Lead with HOPE Episode 5 with Dr. Tron Young

Welcome to the Lead with HOPE Podcast. I’m Brandi Kelly, a superintendent on a mission to lead with hope and to help my fellow educators do the same!! The Lead with HOPE podcast is a bi weekly podcast that will inspire and empower you to Lead with HOPE! Check out my website at leadwithhope.net

Dr. Tron Young has almost two decades of combined experience as a middle school teacher, elementary principal, and middle school principal.  He is the building principal at Joseph Arthur Middle School in the Central 104 School District in O'Fallon, IL.  He is the 2020 Illinois Middle School Principal of the Year and Illinois NASSP National Distinguished Principal of the Year.  He has also been awarded the Pacesetter Award through Kaskaskia College, the Illinois Education Association Bob Haisman “Teacher of the Year,” 100 Black Men United Educator of the Year, and the Regional Middle School Principal of the Year Awards. Recently, he was one of the 2023 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Leadership Finalists.

Dr. Young is the founder and organizer of the Illinois Grow Summit to grow, retain, and recruit more educational teachers and leaders of color. He is the founder and host of the Be The Thermostat Podcast. Dr. Young has served as an adjunct professional at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. He has been a featured speaker and presenter at local, state, and national conferences. He emphasizes the importance of goal setting, school culture, teacher professional development, staff motivation, and leadership coaching.  He has been a motivational speaker at middle and high schools, speaking on perseverance, making good choices, setting goals, and youth leadership development.  

Dr. Young believes you have to do the things that others do not think to do to get the results that others are not able to get. He wants to inspire you to be the thermostat and not the thermometer.

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