NAESP Radio- The National Association of Elementary School Principals

Our guest is widely respected across the education community for his work in turning around school culture and outcomes. He tells us that the process begins with one word. Can school performance truly pivot on three syllables?
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Award-winning educator Baruti Kafele is a leading keynote speaker and best-selling author. His books include Is My School Better a Better School BECAUSE I Lead It?, The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence, and The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence.

Discover why physical activity should be a priority for schools principals, teachers, parents and students. Our guests explain why active schools are smarter schools and how to introduce more activity into your programs. @ActiveSchoolsUS @efranksnaesp @NAESP @bamradionetwork
Charlene Burgeson is Executive Director of Active Schools, a national movement to make 60 minutes of before, during and after school physical activity the norm in our nation’s K-12 schools. Active Schools is a collective impact initiative driven by over 90 health, education and private sector partner organizations and 38,000 individuals (“champions”) affiliated with more than 23,000 schools that serve over 13 million students. Burgeson is a national leader for the promotion of children’s health and well-being through physical activity.

Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, welcome to the brave new world of education. Join us as we talk about the critical mindset and skills we need to adapt.
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Raymond J. McNulty is the President of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC), and the Successful Practices Network SPN). He is also a Senior Fellow to the International Center for Leadership in Education. Prior to that, Ray was Dean for the School of Education at Southern New Hampshire University which Fast Company magazine named the 12th most innovative organization in the world in its World's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world. Ray has served as Chair of the National Dropout Prevention Network and was the Chief Learning Officer for Penn Foster a global leader in online education. Ray also was a senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Good timing is essential and our guest tells us that school leaders can apply scientific principles to make better, smarter, more effective decisions.
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Daniel H. Pink is the author of six provocative books — including his newest, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, which has spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list. His other books include the long-running New York Times bestseller A Whole New Mind and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human.

Our culture tends to celebrate extroverts while often labeling introverts as shy, insecure or lacking the qualities of a successful student, effective teacher or good leader. Our guest aims to disabuse us of these ideas and offers compelling insights about, being, leading and teaching introverts. Follow: @susancain @NAESP @bamradionetwork Susan Cain is the co-founder of Quiet Revolution and the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller QUIET: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which is being translated into over thirty-five languages. Cain’s book was the subject of a TIME Magazine cover story, and her writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal. Her TED talk was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks.