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David Adams - CEO of The Urban Assembly - Improving the Craft of Teaching with AI. This is episode 750 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. David is the Chief Executive Officer of The Urban Assembly. He started with the UA in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning, where he created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP), a unique approach to integrating SEL into curriculum and classroom practices across the UA network. RSP has grown into a national program, serving schools and districts in Los Angeles, Houston, Syracuse, and other cities. As the Senior Director of Strategy, David led the expansion of the organization into a model provider of school support, with an emphasis on innovation and equity in public education. In 2022, David was named one of Crain's 40 Under 40 honorees and in 2021 he received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL and is an author of The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, and a co-author of the textbook Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Fordham University. Our focus today is “How is AI being used to improve the craft of teaching itself and How can AI help teachers become better teachers?” So much to learn! Please share. Thanks for listening! Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! You are AWESOME! Connect & Learn More: https://www.urbanassembly.org/ Length - 42:04

Many of my colleagues working in the public sector are skeptical of companies selling products to school districts. I've felt some of this skepticism myself as I've seen certain approaches gain traction because they're well-marketed (yet not evidence-based). So it's understandable to me that people would question the motives of companies selling products; especially in the for-profit space.The elephant in the room, of course, is that Dr. Karen, LLC is a for-profit EdTech company. I've also spent a fair amount of time interacting with people who either work for larger EdTech or curriculum companies, or who have started one themselves.Most of them are therapists, administrators, or teachers who felt inspired to create something who are trying to make a living doing something that matters. This would describe many of the hosts on the Be Podcast Network, which is why I wanted to invite one of the network co-founders, Ross Romano, to De Facto Leaders to talk about his experiences coaching EdTech and education-related start-up founders. Ross Romano has worked with over 100 companies and nonprofit organizations in the education space and collaborated with countless schools, districts, and educators. Ross is founder and CEO of September Strategies, an award-winning consulting firm helping leaders and organizations connect vision to decision through coaching, strategic advisement, and marketing consulting. Ross is also co-founder of the BE Podcast Network, a media company producing 40+ series reaching more than 50,000 educators and parents every month. He is also Strategic Advisor for the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the Founding Program Chair of the Consortium's Excellence in Equity Awards.Prior to starting September Strategies, Ross was Managing Director of MindRocket Media Group, a K-12 marketing firm. Previously, he was head of communications for ASCD, working closely with the organization's authors, product developers, administrator members, constituent leaders, and advocacy teams on a diverse array of initiatives. Ross has created and/or hosted dozens of podcast series, written a number of white papers and ebooks, is a contributing editor to Educate AI Magazine, and has been a contributor to Entrepreneur, The Learning Counsel, edCircuit, Access & Equity PreK-12, and more.Ross serves on the advisory boards for Shenandoah University's Transformative Leadership program and Morning Brew Learning. In 2023, he was listed as a Top 10 leadership coach of the year and was profiled by CIO Views as one of the visionary leaders transforming education.In this conversation, we discuss:✅Business advice that creates ethical dilemmas for companies selling products to school districts.✅Can companies stand for equity without sacrificing product quality and customer service? ✅Who is the true end-user when products are sold to schools?✅When a product isn't resulting in increased student outcomes, is it really just about the quality of the product? ✅Who is making purchasing decisions for schools, and what matters to them? Learn more about the BE Podcast Network here: https://bepodcast.network/Listen to Ross on The Sideline Sessions Podcast here: https://ss.bepodcast.network/people/ross-romanoListen to Ross on The Authority Podcast here: https://authoritypodcast.net/Learn more about Ross's coaching and media services for education-related companies here: https://www.septemberstrat.com/In this episode, I mention the School of Clinical Leadership, my program that helps related service providers develop a strategic plan for putting executive functioning support in place in collaboration with their school teams. You can learn more about that program here: https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/clinicalleadership We're thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL's comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers' timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments

Micah Miner is the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in Illinois.  He was an Excellence in Equity Award winner and is author of the new book AI Goes to School, available from Times 10 Publications. This episode is a simulcast with The Authority Podcast, a weekly show with insights from the top authors in education, leadership, and personal development. Listen here: https://authoritypodcast.net  We discuss: AI's impact on instructionWhat should stay the same and what should change instructionally as AI tools become integrated into K-12 education?Reasonable concerns about access and useHow technoskepticism and digital citizenship can be helpful to equipping teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders to deal with AIIdentifying goals so we appropriately embrace AI and then choose the right tools.How AI tools can be connected to pedagogies and learning philosophies such as constructivism About the host: Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn

