Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

If you want to truly hone your leadership craft in a way that has a tremendous impact, ask the right people for feedback. You can read all the books, follow all the people, and take all the conferences, but if you do not hear from the ones you lead about how they need and want to be led better, then you’ll never transform into the most impactful leader you can become. Tune in for 3 easy steps on how to reverse the chain of command and achieve new heights in your leadership.

Quotables

• When I paid attention to the reaction and the response of those I was leading, I started to collect what I call intel. I used that insight to adjust my approach and my strategy.
• The more that I reflect and pay attention, the better I get at adjusting in the moment.
• You might have to read between some of the word choices or exaggerations but I promise you there are nuggets of truth and helpful redirection if you look closely enough.
• I would apologize and rephrase what I said so that what I meant had a chance to make it to their ears and to their minds and to hearts.
• You want to know what happened, when does it often occur, and what do you wish had happened instead?
• The worst thing you can do is problem solve, and your next solution still is not helpful!
• I’ve got to know not only what is not working but more importantly, how it is that you want it to work.
• We want to repair our missteps so that we can be better faster.
• When you lead people, their feedback is personal and unique.
• This is a long game, it’s never over. Your feedback might change but your habit of responding to the feedback doesn’t.

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Lisa Johnson has 19+ years of edu experience ranging from teaching HS English & MS Math to international curriculum development, creating and presenting workshops, and even running technology integration camps across the state. She holds a Master’s Degree in Curriculum, Instruction, & Tech and currently serves as an Educational Technologist for a 1:1 iPad H.S. in Austin, Texas. Additionally, she has been recognized and selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator and PBS Digital Innovator. Lisa is passionate about college and career ready skills, instructional design, digital portfolios, research and curation, slide design, social emotional learning, and professional development for students. She is also the author of two books, Creatively Productive: Essential Skills for Tackling Time Wasters, Clearing the Clutter, and Succeeding in School—and Life! and Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students (Corwin Teaching Essentials).

Quotables

• You need that piece of self-care. Yes you need to be authentic but it is sometimes hard to be authentic when you are not really understanding who you are and what you value and where you want to go in education and what you want to do with the content and your students.
• I think you should be open to learn from anybody who inspires you.
• What I try and do is figure out what are my values, what are my goals, what do I want to learn? Because I don’t think you can stay current in everything, there is not really a way to do that.
• A lot of times kids just need to know how to be good human beings and to deal with all of these things in the current world that is just thrust upon them. Modeling how we handle situations is really important.

Stamp of Approval

• Creatively Productive: Essential Skills for Tackling Time Wasters, Clearing the Clutter, and Succeeding in School—and Life!
• Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
• Austin Kleon @austinkelon
• Colleen Hoover @colleenhoover
• Ryan Holiday @ryanholiday
• Michelle Rohr @michellerohr
• The Anxiety Healer @theanxietyhealer
• Monica Burns @classtechtips
• Kasey Bell @shakeuplearning
• Tony Vincent @learninginhand

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Kim Strobel is the owner of Strobel Education, education consultant, and motivational speaker.

She’s its driving force. Her wisdom, positivity, and strength inform every aspect—and it shows in the inspiring workshops she presents to teachers who seek to make a difference. She puts herself “in the trenches” with teachers because she was once there herself and knows how important support and encouragement are in creating a successful classroom.

A licensed ELA teacher for grades K-12, Kim has taught in classrooms at all grade levels during her almost 20 years as an education professional. She began her career teaching fourth grade, during which time she served on numerous committees devoted to improving the curriculum and culture of the schools. She next served as a K-12 Literacy Coordinator, helping to develop a school-wide plan to improve literacy achievement and implement new common core literacy standards. Kim found her next challenge as Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a school district, during which time she developed curriculum in all content areas, K-12; collaborated with teachers and administrators to identify instructional needs; and served as a liaison with state and local agencies.

Throughout her career, Kim has been recognized at the state and local level for her achievements and contributions to the education field. In 2010, she was awarded a grant from the Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship, which she used to study the practice of meditation and how to use it in the classroom. And most recently, she’s taken her vision of reimagining education to the national stage as a featured keynote speaker at the Innovative Schools Summit in Atlanta, and the School Discipline Conference in Las Vegas.

Kim has recently added the role of Happiness Coach to her lengthy resume. Her new business, Kim Strobel – Live Events and Retreats, guides individuals toward rediscovering their authentic selves and reclaiming their personal and professional joy. Kim sprinkles happiness tips and tricks into her education workshops, ensuring teachers reenter their classrooms with renewed purpose and passion.

Professionally, Kim’s a teacher, a consultant, a speaker, a happiness coach and an aspiring author. But her personal life is just as full. When she’s not firing up educators with her signature mix of excitement and experience, she’s a die-hard runner, an advocate for her community’s abandoned animals, and a family-oriented gal who loves spending time with her husband Scott, their four children, two grandkids, and three pups.

This episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers initiative.

Quotables

• Even though the teachers do not have the reciprocal pay that they deserve and they certainly don’t get the pats on the back or the accolades, day after day they show up and do what is best for kids because they absolutely have a love for helping students learn to succeed in life.
• Knowing how to have relationships with students, that is the X-factor.
• A positive brain is 31% more productive than a brain that is at negative, neutral, or stressed.
• We can boil water at 212 degrees so why would we try and boil it a 276? We are not really going to get much of an outcome.
• Every human being has the ability to increase their happiness levels by up to 40%

Stamp of Approval

• The How of Happiness
• Martin Seligman
• Shawn Achor
• Calm App
• Ananda App
• She Finds Joy on Facebook

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• This episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers initiative

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Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

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Missy is the Director of Innovation at a regional service agency in Wisconsin and the Educational Administration Program Coordinator at the University Wisconsin-Platteville. When engaging in conversations with Missy, her energy and enthusiasm for learning are contagious. She is a relentless advocate for school leaders and their learning needs as they maneuver their way through this time of massive change in education. Missy is the parent of three children.

You can also check out the first time Missy was a guest on the podcast here: Episode 20: Bonus Edition - Interview with Melissa Emler

Quotables

• I have stopped talking about the tools and started talking about the function. I always ask what they are trying to accomplish.
• We need to make sure that what we believe about learning connects to what’s happening in the world.
• So often, what we do in schools and what we do in classrooms may or may not match up to what we believe about learning.
• Do our kids find joy in our classrooms and what is the source of that joy?
• We never need to fix students. We need to create the spaces and the experiences that remove the barrier.
• Really hone in on what you want to learn and how that impacts the learners in your classroom.
• How are we celebrating all of our learners and how are we celebrating learning more than achievement?
• If we really want to learn and we really want to do the best work for our kids, it isn’t just roses, it is kind of a lot of thorns too. You have to find the balance.

Stamp of Approval

• The Center for Humane Technology
• Your Undivided Attention Podcast
• Modern Learners.community
• Cast.org

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• Twitter: @MelissaEmler
• Instagram: @melissa_emler

Sponsorship

• This episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers initiative

• Email: [email protected]
• Blog: Always A Lesson
• Facebook: Always A Lesson
• Twitter: @gschultek
• Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
• Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
• Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
• Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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• Grab a Spot on my Calendar here: https://square.site/book/FE6G600ZF0PPD/always-a-lesson

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2

Why?

This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future.

How?

• Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher.
• Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
• Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.”
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• Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)
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