The Green Room Podcast Series

This is an awesome conversation I had with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo around staff morale and thriving during the chaos of a pandemic. You're gonna love this guy, I guarantee it!

This is a dope conversation I had with Mike around ambition vs. execution and how you move from talking about ideas to executing and making them a reality.

This is a super fun interview I did with rock star educator Andi Marra from North Stafford High School in Virginia. She's a first-year leadership teacher and is absolutely crushing it for her students and staff! Thanks for listening!

This was a super fun conversation I had with my good buddy, Phil Boyte, right before the holidays. We talked about school culture, baseball, traveling, beaches, and a whole lot about self-care. Enjoy!

This is a powerful conversation that I had with my good friend, Dwight Carter, around race, equity, and how we can have difficult conversations moving forward. I'm grateful for his friendship and his willingness to help me learn and grow on my journey to becoming a better human being.

This is an awesome interview I did with Jamie Mooring, rock star educator at Puyallup High School in Washington. Jamie joined The Green Room to share her passion and infectious energy for all things school culture! She shares a ton of ideas for establishing connections, how to get started on your school culture revolution, planning and executing a school wide lip dub, and so much more!

Dr. Brandon Beck joins The Green Room Podcast Series to share his passion for teaching, coaching, speaking, and so much more! Elementary school educator by day, high school soccer coach by night, part-time professor, father of three beautiful girls, and oh! The author of a brand new book! This guy does it all!

Youth motivational speaker Carlos Ojeda Jr. joins The Green Room to share his passion for making an impact on the lives of young people. As the founder and CEO of CoolSpeak: The Youth Engagement Company, Carlos has dedicated his life to empowering students to succeed by teaching them that their voice is their power.

Tess Charnaud, STEM educator at the International School of Luxembourg, joined The Green Room to share her insights on getting more girls involved in the field of science, the importance of always maintaining a sense of wonder, how COVID-19 will change the field of education, how to create an inclusive culture when over 40 nationalities are represented on your campus, resiliency strategies, and so much more! This episode is pure gold!

What a fun opportunity to connect with Phil Boyte and record our conversation on school culture! Make sure to follow his podcast, School Culture by Design, if you don't already!

Independence High School (VA) science department chair, PBIS coordinator, #RockStar educator, and all-around great guy Josh Mosser joined The Green Room to discuss strategies for fostering relationships with your students and your colleagues, how public recognition can dramatically impact your school's culture and climate, and strategies and tips for distance learning and finding balance during COVID-19.

Rock star educator Dr. Farah Meadows joins The Green Room to share her insights on getting Renaissance started on your campus, overcoming adversity, multicultural education and how to have conversations around race, staying connected during COVID-19, and what it was like getting to meet and spend time with Oprah!

Curious about gaming and how it can make an impact on your school's campus? This episode is for you! Vancleave Middle School (MS) educator Chase Chatfield joins The Green Room for an awesome conversation centered around gaming, Kahoot!, and the power of connections and relationships. Check it out!

Carrie Yantzer, Director of Professional Learning and Operations for the Colorado Association of School Executives, joins The Green Room for an amazing conversation. Carrie has over 25 years of educational experience as both a teacher and a principal and has so many amazing stories to share centered around the power of relationships, equity and ways to address it on your campus, and relevant topics pertaining to professional learning and how she and her organization provide meaningful content.

Newberg High School (OR) assistant principal Mark Brown joins The Green Room for a powerful episode to discuss mental health and strategies for addressing it on your campus, learning to be comfortable with "who you is," maintaining a positive outlook on a daily basis, and more!

Del City High School (OK) assistant principal Steve Gilliland joins The Green Room to share all of the great things happening at his school and in his community. Steve shares tips on getting kids plugged in on your campus, battling chronic absenteeism, boosting staff morale, and some super cool traditions, including one where seniors can earn a free letter jacket. Check it out!

Smyrna High School (TN) principal Dr. Sherri Southerland joins The Green Room to discuss leveling the courses at her high school and its impact on student learning, tips for implementing change, how to transition from a "your kids" mentality to an "our kids" mentality, ideas for improving staff morale and camaraderie, and much more!

Powerful, powerful episode with Heritage High School (VA) principal Shameka Gerald! She shares advice on developing processes systematically that serve ALL students, why her attitude and demeanor are so important to the daily climate of her building, how to raise the standard of expectations for both students and staff, how racial and equity issues can be properly addressed and improved, tips and strategies for improving attendance rates, and much, much more!

Dr. Brad Hubbard, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for Community High School District 117 (IL), joins The Green Room to discuss tips and strategies for improving teacher retention, making the time to be visible within your building, the importance of professional learning for educators, how his district is attacking equity and SEL head on, and the story behind his limited edition challenge coins that he uses to "make it matter" in the world of education!

Virginia Region 3 Teacher of the Year Dan Reichard joins The Green Room to discuss tips and strategies for becoming a better educator, methods and ideas for creating a classroom environment where learning is cool, the importance of branding your classroom, how to prevent burnout, and much more!

