Bullis Upper School (MD) Head of School Bobby Pollicino joins the show to discuss being intentional about our values as leaders. He also shares some gratitude practices and warns of the ‘tyranny of the urgent’. That, plus your #PepTalk and more on this week’s show. MORE EPISODES
Valuing Your Staff
TL;DR: Teachers need to feel valued and appreciated to thrive. Administrators should find ways to connect with their staff and make them feel valued. Teachers need to the opportunity to be heard and understood. This year when many educators are evaluating whether or not they want to stay in education, the bottom line is that leaders need to place more … Read More
Disruption, Storytelling, and Values in a Thinking Classroom (w Peter Liljedahl)
Many of our institutional norms are causing “studenting” behavior that stifles thinking. Dr. Peter Liljedahl’s research aims to disrupt this behavior through “contrarian experimental methodology” and he has discovered 14 practices that liberate thinking in the classroom. Though his research took place in Mathematics, his findings are applicable for any educator that wants to tap into the emotional experience through … Read More
The Time is NOW for the Second Question
TL;DR: The first thing you ask someone is as important as the second. Following up the first question with a second deepens relationships and shifts our attention OUTWARD to serving, supporting, and connecting. I was more than a little intrigued when host Martin Silverman invited me to check out his podcast, “The Second Question.” (Now THAT’s a GREAT title, Martin!) … Read More
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