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The BETTER LEADERS BETTER SCHOOLS podcast is in the TOP 0.5% most downloaded shows of over 2 million podcasts across the world. The BLBS show was created for RUCKUS MAKERS in education -- those out-of-the-box school leaders making change happen. Launched in 2015, this category-defining podcast in educational leadership has helped over 1 MILLION leaders LEVEL UP. Each week host DANIEL BAUER has a conversation with a leadership expert and invites you to listen in. Turn your commute, chores, or workout into professional development and then GO MAKE A RUCKUS! BLBS is the #1 downloaded podcast for school leaders.
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Jan 27, 2022

Randy Weiner has worked in education, ed tech and consulting throughout his career. In 2012, He co- founded and served as the first Chairman of the Board at Urban Montessori Charter School (UMCS) in Oakland, CA—the nation’s first public Montessori, Arts Integration and Design Thinking school. Randy is also a co-founder and the CEO at BrainQuake, a three- time U.S. Department of Education Small Business Innovation Award winner.   Along with his Brass Tacks Innovations consulting firm partner, Dr. James Bailey, Randy co-authored “The Daily SEL Leader: A Guided Journal“, published in March 2021 by Corwin Press. A Teach for America alum and father to two daughters, Randy taught for five years in Oakland and Madagascar, and holds two BAs from Middlebury College and an MA in Education from Stanford.

James’ career has encompassed teacher, principal, school turnaround, principal consultant, and superintendent roles spanning Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming. As Superintendent in Wyoming,  his district was the first member in the state to join the League of Innovative Schools after reform efforts around personalized learning and social-emotional development. In San Antonio, he led the turnaround efforts for the Carpe Diem Schools. His deep-seated commitment to equity and supporting school leaders led to him training as an executive coach and co-founding Brass Tacks Innovations focused on adult SEL development, school redesign, and the use of improvement and implementation science to help all schools and learners meet the demands of our emerging society.  He is also an advocate for helping leaders and young people become more self-aware of their social and emotional needs and develop the skills to work with others on a more human level. James has a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Innovation, is a prolific publisher and presenter and serves as a core faculty member at Walden University in the areas of educational leadership. He recently had a book published called The Daily SEL Leader: A Guided Journal.

Show Highlights

  • SEL is not  warm, fuzzy or extra. Unpack the misunderstandings of SEL
  • The “Holy grail of leadership”  with 5 minute transformational feedback.
  •  The book you need for being a leader of action.
  • Identify the “Knowing - Doing Gap.”
  • Avoid feedback being a “freud experience” for everyone. 
  • Safe spaces are not the goal, intentional, tailored feedback is. 
  • Five minutes to see “everyone is an ocean and not a surface.”
  • Learn a deliberate daily practice plan to build a leadership playground. 

People who are better at leading with social-emotional skills tend to get a lot more impact and influence in their leadership.

-James 

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TEACHFX

School leaders know that productive student talk drives student learning, but the average teacher talks 75% of class time! TeachFX is changing that with a “Fitbit for teachers” that automatically measures student engagement and gives teachers feedback about what they could do differently. 

Learn more about the TeachFX app and get a special 20% discount for your school or district by visiting teachfx.com/blbs.

ORGANIZED BINDER

Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder.

 

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Jan 19, 2022

Dan Butler  serves as the principal of Epworth Elementary School in the Western Dubuque Community School District. Previously, he was the principal of Epworth and Farley Elementary Schools simultaneously for four years focusing on positive relationships with all members of the learning community, high impact instructional techniques, building leadership capacity in others, and establishing successful school cultures. Prior to serving as an administrator, Dan taught third and fifth grades in the Western Dubuque District, as well as serving as a baseball and football coach. In addition to his responsibilities as a building principal, Dan works as an adjunct professor in the Educational Leadership department at the University of Northern Iowa where he earned his doctoral degree.