Micah Miner is the District Instructional Technology & Social Studies Coordinator at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in Illinois.  He was an Excellence in Equity Award winner and is author of the new book AI Goes to School, available from Times 10 Publications. This episode is a simulcast with The Authority Podcast, a weekly show with insights from the top authors in education, leadership, and personal development. Listen here: https://authoritypodcast.net  We discuss: AI's impact on instructionWhat should stay the same and what should change instructionally as AI tools become integrated into K-12 education?Reasonable concerns about access and useHow technoskepticism and digital citizenship can be helpful to equipping teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders to deal with AIIdentifying goals so we appropriately embrace AI and then choose the right tools.How AI tools can be connected to pedagogies and learning philosophies such as constructivism About the host: Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn

Eli Marshall Davis is a 2024 winner of the Excellence in Equity Awards for educators in the Champion of Equity - Special Educator category. He is an Interventionist at Hemphill Elementary in Birmingham, AL, where he sits on the leadership team and chairs the MTSS/Problem Solving Team committee. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina, focusing on Teaching and Learning, with research interests in social justice, epigenetics, and the transformative potential of AI in education.  In this episode, we discuss Eli's philosophy of education; Epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and their relevance to educational environments; AI in marginalized communities to support schools with teachers who did not go through teacher preparation; and why AI is an opportunity to be at the forefront of something great. Connect with Eli @elidavis173. Learn more about him and all the 2024 award-winning educators at http://ace-ed.org/eie2024.  About the host: Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Listen to his podcast, The Authority, on which he interviews the most influential authors on leadership, education, personal development, and more: https://authoritypodcast.net. Connect on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Eli Marshall Davis is a 2024 winner of the Excellence in Equity Awards for educators in the Champion of Equity - Special Educator category. He is an Interventionist at Hemphill Elementary in Birmingham, AL, where he sits on the leadership team and chairs the MTSS/Problem Solving Team committee. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina, focusing on Teaching and Learning, with research interests in social justice, epigenetics, and the transformative potential of AI in education.  In this episode, we discuss Eli's philosophy of education; Epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and their relevance to educational environments; AI in marginalized communities to support schools with teachers who did not go through teacher preparation; and why AI is an opportunity to be at the forefront of something great. Connect with Eli @elidavis173. Learn more about him and all the 2024 award-winning educators at http://ace-ed.org/eie2024.  About the host: Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Listen to his podcast, The Authority, on which he interviews the most influential authors on leadership, education, personal development, and more: https://authoritypodcast.net. Connect on LinkedIn or Twitter.

The Takeaway “SEL has five major components: self-awareness, self management, social management – the skills we use to manage relationships — and responsible decision making. There used to be this notion that you had your cognition — your rational side, your frontal brain — and you had your emotional side — you're limbic system — and they just fought for each other for dominance over decisions. But we now know that's not the case. Your emotions are deeply entwined with what you're paying attention to, how you're encoding information and memories. And your cognition is deeply entwined with how you're processing your emotions. And so this idea of the integration of social and emotional, and academic development is not just a catchphrase, it's really reflective of how we grow as human beings, incorporating and taking in cognition, emotion, as well as trying to solve problems.” — David Adams Our guest David Adams is the CEO of The Urban Assembly. He started with the UA in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning. In 2021, David received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL and is an author of The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, and a co-author of the textbook, Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds an M.Ed in Educational Psychology from Fordham University. As you listen Given COVID and the trauma that many students carry, how can we best help to heal them? What is social-emotional learning (SEL) and how is it used to support students? What makes human interactions so critical, and why are students having difficulty establishing relationships after COVID-19? How are academics and emotion intertwined to benefit students? How do SEL skills help the school community? Referenced CASEL - Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning Zone of Proximal Development Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory Connect with David Twitter   Facebook  LinkedIn

In this conversation, Micah Miner discusses the need for change in education and the importance of relevant curriculum. He shares stories from his teaching experience and highlights the impact of AI on education. The introduction of Apple's Vision Pro is discussed, along with its potential impact on education. The conversation also touches on the importance of social interaction in AR/VR education and the need for affordable and inclusive access to these technologies. In this conversation, Micah Miner discusses the importance of reinventing education and connecting virtual and physical spaces. He also highlights the potential of AI and the need for safeguards to support and educate children. The conversation concludes with a focus on creating opportunities for every child and the active engagement of listeners in the podcast community.   Takeaways Education needs to be relevant and inclusive, with curriculum that reflects the diversity of students' experiences. AI has the potential to revolutionize education, but it requires thoughtful implementation and consideration of policies and procedures. AR/VR technologies like Apple's Vision Pro can enhance learning experiences and provide new opportunities for students. Social interaction and collaboration are important aspects of AR/VR education that need to be considered. Affordable and inclusive access to AR/VR technologies is crucial to ensure all students can benefit from these tools.     Micah Miner serves as the District Administrator for Instructional Technology & Social Studies at Maywood, Melrose Park, Broadview School District 89 near Chicago. He is a contributing writer for the American Consortium for Equity in Education and an author with Times 10 Publications. With expertise spanning instructional technology, social studies, and equity in education, Micah is dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning experiences at the intersection of technology and social studies. His career includes roles as a classroom teacher, department chair, instructional coach, and professor. Micah writes about emerging technologies like AI and the Metaverse, focusing on thoughtful integration that maximizes learning potential while prioritizing student privacy and equity. His insights reflect a deep commitment to expanding access and opportunity through technology.   Micah Miner Website: https://micahminer.com/ Micah Miner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micah-j-miner/ Micah Miner Twitter: https://twitter.com/minerclass     Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com. Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Find out more about Kevin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinstoller/.   For more episodes of the Better Learning Podcast, visit https://www.betterlearningpodcast.com/       Episode 166 of the Better Learning Podcast   Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.   Who made this episode possible?   Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/ Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/ Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/