Rock star educator Chris Reeder joins the podcast to discuss tips for growing your leadership classes, how to implement and run Jostens Renaissance on your campus, how donut holes can transform the “new kid” into the “cool kid” on campus, operating successful school social media accounts, and more!

Fred Lynn Middle School (VA) educator Jonathan Alsheimer joins The Green Room to share his passion for education centered on a “why not” mentality and discusses how his school stands up to bullying, the journey of transforming a school from struggling to fully accredited, connecting with UFC star Paul Felder and Young & Reckless founder Drama, and so much more!

“As we hit this break, take some time to reflect, take some time to love yourself and to recharge the batteries, and always remember this: I see you, I hear you, I love you, and I thank you for what you guys do each and every single day.” -PC

“Technology is about understanding which tool to use at which time and it should always be about the learning.” Technology specialist Elizabeth King joins The Green Room to share strategies for implementing technology on a district-wide level, tips for staying up to date on the latest technology, tools and resources for bringing technology into your classroom, how to use technology to strengthen relationships with your students, and much more!

Bellwood-Antis High School (PA) educator Ali Stinson joins The Green Room to talk instructional strategies, creating a positive school culture and climate, leading change as a teacher, work/life balance, and more!

Former Navy SEAL and Division 1 athlete Jason Kuhn joins The Green Room to discuss the fundamentals of winning, dealing with failure and adversity, creating a championship culture, developing mental toughness, dealing with an active shooter situation on a school campus, and much more!

Cape Henlopen High School (DE) principal Nikki Miller joins The Green Room to share her thoughts on the advantages and challenges of being a female administrator at the high school level, what she looks for when interviewing potential candidates at her school, methods for providing support and growth for educators, particularly in the area of instructional methodology, how to ensure that your days are spent in the halls and in classrooms instead of tied up in your office, and why the 2018-2019 school year is going to be the #BestYearYet!!!

PC provides an overview of his latest book release, titled I See You, I Hear You, and I Love You. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefit the Chase Your Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit created to benefit at-risk youth and their families. The book is available for purchase on Amazon and on the Jostens Renaissance website.

West Grand School District (CO) superintendent Darrin Peppard joins The Green Room to talk about implementing change, school safety in today's educational world, addressing the social-emotional needs of our youth, the importance of social media from an educator's perspective, and so much more!

"There's always something there that the kids are trying to tell us...are we willing to listen?" Green River High School (WY) theater teacher Bradlee Skinner joins The Green Room Podcast Series to discuss the power of listening to our kids, how to implement gamification in your classroom, how hip-hop dancing has helped him as a teacher, tips for welcoming new educators to your campus, and much, much more!

Aloha High School (OR) educator Erin Livingston joins The Green Room Podcast Series to share advice for first year educators, tips for teaching students how to lead, how her school turned homecoming into a premier event, how to ensure that students have an active voice on campus, and much more!

Bixby High School (OK) activities director DeWayne Patterson joins The Green Room to share a wealth of knowledge on increasing student participation in extracurriculars within your school, tips for creating engagement and involvement from your local business community, cool ideas to recognize both students and staffulty, tips for getting administrative "buy-in" for school change, and much, much more!

Monrovia High School (CA) educator Paul Dols joins The Green Room to discuss the power of making yourself vulnerable with your students, strategies for reaching at-risk youth, how to maintain positivity in a world full of negative, and advice for individuals aspiring to enter the greatest profession on the planet.

Melinda visits The Green Room to discuss the role of teachers in establishing and maintaining school climate, how to implement and lead change as a teacher, what teachers need from their administration in order to be successful, her favorite ideas for improving school climate, how to get started with Jostens Renaissance in your school, and her celebrity crush!

Tim discusses how Justin Timberlake and a visit to "Spray Paint Road" got the school year off to a great start, how Franklin-Simpson High School became the #1 ranked school in Kentucky for College and Career Readiness, how a positive culture and climate and "not sweating the small stuff" resulted in discipline infractions decreasing from 2700+ to 747, and how every day has the potential to be a student's very own special day at Franklin-Simpson High School.

Frank discusses how to create a school where everyone wants to be, why having multiple leaders in your building is important, offers advice for educators seeking their first job, explains how a simple 'thank you' might change someone's life, discusses how Houdini influenced his educational career, and details how unconditional love is a lot like unconditional leadership.

Travis High School (TX) principal Julie Diaz discusses how Walt Disney influences first impressions in her building, the importance of taking risks, how to put your stamp on the culture and climate of your building, the importance of a "white belt mentality" in hiring new educators, the benefits and challenges of a diverse student population, how to "bring it" each and every single day, and how the Iowa Hawkeyes' mantra, "Break the rock!" influences her educational philosophy.

Steve discusses why dirt matters when it comes to culture and climate, offers advice for struggling and beginning educators, shares how a superintendent can impact the culture and climate of their schools, talks about the impact a therapy dog has made on his district, offers insight on developing world class human beings as opposed to world class test takers, and so much more!

What convinced Dwight to convert to the "Dark Side" of education, how Jostens Renaissance impacted his vision as an administrator, how he uses social media to tell his school's story, increasing parental involvement in your school, and great ideas he has utilized to create a positive culture and climate on his campus!