Dan has received numerous awards and most recently was recognized as a finalist for the School Administrators of Iowa Elementary Principal of the year in 2019 and 2020. He received the University of Northern Iowa Educational Leadership Legacy award in 2018 and was a 2017 bizTimes.biz Rising Star in the Dubuque area. For more than six years, Dan served as a co-moderator of Iowa Educational Chat (#IAedchat), a weekly Twitter forum dedicated to the latest trends in education. He recently published his first book, Permission to be Great and has published various articles to Principal Magazine focused on digital leadership, literacy, productivity, and educator engagement

 

Show Highlights

  • Grant permission to shape the world with this book. 
  • 6 mismatches between educator and the work environment
    • Too much to do
    • A lack of control
    • ERA: encouragement, recognition, appreciation
    • Breakdown of community
    • Lack of fairness
    • Conflict of values
  • Common sense is not the same as common practice.
  • Navigate comprehensive systems and programs to create an atmosphere for people to be great.
  • A filter to remove what you don’t value off the proverbial education plate. 
  • Promote a genuine interest in every person with two motivational words.
  • A strength based approach to see kids as the unique individuals they are. 
  • Create ownership, autonomy and avoid micro management. 
  • Know the hill “we” are going to die on to navigate difficult waters.

“We talked about mismatches. The greater the match between worker and work environment, the greater the likelihood of engagements. At the end of the day, all of the concepts, all of the strategies, all of the tactics, included in Permission To Be Great are all about increasing positive culture within your school.”

-Dan Butler

 

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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.

 

TEACHFX

School leaders know that productive student talk drives student learning, but the average teacher talks 75% of class time! TeachFX is changing that with a “Fitbit for teachers” that automatically measures student engagement and gives teachers feedback about what they could do differently. 

Learn more about the TeachFX app and get a special 20% discount for your school or district by visiting teachfx.com/blbs.

 

ORGANIZED BINDER

Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder.

 

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Jan 12, 2022

Eric is an Associate Partner with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). Prior to this, he was a teacher and the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School. Under his leadership, his school became a globally recognized model for innovative practices. Eric oversaw the successful implementation of several sustainable change initiatives that radically transformed the learning culture at his school while increasing achievement. 

Show Highlights

  • Empower students to think disruptively with real world tools to do real world work. 
  • How to lead a culture to establish disruptive thinking in our classrooms?
  • Future proof education and prep learners for anything vs something.
  • Avoid misrepresenting equity.
  • Embrace lessons learned from the pandemic to avoid the most dangerous phase of education.

 

  • Results of the best blended pedagogies in the country. 
  • Unleash that greatness in those whom we serve. Tips, tricks and support options to infuse within your school.
  • Challenge the path less travelled to avoid Siri or Alexa pedagogy. 

 









“When you have a lot of roadblocks to change. I wasn't perfect. I surrounded myself with people that were smarter than me, that were more capable than me, and for the most part I got out of their way, but I gave them feedback and I held everyone accountable, accountable to our kids.”

-Eric Sheninger

 

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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.

 

TEACHFX

School leaders know that productive student talk drives student learning, but the average teacher talks 75% of class time! TeachFX is changing that with a “Fitbit for teachers” that automatically measures student engagement and gives teachers feedback about what they could do differently. 

Learn more about the TeachFX app and get a special 20% discount for your school or district by visiting teachfx.com/blbs.

 

ORGANIZED BINDER

Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder.

 

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Jan 5, 2022

Show Highlights

 

  • Build IT better with an engaged and flourishing staff.

 

  • Be a leader with an abundance of energy and give your staff a “good cold.”
  • Ask this important question with a high speed complaint session to achieve amazing results. 
  • Live through challenges with perspective,  privilege and beauty. 
  • Ruckus Makers can play BIGGER  in 2022 to Level Up Leadership. 
  • Be intentional where you’re headed and avoid the 5 mile detour.
  • 8 weeks and 5 steps for a “Principal Success Path” to extend breaks and finish the year strong. 
  • Solve the most important and overlooked topic for leaders with a “Ruckus Maker Mindset” in 90 days.

 

 

“Everything flows from how you think.”

-Daniel Bauer

 

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Looking for more?

 

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.

TEACHFX

School leaders know that productive student talk drives student learning, but the average teacher talks 75% of class time! TeachFX is changing that with a “Fitbit for teachers” that automatically measures student engagement and gives teachers feedback about what they could do differently. 

Learn more about the TeachFX app and get a special 20% discount for your school or district by visiting teachfx.com/blbs.

ORGANIZED BINDER

Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder.

 

Copyright © 2021 Twelve Practices LLC

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