I had the chance to chat with Micah Miner, District Administrator Instructional Technology and Social Studies Teacher at Maywood, Melrose Park, Broadview School District 89. Micah is an American Consortium for Equity in Education Contributing Writer, a Times 10 Publications Author, and a PD Facilitator and presenter. I enjoyed our conversation and looking forward to his upcoming book "AI Goes to School." We could have talked for hours! Check out his links below, and also stay tuned for his upcoming book! Links - Website: https://micahminer.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micah-j-miner/ X: @minerclass 

This episode is part of the Summer of AI Series, brought to you by SchoolAI, Scrible, and FocalPointK12.Generative AI in k12 education and it's impact on teacher prep and planning, assessments, writing instruction, and other subjects. Ethical use of generative AI and importance of transparency and demystifying it. Also, contrast generative AI tools with instructional AI, and how high can be leveraged to improve teaching and learning. Also, a conversation on civics and history instruction and it's impact on society and polarization. Student data privacy laws.  DigLitCon - AI Literacy 4300 kids in 9 schools in Chicago area.  AI literacy - Generative AI is just round 1.  Demystify what AI is and that it's not magic Feels like magic MIT's Day of AI We need to know about it, but not everyone needs to be an expert.  What do kids need to know in relation to AI Literacy We pretend that people should know a lot of things Will we call AI friends or supports.  Harnessing AI for a Human-Centered Education We can't find our life inside of a fake reality It is a tool, and it can do great things when it is with people.  Can't hide from AI. Cheating What can we do with planning education guidelines Academic integrity policies and policies in place for Generative AI.  Assessment has to be redefined as a process. Packback, writable, character.ai Clearly articulating where you can and can't use AI.  Have to teach them how to use it.  How to teach and use it ethically, model ethics, be transparent when we use it, make sure it's not taking away from the learning process.  “This X was created with use of Generative AI tools.” We need to be professionally humble.  We need to have local policies that reflect policies 6 tenets of post-plagiarism This is only round one of a potential fourth revolution.  Just because it is almost right doesn't mean that it is right.  Data privacy - byte About Micah Miner: Micah J. MinerDistrict Administrator Instructional Technology & Social Studies at Maywood, Melrose Park, Broadview School District 89, American Consortium for Equity in Education Contributing Writer , Times 10 Publications Author of the book Harnessing AI for a Human-Centered Education Support our SponsorsSchoolAI: The Classroom Operating System: Help your teachers save 10 hours a week. Sign up for a free account and see new AI-generated experiences that will change the way you teach.Scrible: Worried about AI Plagiarism? Take the high road and improve your students' skills before they feel the need to cheat with this modern research and writing platform for schoolFocalPointK12: Manage student portfolios that they can take with them with blockchain technology and AI assisted grading. Listen to our interview with the founder and chief learning officer here.

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K.C. Boyd is currently a school librarian with the District of Columbia Public Schools System.  She has previously worked as the Lead Librarian for the East St. Louis School District #189 in East St. Louis, IL., as an Area Library Coordinator for Chicago Public Schools, and as a District  Coordinator for the Mayor Daley Book Club for Middle School Students.  She is a second-generation educator and holds Master's degrees in Library Information Science, Media Communications, and Education Leadership.  Boyd is currently the national 2022 School Library Journal “Librarian of the Year.” Boyd currently serves on the executive boards for the District of Columbia Library Association and Washington Teachers Union. She is an active committee member for the American Library Association Chapter Council representing Washington D.C. and EveryLibrary Institute/Advisory Board. Boyd is also a member of the District of Columbia Public Schools Library Corps and serves on the AASL School Library Event Promotion Committee. Boyd currently is a National Ambassador representing the Washington D.C. area for Checkology Virtual Classroom and The News Literacy Project.  She is also the recipient of the American Consortium for Equity in Education 2022 Excellence in Equity Award and the 2022 National Association of State Boards of Education “Policy Leader of the Year Winner” A staunch advocate for school libraries, she is widely known and respected for her work in educating parents, teachers, and district officials on promoting leisure reading for children and teens. Additionally, she is a sought-after and popular keynote speaker and conference presenter at the local, state, and national levels.  It is Boyd's belief that all children, despite economic circumstances, have the right to read and should have access to books that reflect themselves and encourage inquiry.  Boyd can be reached through her website:  http://www.kcboyd.com/. To get professional development go to http://www.kcboyd.com/the-clubhouse.html

