Episodes

THE CELEBRATE YOUR STORY EVENT! In this BONUS episode, Aaron Hogan and Belinda Richardson-George provide amazing insight on the Celebrate Your Story Event, leadership experiences, and how to improve your leadership skills. Tw...

How do we get our students to be actively engaged and teach in a way that inspires both children and adults? This week’s guest, Kevin Butler, shares the secret on how to balance between being a teacher and an instructional le...

THE CELEBRATE YOUR STORY EVENT! In this BONUS episode, Hal Bowman and Tyson Jones provide amazing insight on the Celebrate Your Story Event, leadership experiences, and how to improve your leadership skills. Tweet This Featur...

What if someone came to you and offered you a job that was different than what you had planned for your leadership journey? This week’s guest, Jorge Valenzuela, shares how one job offer changed the trajectory of his leadershi...

CELEBRATE YOUR STORY EVENT! In this BONUS episode, Todd Nesloney and I discuss the Celebrate Your Story Event, the topics covered at the conference and future Aspire Podcast bonus episodes. Tweet This Featuring Todd Nesloney ...

When you are presented with fear and self doubt, how do we overcome these challenges to be an effective leader? This week’s guest, Sarah Johnson, shares how she fought through isolation and provides a practical framework to b...

In our role as a leader is working hard the most important trait to be successful? This week’s guest, Dan Kreiness, shares how he went through a tough experience as an administrator to learn his greatest lesson, which went mu...

This week’s guest, CJ Reynolds, shares how he uses unorthodox relationship building strategies and his YouTube channel to impact his students, community and educators around the world. #AspireLead In this Episode, we discuss:...

THE TEACH BETTER ANNOUNCEMENT! In this BONUS episode, Jeff Gargas and I discuss the Teach Better Speaking Network, future Teach Better projects, the upcoming conference and the Aspire Podcast. You can find this video intervie...

For anyone who has heard me present or speak as a guest on another podcast, you have heard that I’m extremely passionate about trauma informed and restorative practices. My wife and I have been foster parents for over 6 years...

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE! This is the last installment of the teach better conference Bonus episodes! I hope you have enjoyed these quick episodes filled with various educational leaders. In this episode, my gue...

When you hear the term Librarian, do you think of a person who strictly works with books or of someone who is leading the charge for innovation? This week’s guest, Alicia Ray, shares how she broke the mold of the traditional ...

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE! This is the fifth installment of the teach better conference Bonus episodes! In this episode, my guests are the talented Kevin Butler, Suzanne Dailey and Nick Sutton as we discuss work ...

Have you ever identified and solved a problem, only to find your solution grow into something you did not expect? This week’s guest, Sarah Thomas, explains how she found a growing need to connect other educators on social med...

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE! Welcome to the fourth installment of the teach better conference Bonus episodes! In this episode, my guests are Don Epps, Michael Earnshaw, Becky Schnekser, and Phil Strunk as we discus...

Does our educational system represent the world we live in? This week’s guest, Tiffany Ott , explains how she has transformed her classroom to prepare her students using mastery Learning, self paced curriculum, and standards ...

ON SITE AT THE TEACH BETTER CONFERENCE! Tweet This Bonus Episode: Featuring Jake Miller, Janelle McLaughlin, Hans Appel and Crystal Parker Jake Miller : Technology Coach Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeMillerTech Website: ht...

How often do you go to a professional development session or conference and, although you may be inspired, you don’t act on the message? This week’s guest, Tara Martin , and I provide ways to increase the professional develop...

On Site at The Teach Better Conference! Tweet This Featuring Tara Martin, Rae Hughart and CJ Reynolds Follow Tara Martin Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaraMartinEDU Website: http://www.tarammartin.com/ Follow Rae Hughart Twitt...

On Site at The Teach Better Conference! Tweet This Featuring Dave and Shelly Burgess Follow Dave Burgess: Twitter: https://twitter.com/burgessdave Website: https://daveburgess.com/ Follow Shelley Burgess: Twitter: https://twi...

When we walk into a classroom, how do we, as leaders, change the perception so we are viewed as coaches instead of an evaluator? My guest today has constructed a road map to help instructional leaders build trust with their s...

Have you, as a leader, continuously focused on your weaknesses instead of your strengths? My guest today found hardship early in his career, but instead of focusing on his struggles, he built a system that changed his career....

Often, I hear about educators who feel isolated in their leadership role. Where do we go to get connected with other leaders and increase our knowledge to be the best educator possible? My guests today are part of an amazing ...

Have you ever been frustrated with the lack of time you have to focus on leadership? My guest today, has used his 20 years of administrative experience to create a wonderful resource for leaders. I’m excited to once again hav...