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Aug 31, 2022

Dr. Amy Platt is delighted to be the Head of School at the Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School. Amy is passionate about excellent instruction and working with teachers to be the talented professionals they are destined to be. Amy holds a PhD and an MA from the University of Toronto. When Amy is not at work she can be found on long-distance bike rides, pondering the larger issues facing education.

Show Highlights

  • Podcast tips for an effective way to tell your school’s story. 
  • Intentionally create impactful school life for your community with partnerships and social action projects.
  • Address the twofold cultures within every school to develop a unique, independent experience.
  • Master rigor and resistance by breaking the cadence.
  • Highly effective leaders approach the day with this mindset.
  • 7 values of building school culture defined by our place in the world.
  • Build on success with stakeholders by creating relationships.

 

What the teachers have found is that when we break the cadence and we keep the kids engaged, excited and happy, their ability to keep pace with their curriculum and maybe even move faster. They know that they sometimes have less time because all of these great things are happening with respect to school life. It keeps them moving quickly. It keeps them on their toes and it keeps them really engaged with their learning.”

-Dr Amy Platt



Dr Amy Platt Episode Transcript

 

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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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Aug 17, 2022

Jennifer Cantor is a proud graduate of the University of North Georgia, where she received a degree in English with a concentration in Writing and Publication. She went on from college to become an English teacher at Rivers Academy (formerly known as Chalk to Champions) in the Fall of 2008. Jennifer quickly became immersed in the school and explored any opportunity that became available. Within her first two years at Rivers, she gained the role of Teacher Liaison and Admissions Coordinator. Jennifer completed her master’s degree in Educational Administration from National University in March of 2014. She became the Principal of Rivers Academy in the Fall of 2014. For the next four years Jennifer strived to create a school where students and staff feel valued and accepted. Rivers Academy has become leaders in their industry by providing students a high-quality college preparatory curriculum in just three school days.     

 

At the age of 34, Jennifer became a co-owner in June of 2018 with her business partner, Debbie Beasley. During their first year of ownership, Rivers Academy joined the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA), where they have gone on to win three state championships in Golf and Swimming over the past three years. The school expanded by opening a new middle school building and adding eight new teachers at the start of the 2019-2020 school year. We currently have 240 students in 5th-12th grade and 32 staff members.

 

Jennifer has received the Greater North Fulton Chamber’s Women Influencing Business Rising Star Award in 2020. She has had the opportunity to serve on several external review committees for schools seeking accreditation, and she has really enjoyed being able to speak on various podcasts sharing her experience as the Principal and Co-owner of Rivers Academy. She loves any chance she gets to support her community and share her love and passion for the school with others. Jennifer lives in Cumming with her husband, David, and their two children, Reese and Margo. She loves camping with her family and spending time outdoors. Jennifer considers herself extremely lucky and blessed to have the opportunity to serve such amazing students, families, and staff at Rivers Academy!

 

Show Highlights

    • Being a great teacher requires you to disconnect with the university's definition of great teaching.
    • Inspire and motivate students to pursue their passion outside of the classroom.
    • Overcome the hardest part about operating outside the box in a unique way.
  • A plan to give kids balance without academic compromise.
    • Plant seeds to create real results for your community. 
    • Give teachers a school where creativity shines and time is available for  developing their passion for students and watch the magic happen.
  • Activities and professional development inspired from the podcast to hallways for meaningful transformation. 




“You can provide students with balance. There's nothing wrong with full time public or full time private, but one size doesn't fit all. We all remember the teachers who shook it up in the classroom. We want to be a part of a school that shakes it up for everybody and gives teachers the autonomy to be what they jumped into teaching to be.”

- Jennifer Cantor



Jennifer Cantor Transcript

Jennifer Cantor’s Resources & Contact Info:

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

 

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Join the “Back to School Boot Camp”

The one thing you need to start next year off with energy momentum is a solid 90-day plan.

 

In the “Back to School Bootcamp” I will teach you how to create your 90-day plan in just 5-days.

 

Join the challenge today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 

 

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

 

Apply to the mastermind today!

 

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 © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

 

Aug 10, 2022

Everett Hendrixon, with Eco Supply LLC, has been in agriculture for 20+ years.  With an early career in law, and then business management, Everett believes he found what he wants to be when he grows up – someone who feeds people.  Whether that means giving fresh produce from his micro-farm or educating others on the benefits of growing real food, his mission is to connect as many as possible to their food source.

Show Highlights

    • Connect your learning community to their food source for positive educational outcomes.
  • The benefits of Flex Farm to get your students excited about authentic learning in the classroom. 
  • Don’t be a “boiling frog” disconnected with the needs of students in both urban and rural areas.
  • The limitations, pitfalls and generational disconnect in our current agriculture system.
  • Get kids eating bags of lettuce to support connection to the community.
  • Teach your brain emotional intelligence, raise self worth, build confidence and self esteem with these systems to “grow” in the classroom. 
  • The need to pivot to help students find solutions to the fragility of our supply chain and climate change to minimize the carbon footprint.
  •  Food can reframe the challenges you have in a way that makes solutions obvious. 

 

“You educate yourself by educating. You're feeding your mind and then you can feed others. You feed your body, you can feed others.”

-Everett Hendrixon





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Everett Hendrixon’s Resources & Contact Info:



Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

 

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Join the “Back to School Boot Camp”

The one thing you need to start next year off with energy momentum is a solid 90-day plan.

 

In the “Back to School Bootcamp” I will teach you how to create your 90-day plan in just 5-days.

 

Join the challenge today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 

 

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

 

Apply to the mastermind today!

 

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 © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

 

Aug 3, 2022

Madeleine Mortimore is the Global Education Innovation and Research Lead for Logitech, where she leads research on EdTech hardware. With years of experience as a classroom teacher, Madeleine has developed a curriculum for grades 4-12. Her research experience includes positions at the MIT Teaching and Learning Lab. Madeleine has a Master of Education from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

 

Show Highlights

  • Setting clear values on how you function as an educational team  requires reorienting structure toward impact for students in the education space, not what's easiest.
  • Incorporating voices from different angles of innovation drives meaningful change around a collective purpose to build community and support. 
  • Logitech’s interactive tools to avoid complacency, increase student voice, and alleviate stress in the classroom.
  • The need to pivot from unrealistic assumptions pertaining to classrooms is needed to find balance in discovering true knowledge and abilities within your learning community.
  • Arm your staff with the right knowledge of what is truly a classroom. 
  • You need this “North Star” to drive impact that takes many different routes. 
  • Why is teaching infinitely harder than being a doctor?



“Sometimes it's hard to really stand your ground where maybe it's cheaper, maybe it's faster, or we need to hit a certain timeline.  I've learned my personal Northstar is just as important as having team values. I can stay really focused when there are those decisions to make, when the impact in the classroom is against the corporate need to be within a certain budget or timeline.”

-Maddie Mortimore

Maddie Mortimore’s Resources & Contact Info:

 

Read my latest book!

Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.

 

Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today!

Join the “Back to School Boot Camp”

The one thing you need to start next year off with energy momentum is a solid 90-day plan.

 

In the “Back to School Bootcamp” I will teach you how to create your 90-day plan in just 5-days.

 

Join the challenge today!

Apply to the Mastermind

The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders. 

 

100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.

 

Apply to the mastermind today!

 

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 © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

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