David Adams: CEO of The Urban Assembly. This is episode 535 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. David Adams, is the Chief Executive Officer of The Urban Assembly. He started with the UA in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning, where he created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP), a unique approach to integrating SEL into curriculum and classroom practices across the UA network. RSP has grown into a national program, serving schools and districts in Los Angeles, Houston, Syracuse, and other cities. As the Senior Director of Strategy, David led the expansion of the organization into a model provider of school support, with an emphasis on innovation and equity in public education. In 2021, David received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL and is an author of The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, and a co-author of the textbook, Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and holds an M.Ed in Educational Psychology from Fordham University. Urban Assembly is a nonprofit that not only supports its own public schools (23 in NYC), but also hundreds of schools across the country and locally. The Urban Assembly has been at the forefront of innovation in public education for 25 years to solve challenges for teachers and administrators who devote themselves to elevating our students. Listen as we talk about how the nonprofit he runs nurtures and supports leadership in schools in underrepresented/underserved communities, specifically its career themed education programs which includes training for careers as disparate as finance, aquaculture, manufacturing and the law.  Real-world exposure that can ease their way into the workplace or into college. Lots to learn... Thanks for listening! Before you go... Could you do me a favor? Please go to my website at https://www.stevenmiletto.com/reviews/ or open the podcast app that you are listening to me on and would you rate and review the podcast? That would be Awesome. Thanks! Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? That would so awesome! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for listening!   Connect & Learn More: https://www.urbanassembly.org/ https://www2.ed.gov/datastory/cte/index.html https://www.instagram.com/p/CjEMiK0jumg/ The Urban Assembly Maker Academy, preparing students for technology and product design careers The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce, preparing students for careers in supply chain management The Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers ·  The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, which includes programs ranging from aquaculture to professional diving. Length - 48:04

If you've listened to previous podcast episodes on parasites, you have heard us talk about the 5-point check, but what exactly is it? How can you use it to determine when you need to use a dewormer?Quite simply, the 5 things to check are:FAMACHABody conditionPoopCoat conditionBottle jawIn this episode, I'm talking about how you can use this information, which you can get for free, to keep an eye on the parasite status of your goats.I also talk about which worms cause which symptoms, and how different combinations of symptoms can mean different worms.To learn more about using dewormers correctly, check out our previous episode with Dr. Michael Pesato, discussing the newest recommendations of the American Consortium of Small Ruminant Parasite Control.See full show notes here >> https://thriftyhomesteader.com/5-point-check-for-parasites/To see the most recent episodes, visit  ForTheLoveOfGoats.comThanks for listening!No one ever said raising goats was easy, but it doesn't have to cost a fortune or drive you crazy! You just need the right information. Click here to learn more about our Goats 365 membership. Or see my other goat courses in Thrifty Homesteader Academy.

Welcome back to another episode of Productive Disruption! This week, we are joined by Larry Jacobs, the Founder and President of The American Consortium for Equity in Education (ACE-ED). According to the company's website, ACE-ED is the only multimedia platform and educational organization focusing exclusively on equity and access for every learner. Additionally, Larry is the host of Ed Talk Radio.

A LOOK AT INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; Dr. Amber Northern of The Fordham Institute gives us the facts and the research living up to expectations , etc *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

EQUITABLE COVID RELIEF FOR SCHOOLS   CCSSO's  Austin Estes  is Director of  CCSSO's COVID Relief Data  Project .at https://ccsso.org/blog/introducing-covid-relief-data-project  *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

EQUITABLE COVID RELIEF FOR SCHOOLS   CCSSO's  Austin Estes  is Director of  CCSSO's COVID Relief Data  Project .at https://ccsso.org/blog/introducing-covid-relief-data-project  *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

A LOOK AT INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; Dr. Amber Northern of The Fordham Institute gives us the facts and the research living up to expectations , etc *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

STUDENT LED FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Our guests are Sylvia Hall and Jarrid Hall, co-founders of GAB-ON , a 2022 CODIE award winner *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

STUDENT LED FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Our guests are Sylvia Hall and Jarrid Hall, co-founders of GAB-ON , a 2022 CODIE award winner *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

HOW PENSACOLA  TURNED AROUND LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS an  ACE-ED.ORG equity presentation  Our guests are Tim Rose , principal of Warrington Elementary  in Pensacola, a "D" level Title 1 school, now a "B" with the help of The Rensselaerville Institute whose president, Mildred Toliver , also joins us They are at schoolturnaround.org *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12  

