground running and enjoys sustained success, Becoming The Pro...
Get the book, A Level Playing Field: Strategies to Ensure Public Schools' Success
Visit the Caissa K12 Website, www.CaissaK12.com
About The AuthorBrian J Stephens is the Founder and CEO of Caissa K–12, a strategy firm serving public school districts nationwide. He has presented at national conferences and organizations, including the AASA, The School Superintendents Association, the National School Boards Association,...
Watch Lauren on The Teaching Show
Substack: Lauren Brown on Education
Lauren Brown’s articles on MiddleWeb
About The GuestLauren Brown spent about 20 years teaching US history in middle and high schools and another eight years working at the university level with future social studies teachers. She now works as a consultant and writer on MiddleWeb and her own Substack.
She writes about education with a...
Visit Steve's Website, www.SteveReifman.com
About The AuthorSteve Reifman has been an elementary school teacher for the past 31 years, and during that time he's earned National Board certification, traveled to Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholar, and completed two master's degrees.
He has experience working wit...
Get the book, Morph Mastery: A Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary
About The Author Louise Selby is a dyslexia specialist trainer, consultant, author, assessor and teacher. She has 25 years’ experience of working with SEND within Hertfordshire local authority in teaching, special needs coordinator and advisory roles. She now work...Get the book, The Daily SEL Leader
Get the book, A Blueprint for Teacher Retention: Leading Schools that Teachers Don't Want to Leave
Visit the Brass Tacks Innovations website, www.brasstacksinnovations.com
View the Teacher Retention Model PDF
About The AuthorsJames Bailey’s career has encompassed teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, school turnaround leader, consultant and superintendent roles spanning Texas...
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