Action Research on SEL Practices: Featuring Jorge Valenzuela

Joshua StamperAspire Podcast

Aspire to Lead, Jorge Valenzuela, Joshua Stamper, SEL, Emotional Intelligence

This week’s guest, Jorge Valenzuela, shares his journey of how he was introduced to Emotional Intelligence in his personal life and how he used his action research to help districts implement sound SEL practices on their campuses.  In this episode, we discuss: “Learning Walks” to Provide Feedback  The Importance of Gathering Data for Action Research And his new podcast, SEL … Read More

3 Signs That It’s Time to Leave Your School or District

Teach Better TeamBlog, Self Care Better, Survival, Teacherpreneur Better

TL;DR: A personal story and reflection of leaving a position. 3 signs it’s time to leave your current position. Suggestions for self-reflection to determine your next steps. In 2016, I was at a crossroads and needed to be challenged professionally. As I contemplated leaving my district position, I knew it was time for me to go. But I had a … Read More

109: Lifelong Learning. – Jorge Valenzuela chats with us about how a lot of failures equate to small successes, but a lot of little successes lead to bigger successes.

Teach Better TeamTeach Better Talk Podcast

Jorge Valenzuela chats with us about how a lot of failures equate to small successes, but a lot of little successes lead to bigger successes. Jorge shares who you should look to in order to be successful, where true happiness comes from, and lays out his 5 daily routines you need to get into. Episode Highlights 3:26 – We restart … Read More