HOW PENSACOLA  TURNED AROUND LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS an  ACE-ED.ORG equity presentation  Our guests are Tim Rose , principal of Warrington Elementary  in Pensacola, a "D" level Title 1 school, now a "B" with the help of The Rensselaerville Institute whose president, Mildred Toliver , also joins us They are at schoolturnaround.org *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12  

THE ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN LITERACY: AASL President Kathy Lester is joined by  Dr. Molly Ness of Learning Ally, founder of The Coalition of Literacy Equity, member of the  Board of Directors at ILA . Read the ILA report we spoke about at https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/the-essential-leadership-of-school-librarians.pdf_  *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

  Stepping Up Professional Learning and Educator Support this School Year from Edweb.net: Lisa and Melissa from Edweb and  their guests Dr. Robin Knutelsky of Northern Highlands Regional HS in NJ, Donna Reichman Ass't Supt at Wayne Township NJ schools for a discussion of how much good and diverse PD matters. ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

  Stepping Up Professional Learning and Educator Support this School Year from Edweb.net: Lisa and Melissa from Edweb and  their guests Dr. Robin Knutelsky of Northern Highlands Regional HS in NJ, Donna Reichman Ass't Supt at Wayne Township NJ schools for a discussion of how much good and diverse PD matters. ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THE ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN LITERACY: AASL President Kathy Lester is joined by  Dr. Molly Ness of Learning Ally, founder of The Coalition of Literacy Equity, member of the  Board of Directors at ILA . Read the ILA report we spoke about at https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/the-essential-leadership-of-school-librarians.pdf_  *********************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THE NEW "NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION" AGENDA The title sums it up with NREA Executive Director Allen Pratt , Professor Sara Hartmann of Ohio U and Dr. Pamela  Buffington of The Education Development Center.Learn more at https://www.nrea.net/NREA_research_agenda ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

An SELtoday.org Presentation   BUILDING  & SUPPORTING A STRONG FOUNDATION IN SEL..Navigate 360's Chief Learning officer  Melissa Ragan returns along  with Nordia Sappleton , Director of Product Marketing, both bringing more strategies and advice for K12 educators. Melissa's book  THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CLASSROOM  is available here, ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THE NEW "NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION" AGENDA The title sums it up with NREA Executive Director Allen Pratt , Professor Sara Hartmann of Ohio U and Dr. Pamela  Buffington of The Education Development Center.Learn more at https://www.nrea.net/NREA_research_agenda ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

An SELtoday.org Presentation   BUILDING  & SUPPORTING A STRONG FOUNDATION IN SEL..Navigate 360's Chief Learning officer  Melissa Ragan returns along  with Nordia Sappleton , Director of Product Marketing, both bringing more strategies and advice for K12 educators. Melissa's book  THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CLASSROOM  is available here, ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

a ACE-ED.ORG  Equity presentation  LEARNING SHOULD BE EQUITABLE AND FUN AS WELL :Thought Leader Randi Economou is President of Capstone on how her experience as a teacher guides her leadership of the company. ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ED TECH VISION FOR LAS CRUCES, NM SCHOOLS :Josh Silver, Lisa Hufstedler and Micaela Altamirano , all of Las Cruces Public School Tech department on continuous and successful development of staff in Ed Tech. Thank you Boxlight. More at  boxlight.com/services/professional-devlopment-for-teachers ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

a ACE-ED.ORG  Equity presentation  LEARNING SHOULD BE EQUITABLE AND FUN AS WELL :Thought Leader Randi Economou is President of Capstone on how her experience as a teacher guides her leadership of the company. ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ED TECH VISION FOR LAS CRUCES, NM SCHOOLS :Josh Silver, Lisa Hufstedler and Micaela Altamirano , all of Las Cruces Public School Tech department on continuous and successful development of staff in Ed Tech. Thank you Boxlight. More at  boxlight.com/services/professional-devlopment-for-teachers ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

a Teacher-Retention.com Presentation  DIVERSIFYING TEACHER TALENT IN HARTFORD , CT SCHOOLS : Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez and Hartford's Director of Services for Multi-Lingual Learning Daisy Torres on how theyy are recruiting a faculty that looks like their students in their "'A Paso a Paso' 'step by step' ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

a Teacher-Retention.com Presentation  DIVERSIFYING TEACHER TALENT IN HARTFORD , CT SCHOOLS : Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez and Hartford's Director of Services for Multi-Lingual Learning Daisy Torres on how theyy are recruiting a faculty that looks like their students in their "'A Paso a Paso' 'step by step' ******************************************** Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THOUGHT LEADER DR. MICHAEL HINOJOSA ON URBAN EDUCATION The Council of Great City Schools presents their Superintendent in Residence, former Dallas Supt Dr. Hinojosa ...about turnover and coaching and so much more ********************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

