102. Leading Equity and Change: Featuring Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins

Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins, Leading Equity

With a heavy heart, I bring you this episode, in a time where our country is fighting against inequality and racism. During the duration of distant learning, the subject of equity has come to the forefront of many discussions about not only our new system of learning, but our traditional educational systems. My hope is…

101. Award Winning Culture: Featuring Jennifer and Hans Appel

Jennifer and Hans Appel, Award Winning Culture

This is a special episode because I get to celebrate the two year anniversary of the Aspire podcast and my guest, Hans Appel, has released his new book, “Award Winning Culture”! This week, I’m joined by Jennifer and Hans Appel as we dive into the subject of social emotional learning, how SEL has set the…

100. Schools Full of Readers: Featuring Evan Robb

As I have shared on this podcast before, when I was younger, I didn’t enjoy reading. Of course, once I got older, I found great pleasure in reading books and I love to share the joy of reading. In this special milestone 100th episode, I ask the question, Do the students in your school love…

99. Dive into Inquiry: Featuring Trevor MacKenzie

Trevor MacKenzie, Dive into Inquiry

How is your school or classroom encouraging and enhancing student curiosity and self directed learning? This week’s guest, Trevor MacKenzie, shares how embracing student questions through an inquiry based model gradually increased student curiosity, responsibility and learning. I’m so excited to have the author of “Dive into Inquiry” on the Aspire podcast! #AspireLead   Tweet This…

98. Unforgettable Leader: Featuring Chuck Poole

Chuck Poole, Unforgettable

Who in your life has made the greatest difference and impact on your leadership skills? This week’s guest, Chuck Poole, shares how failing as a mentor changed his outlook on being a teacher and a leader and the steps he took to become an unforgettable leader.  Tweet This In this Episode, we discuss: Developing student…