Elevating The Student-Athlete Experience
05/24/23 • 31 min
Michael Lehan competed for six years in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns before getting tapped to become a dean of students and assistant principal for the Osseo Area Schools, and then principal of Osseo Senior High School, which he guided to its first ranking as one of “The Best High Schools” in the nation by US News and World Report. In February 2022, he was named IMG Academy’s head of school, where he oversees, organizes, and grows the world-renowned school’s academic programs while assisting with various aspects of its athletic program.
Show Highlights
- Stop stealing the identity of your student athletes with tips to transform from being an athlete and a scholar, to a scholar athlete.
- Reframing and reconditioning minds to avoid discrediting what is inherently brilliant in your students.
- Dive in and access untapped rigor and avoid limiting opportunities.
- Know the difference between windows and mirrors to avoid putting productive tension on yourself and others.
- Know what necessary static and unnecessary static is to reach meaningful outcomes for your learning community.
- Allow students to fail safely by building cognitive endurance to hone in on what is important.
- Check out IMG’s resources and training to build capacity and ownership and avoid empathy fatigue.
“As educators, we wanna put a reflection of our students inside the curriculum, and give them opportunities to expand beyond what their lived experience is. A global perspective is gold.”
-Michael Lehan
Get the episode transcript here!!
Michael’s Resources & Contact Info: Read my latest book!Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional developmentTM work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
Apply to the MastermindThe mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
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SHOW SPONSORS:HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC
Michael Lehan competed for six years in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns before getting tapped to become a dean of students and assistant principal for the Osseo Area Schools, and then principal of Osseo Senior High School, which he guided to its first ranking as one of “The Best High Schools” in the nation by US News and World Report. In February 2022, he was named IMG Academy’s head of school, where he oversees, organizes, and grows the world-renowned school’s academic programs while assisting with various aspects of its athletic program.
Show Highlights
- Stop stealing the identity of your student athletes with tips to transform from being an athlete and a scholar, to a scholar athlete.
- Reframing and reconditioning minds to avoid discrediting what is inherently brilliant in your students.
- Dive in and access untapped rigor and avoid limiting opportunities.
- Know the difference between windows and mirrors to avoid putting productive tension on yourself and others.
- Know what necessary static and unnecessary static is to reach meaningful outcomes for your learning community.
- Allow students to fail safely by building cognitive endurance to hone in on what is important.
- Check out IMG’s resources and training to build capacity and ownership and avoid empathy fatigue.
“As educators, we wanna put a reflection of our students inside the curriculum, and give them opportunities to expand beyond what their lived experience is. A global perspective is gold.”
-Michael Lehan
Get the episode transcript here!!
Michael’s Resources & Contact Info: Read my latest book!Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional developmentTM work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
Apply to the MastermindThe mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
SHOW SPONSORS:HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
Last year, teachers using TeachFX increased their student talk by an average of 40%. TeachFX uses AI to help teachers see the power of high-leverage teaching practices in their own classroom-level data. It’s like having a personal instructional coach...on your phone, tablet, or laptop. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/betterleaders.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC
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“I realized that we as parents (and leaders) had been asking the wrong question. Our book is based on asking a different question and the benefits to people of doing that. Even though I haven't said this explicitly, learn from your mistakes. We learn the most from our mistakes. That's the best learning opportunity anyone can have. “
-Dr. Christopher Thurber
Christopher’s Resources & Contact Info: Read my latest book!Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional developmentTM work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.
Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!
Apply to the MastermindThe mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.
100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.
Apply to the mastermind today!
SHOW SPONSORS:HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard’s online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.
With TeachFX, teachers are creating classrooms that are alive with conversation. Our app gives teachers insights into high-leverage practices like: How much student talk happened? Which questions got students talking? It’s eye-opening for teachers, and scales the impact of coaches and principals. Start your free pilot at teachfx.com/blbs.
Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination.
When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed.
Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills.
Learn more at organizedbinder.com/go
Copyright © 2023 Twelve Practices LLC
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