THOUGHT LEADER DR. MICHAEL HINOJOSA ON URBAN EDUCATION The Council of Great City Schools presents their Superintendent in Residence, former Dallas Supt Dr. Hinojosa ...about turnover and coaching and so much more ********************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

TEACHING HISTORY IN KENTUCKY The title sums it up with some great ideas coming your way from KVEC's ( the nationally recognized ESA) Kim Sergent and the CEO of The Driving Force Institute Patrick Riccards ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

TEACHING HISTORY IN KENTUCKY The title sums it up with some great ideas coming your way from KVEC's ( the nationally recognized ESA) Kim Sergent and the CEO of The Driving Force Institute Patrick Riccards ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12

DEVELOPING TEACHER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IN STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS with a focus on West Virginia  with WV DOE's Carla Warren and Dr. Matt Finster of  Region 5 Comprehensive center. Here are some links for followup: Promoting Teacher Leadership in West Virginia | Comprehensive Center Network, Region 5, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia (region5compcenter.org).TeachWV -- The West Virginia Grow Your Own Teacher Pathway******************************************************* Everything we do is here ,linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

DEVELOPING TEACHER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IN STATES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS with a focus on West Virginia  with WV DOE's Carla Warren and Dr. Matt Finster of  Region 5 Comprehensive center. Here are some links for followup: Promoting Teacher Leadership in West Virginia | Comprehensive Center Network, Region 5, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia (region5compcenter.org).TeachWV -- The West Virginia Grow Your Own Teacher Pathway******************************************************* Everything we do is here ,linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

3 KEYS TO SCHOOL SUCCESS THIS YEAR   Dr. Howie Knoff of Project Achieve on how its not too late for Strategic Planning with solid SEL and MTSS interventions, making  a huge difference  for your school & district this year. ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

an Ace-ed.Org Equity Presentation  THE NO MORE "I HATE SCHOOL' CAMPAIGN ... Learn about this new campaign from Future of School , the national public charity working to mobilize change in PreK-12 so all students achieve their unbounded potential no matter where their learning takes place. See for yourself at nomoreihateschool.org ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

an Ace-ed.Org Equity Presentation  THE NO MORE "I HATE SCHOOL' CAMPAIGN ... Learn about this new campaign from Future of School , the national public charity working to mobilize change in PreK-12 so all students achieve their unbounded potential no matter where their learning takes place. See for yourself at nomoreihateschool.org ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

3 KEYS TO SCHOOL SUCCESS THIS YEAR   Dr. Howie Knoff of Project Achieve on how its not too late for Strategic Planning with solid SEL and MTSS interventions, making  a huge difference  for your school & district this year. ******************************************************* Everything we do is linked at the home website of The American Consortium for Equity in Education  at ace-ed.org: 1.Teacher-Retention.com and Teaching Reset Professional Development 2. SELtoday.org 3The Excellence in Equity Awards Program 4.Our online journal 'Equity& Access PreK12 5.the last two years of Education Talk Radio podcasts

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is David Adams, CEO of the Urban Assembly, YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Anthology Together 2022! What is the Urban Assembly? How does it prepare high school students for higher education? What does David see as the future of higher education? Listen in to #EdUp! David is the Chief Executive Officer of The Urban Assembly. He started with the UA in 2014 as the Director of Social-Emotional Learning, where he created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP), a unique approach to integrating SEL into curriculum and classroom practices across the UA network. RSP has grown into a national program, serving schools and districts in Los Angeles, Houston, Syracuse, and other cities. As the Senior Director of Strategy, David led the expansion of the organization into a model provider of school support, with an emphasis on innovation & equity in public education. In 2021, David received the Champion of Equity Award from the American Consortium for Equity in Education. David sits on the board of CASEL & is an author of The Educator's Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence, & a co-author of the textbook, Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Programs in Organizations. He is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve & holds an M.Ed in Educational Psychology from Fordham University. Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message

