The Ed Essentials Podcast
Whether you are a teacher or administrator, our jobs are complex, difficult, and take lots of time to master. That is why Hunter Flesch created The Ed Essentials Podcast. This show is designed to give you STRATEGIES THAT WORK so you can have a greater impact on the community you serve. Hunter not only shares his own experiences as a teacher, but he brings expert guests from around the education world to share their stories and expertise with you. For more information and resources, visit https://linktr.ee/edessentials Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edessentials/support
Recent Episodes
July 17, 2023
72. *SUMMER SERIES* Foundations for Building Student Relationships (Jacob Santos)
Jacob Santos is a middle school teacher and multi-sport coach located in Des Moines, Iowa.
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June 26, 2023
71. *SUMMER SERIES* Cracking the Coaching Code (PJ Caposey & Bryan Wills)
PJ Caposey is the Illinois Superintendent of the Year and is a best-selling author having written nine books for various publishers. His work and commentary has been featured on sites such as TED, The Washington Post, NPR, C…
June 19, 2023
70. *SUMMER SERIES* Pairing Relationships and Practices for Powerful Literacy Results (Eva Mireles)
Eva Mireles is a K-12 Reading specialist, K-5 Reading Coach, Staff Developer and TPT Creator who help teachers find a realistic approach to teaching reading so that they can ditch overwhelm and focus on creating meaningful a…
June 12, 2023
69. *SUMMER SERIES* Burning IN to Education by Tackling BurnOUT (Amber Harper)
Amber Harper is a classroom teacher, speaker, and teacher burnout coach located in Indiana. Connect with Amber: Instagram: @burnedinteacher Twitter: @burnedinteacher TikTok: @burnedinteacher Facebook: @burnedinteacher Websit…
March 27, 2023
68. How to Succeed as an Instructional Coach (Nicole Benson)
Nicole Benson is a full-time high school instructional coach. In this episode, Nicole provides us with mindsets, strategies, and tips to succeed as a current or aspiring instructional coach. . Connect with Nicole: nicole.ben…
Jan. 30, 2023
67. Transformational School Leadership (Dr. Anthony Muhammad)
Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is a much sought-after educational speaker and presenter. A practitioner for nearly 20 years, he has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, and principal, and also as a high school pri…
Dec. 19, 2022
66. How to Have Hard Conversations (Jennifer Abrams)
Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators and others on new teacher/e…
Sept. 12, 2022
65. How to Use EdTech for Student Success (Alfonso Mendoza)
We live in time where we have the most technology available to us than ever before. So how do we use it? It goes BEYOND just the tools. It requires a systems level understanding and having the right mindset in order to keep …
Aug. 29, 2022
64. How to Lead Effectively as a First Year Principal (Matt Lakis)
Ever wonder what it would be like if you took charge of your school building, what would that be like? How would you know you're making the right decisions? What would your leadership style look like? And would your organiza…
Aug. 22, 2022
63. Kicking off the 2022-23 School Year!
The 2022-2023 school year is HERE, and I have a few words of wisdom as we dive headfirst into this upcoming year. . Check out The Ed Essentials Group Chat, a FREE Facebook Group full of supportive educators! https://www.face…
Aug. 8, 2022
62. 5 Ed Leadership Insights (Tristan Bernhard)
Looking for leadership advice that will help you have a greater impact this upcoming school year? Harvard graduate and current High School Social Studies teacher, Tristan Bernhard, and I reflect on 5 ed leadership insights f…
July 25, 2022
61. Transforming School Culture (Heather Buckley)
What would a school be capable of if they could truly have a culture where everyone LOVES coming to work each day? Is the culture in your building lacking a certain spark and sense of community? Ever wonder how to effectivel…
July 18, 2022
60. Coaching for School Leaders (Erinn Cottman)
Ever been a part of a leadership team or committee that goes nowhere? Does your school continue to beat around the bush and not address root problems? Let me tell you that you are not alone. So many schools go through these …
June 27, 2022
59. Systems Leadership (Dr. Doug Stilwell)
Dr. Doug Stilwell is a professor of Educational Leadership at Drake University where he specifically focuses on the use of systems thinking as a tool for continuous school improvement. Additionally, he was an award-winning s…
June 20, 2022
58. The Best Questions for Reflective Educators
This is episode 58 of The Ed Essentials Podcast, and today I have a quick episode where I am going to tackle something you might not think of when you consider skills and topics in education today. I am talking about the que…
June 13, 2022
THROWBACK: Improving our Impact (Dr. John Hattie)
Dr. John Hattie is a world-renowned researcher and author of Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-analyses Relating to Achievement. . Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to The Ed Essentials Podcast . John Hattie's …
April 10, 2022
56. Unlocking Unlimited Potential (Dr. Brandon Beck)
Dr. Brandon Beck is a Nationally Board Certified teacher with over 18 years of experience and is the author of Unlocking Unlimited Potential . Connect with us: Dr. Brandon Beck: https://brandonbeckedu.com/ Hunter Flesch: htt…
Feb. 20, 2022
55. Systems Thinking in Education
David Langford is the founder and CEO of Langford International, Inc. He is an international consultant, author and educator whose focus is to create sustained systemic improvement in student learning, school leadership and …
Feb. 13, 2022
54. Transforming Our Schools (Dr. Maisha Otway)
Dr. Maisha Otway is a turnaround principal in Georgia. We discuss handling principal responsibilities, turnaround leadership, building school partnerships, and her experience bringing rapper 2Chainz to her school through the…
Feb. 6, 2022
53. Principal Leadership (Adam Welcome)
Adam Welcome is a keynote speaker, author of Kids Deserve It , and is also a former teacher, principal, and director of innovation and technology. . Connect with us: Adam Welcome | https://www.mradamwelcome.com/ Hunter Flesc…
Dec. 25, 2021
52. Holiday Special - The BEST Reasons to Go into Education (Tristan Bernhard)
One of the most amazing qualities of teachers is that we go 100 mph in order to meet the needs of our students. Because we are working so hard through incredibly difficult situations and circumstances, we often end up feeli…
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