Episodes

As instructional leaders, we're positioned to have crucial conversations. This isn't a bad thing. It actually can be a really great thing! But having a crucial conversation with a single individual or a whole team- one that ...

Want to hear about the core essentials that lead teachers to success? Come join me for this episode with Gretchen Bridgers, author, speaker, and leadership coach! If you are interested in improving teacher retention and makin...

You've got questions, I've got answers! During this episode, I'll be answering YOUR questions about PLCs and Teams. I'll address questions like, "What does an ideal agenda look like for a PLC?" and, "How do you get PLCs start...

Do you ever find yourself or others asking, "What is our focus for PLCs this week?" When questions like this are asked, it's a sure sign that PLCs have lost their purpose! Join this episode to learn about strategies and tools...

In this episode, Eric Bransteter, expert educator and leader, will be sharing some of the learning he has gained from interviewing experts on his own podcast show, The Employee Experience in Education. He claims that educato...

Do you find that you have a wonderful vision and instructional goals that your school should be working toward but you can't make progress toward them because of student behaviors? No one should have to spend all of their tim...

In this episode, I'm joined by Steve Ventura, founder/ owner of Advanced Collaborative Solutions and author of Achievement Teams: How a Better Approach to PLCs Can Improve Student Outcomes and Teacher Efficacy . Steve will be...

Principals, are you ready to multiply your impact and strengthen tier 1 instruction? Introducing your greatest secret weapon: the instructional coach! Your instructional coach has the potential to drastically move the needle ...

What if you could shift PLCs to become TEACHER-LED instead of being the one who carries the meetings? We all know that this is how it should be- that PLCs were always meant to be led by the professionals in the classroom on a...

In this episode, we're spilling the beans on how principals can utilize instructional coaches to make their school everything they want it to be! Join us as we dive into practical tips, inspiring stories, and real-world strat...

In this episode, we open the door to a world where instructional coaches and principals are not just colleagues but collaborators on on a journey! Join us as we jump into the heart of how coaches and principals align their go...

"I Connected Today: Team Engagement Cards": Get ready for some fantastic team-building tips and discover how these engagement cards, created by Talesha Savage, can foster stronger connections within your group. She will be sh...

In this episode with Naomi Hall, the Recovering Educator, we are thinking about how to support teams that experience stress! Here are the questions we're diving into: What are factors that cause stress in teams? How does stre...

Sometimes you might think you want a do-over, but do you really want to experience deja vu as an instructional leader? Do you REALLY want to be part of a Groundhog Day movie?? Heck no! We want to see our people thrive and se...

Whether you have found yourself saying or thinking THIS: "I don’t even know where to begin to make this better...," or THIS: "There are too many problems- I don’t even know where to start...," or THIS: "It is too hard to get ...

I know your goal is to align curriculum and instruction so that unintentional learning gaps are decreased and teacher capacity increases (along with student learning). But isn't that always easier said than done? A lot of the...

As an idea girl, I LOVE when people ask for ideas! But I can only help them and share valuable ideas if I have a more detailed picture of what it is they are seeking. For example, asking me for ideas for your son's birthday p...

Karle Delo ​, a passionate and SUPER tech savvy educator, provides the most awesome tech tips on her social media platforms. She shares about everything from Google Docs, to Canva, to ChatGPT! I am always intrigued and excite...

As we begin to think about the year ahead, you are very likely considering how to support PLCs so they are effective and valuable instead of lame and something to check off a to-do list. I LOVED this Change Catalyst Conversat...

In this Change Catalyst Conversation, I'm going to share about a Root-Cause analysis strategy known as the 10-5-5 protocol! This protocol will help you take a problem statement and drill down to determine a root cause that yo...

Being the "newbie" on the team or the "newbie" to the school as an instructional leader can be exciting, daunting, invigorating, terrifying- ALL the things! Because we can be eager and anxious to get started, it can be a litt...

If you’re planning a summer PD for teams or thinking about how to spend time at the beginning of the year having teachers investigate standards, this will be super helpful! Sarah Henry, coauthor if Arrows: A Systems-Based Ap...

Instructional Leaders!!! This is an episode you don't want to miss! Here's the question we're conversing around: Is lesson design a lost art? If so, why? What should lesson design truly entail? And how does lesson design ...

Last month one of my podcast episodes was all about Why Tier 1 Instruction is Collapsing . I reviewed response data from a variety of stakeholders about this concept and the evidence was clear- everyone knows that Tier 1 inst...