Last month I talked about the TBD framework for making career decisions, and as I teased at the end of that episode, I was evaluating a current opportunity for myself. Today, I'm going to walk you through my thought process using the TBD framework. First, a little review, because maybe you don't listen to every single episode! Gasp! TBD stands for Tribe, Brand, and Domain. I learned about it because a friend shared this article on LinkedIn with me called "[[Tribe, Brand, Domain (TBD)–How to Think about Building Career]] (link) It is written by David Boyce. This strategy is effective in evaluating where you currently are in your career, and can also be used to evaluate a specific position. The tribe part refers to the people that you are working with. Who are you surrounded by. I had a job just after I graduated high school, and I did not like the people that I was around. The owner seemed super shady, I never trusted my paychecks. My coworkers were very negative and vulgar. I knew that I didn't want to be around them long term. In this new position I am looking at currently, I thought, who will be there? Who are the people that I'll work closely with. Thankfully, I've known this company for almost 6 years and I have had many interactions so I could feel reasonably confident that I would be surrounded by great people. In fact, if I had to identify the people that I would want to work with, several of them would already be employed at this company. You know that's a good sign right? I know people who have left this company, and I have seen how there is still respect for them. They weren't tossed to the wind when they left. Articles and videos by these people are still up, still promoted and still relevant. In thinking of the kind of people that I want to be around, these seems like my tribe. Honestly, the hardest part of being out on my own for the last two years is that I haven't really had a tribe. Well, it's just been very small! I've been very fortunate to work with great districts and great principals, but those have not been working side-by-side with people on the same things. And, I've been extremely fortunate to work with Dr. Courtney Orr on some specific projects the last few months as well. I realized that one thing that was lacking in my current solopreneur efforts was a tribe. I'm part of a coaching program, so I have some peers, but they're all working on their own stuff, and I've really missed working collaboratively on specific projects. Brand The next piece is Brand. It's not just name brand recognition. It is really about do they align with my own personal brand. In the article, David Boyce asks if you would be excited to talk about this company at holiday parties and over the weekend hanging out with your friends. Are you excited to say that you work for this company? Well, the exciting part for this company is that I have been consistently positive in talking about them for the last several years. I've referred many people to them for resources and support. Furthermore, I have also seen how this company works first hand. I worked with them when I was up in Fairbanks, Alaska. I know their value, their work ethic, and their contribution. All of those things align with my brand. In fact, when I was talking with someone about this the other day, I said, “I can't think of a company more aligned with who I am that isn't my own company!” Honestly, when I left the principalship two years ago, I was pretty certain that I wouldn't work for anybody besides myself ever again. But then, I found this TBD framework, and thought about things a little more strategically. Part of this brand piece is what kind of impact it enables. As you probably know, I want to impact the lives of 100 Million kids in the next 10 years. That's a big task. I want to make a bigger impact than I currently am making. Could I make a bigger impact with a company that is already making a big impact? I think so. Another part of my brand is that I want to learn constantly. I have gaps in my capabilities, and I want to improve them. I've thought long and hard about how to improve them. I could spend more time and energy learning academically and through coaches, or I can work with someone and learn by doing. Which of those aligns with my personal brand? I've learned just about everything I know by doing. This podcast is a perfect example of that. I have learned so much by doing this that it is crazy. Ironically, this podcast is also an example of learning by seeking mentors and coaching as well. The interviews that I have done have always been about finding a solution to a problem that I or one of my clients was having. Basically, I felt that I could go either way: more private coaching or working with someone else. Either way, I could still make growth happen, which is exactly what I want. Domain That leads into the third part of the framework: Domain. What do I want to get good at? I want to get better at thinking strategically at a high level. I want to get better at looking at district level solutions, not just school level. This company really only operates at the district level. Furthermore, I want to know how a larger-than-me small business operates. This is not a one-man shop, but it is a lot bigger than I am on my own. What I would like to see is greater opportunity in understanding how to make things work at a bigger scale. It's one thing for me to serve schools by myself, with no or little support. It's another thing to serve districts with tens of thousands of students with a team behind you. I've been doing well in my entrepreneurial journey. I've been able to support my family, but I'm learning more and more that I don't really want it to be just me. I want a team. I want a tribe. As I always do, I'm going to look back at this later and think how quaint I sound. But that's just what happens when you grow! Before I get to my final decision, I want to share something that I am sponsoring: The Equity Awards. Transformative Principal is proud to sponsor the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards, presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. This award program, designed to spotlight and celebrate high-impact work across K–12 education, features 27 different award categories covering all angles of equity – 10 categories for educators and support staff from every role in our schools, and 17 categories for companies and nonprofits.  Educators of all roles and backgrounds –including school and district leaders, technology leadership, teachers, mental health professionals, librarians and media specialists, and more – can self-nominate or nominate a colleague. All companies and nonprofits – including publishers and authors – can submit nominations as well. You can find all the information at ace-ed.org/awards. Get your nominations in before June 30! EdElements As you have probably guessed by now, this new position fills all the criteria using TBD. Naturally, I used other criteria as well. It's remote, so I don't have to move again. The compensation is fair, benefits are good and there is room for growth. Perhaps most importantly for me right now is the idea of making a bigger impact by working with whole districts. I love my work with principals who are in my mastermind, but as I have just completed spending a year with a district in Wisconsin, I can see how much more powerful it is to work with a whole system and support them in making those changes. The services they provide are in line with what I want to be talking about in education, as well. Their flagship service is personalized learning, which I absolutely love! They also do surveys (effectively), strategic planning, responsive leadership (which is almost as good as Transformative Leadership), teacher retention, data culture, and more. And, obviously, because I am a man of faith, I prayed and pondered to see if this was the right move for me. It is. For sure. I'm excited to announce today that I am the newest partner at Education Elements. You can learn more about what they do at edelements.com. Overview of Services Provided by EdElements! One of the things that I am most excited about with EdElements is that they are doing so much good in education. I want to dive in a bit deeper to some of the things they do, so that you can call me up and say, “Jethro, let's do more of this!” Personalized Learning If you've been listening to this podcast for any amount of time, you know that I believe that personalizing learning for our kids is the best way to educate. My flavor of Personalized Learning is student driven learning, but EdElements has been doing this work for years, and they do great work. I worked with them on this in Fairbanks as a principal and they made a huge mindset shift accessible to teachers who had been teaching for decades. I'm really excited about this part of this new adventure. In my mind, so many things that we are really grappling with in education can be solved by Personalized Learning. Teacher shortages, trauma, SEL, equity, and so many more things can really be gathered up into a Personalized Learning approach. Think about it, if we are personalizing learning for our students, we naturally bring so many of these other areas into it for them. For example, in the district I am working with in Wisconsin, one of the teachers said that a particular student was overwhelmed by the choices she had and just wanted to be told what to do. The teacher commented how she had had no idea before that this girl was struggling with anxiety. The way school was set up didn't decrease her anxiety, but it didn't open a door to address it. The beauty is that now this teacher knows, knows the signs, and can help this student and others in the future. Strategic Planning Another area that I am really excited about is strategic planning. Usually, with strategic planning, we know that as “put all this work into something, then put it on the shelf to never look at again.” In rare instances, a few select “inner circle members” may know what the strategic plan is for the district, but nobody else knows why we are doing all this stuff! With Education Elements, they do things a bit differently. First, it's not a template that the district just follows. Each school district's plan is as unique as that school district. It has to be, right? Otherwise, what is the point of being just another cookie cutter school district!? So, there are several different approaches: - Did your school enrollment go down because of the pandemic? - Did your school enrollment go up because of the pandemic? - Is there a new superintendent or school board and we now have different priorities? - Do you want to have more innovation in your district, but don't know how to capture that? One school board really wanted innovation in their district, but they didn't know what that looked like. But they wanted to feel like they were innovative. By doing a strategic plan, they were able to define what innovation looked like and make some positive steps in the right direction. Community Surveys One of my mastermind clients recently complained a survey that her school district administered with an outside company. One of the anonymous questions was, “Do you trust your principal?” Of course, she got some responses that indicated she wasn't trusted. But she didn't know how to deal with those responses, because they were anonymous and the question was so broad, there was really no way to explain what trust meant in that situation. Education Elements does surveys differently. There's a way to ask questions to get at what people really think about something. An anonymous, “do you trust your principal” leaves way too many things out there in the ether. So, these surveys are, as with everything else at EdElements, focused on the specific needs of that district, not just pulling from a random question bank, or worse, the same questions for every single district, even if they don't apply. Responsive Leadership Another service that EdElements provides is responsive leadership. Of course, this is an area where I am really excited to contribute. As Todd Whitaker says, “When the principal coughs, the school gets a cold!” The same goes for the district level leadership as well. As I've said hundreds of times on this podcast, leadership is lonely. It's tough. Leaders need support. Especially in education, where we are great teachers and maybe not so great at being managers, leaders, visionaries, or inspirers. But leaders have to be all those things and more. There are other areas where Education Elements works, like data culture, teacher retention, custom curriculum, and more. I'm excited to start this new journey. If you're listening to this, and you would like to work with me, you can reach out to me at my new work email address, jethro@edelements.com. I hope I can help you make a HUGE impact on your students' lives! Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind Lead a school everyone can be proud of. Being a principal is tough work. You're pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do. 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Since parasite research in goats is always evolving, I was excited to see that the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control has revised their dewormer usage chart. Although most of the dosages have stayed the same from previous chart, there are a lot of new recommendations that you'll find in the footnotes.We are joined in this episode by one of the authors of the revision, Michael Pesato, DVM, DABVP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Food Animal Medicine and Surgery at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine.Dr. Pesato talks about what off-label drug usage means — and what it does not. And he talks about why we should discontinue some of the practices that have been around "forever," such as giving an injectable orally. That means injectable dewormers have no place in a goat owner's medicine cabinet.We cover all the dewormers, including morantel tartrate — the only dewormer that's a feed additive. It's also one that I've never heard a vet recommend. Dr. Pesato even dispels the myth that combination horse dewormers are combination goat dewormers.For more information on using drugs off-label, check out the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank.Full show notes here -- https://thriftyhomesteader.com/goat-dewormers/To see the most recent episodes, visit  ForTheLoveOfGoats.comWant to support the content you love?Head over to -- https://thrifty-homesteader.ck.page/products/love-goats-tip-jar