61. Uncomfortable to Grow: Featuring Todd Nesloney
As an aspiring leader, what do you need to experience to prepare for our next leadership position? Todd Nesloney and I discuss interview tips and tricks to the administrative interview process, leadership conferences, technology implementation strategies, providing grace to students, and Todd shares a surprise announcement! #AspireLead
Todd Nesloney
Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He was previously a Principal/Lead Learner at a PreK-5 school in Texas. He is an award winning author for his work in co-authoring Kids Deserve It! and Sparks in the Dark. He has also written the book Stories from Webb and published a children’s book, Spruce & Lucy. Todd has been recognized by John C. Maxwell as a Top 10 Finalist for the 2018 Transformational Leadership Award, by the White House as a Connected Educator “Champion of Change”, the National School Board Association as one of the “20 to Watch” in Education, the Center for Digital Education as one of their “Top 40 Innovators in Education”, the BAMMYs as the “National Elementary Principal of the Year” and the “National Elementary Teacher of the Year”, and the Texas Computer Education Association as their “Texas Elementary Teacher of the Year”.
Follow Todd Nesloney:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechNinjaTodd
- Website: https://www.toddnesloney.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToddNesloney/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techninjatodd/?hl=en
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tnesloney
- Hashtag: #kidsDeserveIt
Books by Todd Nesloney:
Amazon: Kids Deserve It!: Pushing Boundaries and Challenging Conventional Thinking
Amazon: Stories from Webb: The Ideas, Passions, and Convictions of a Principal and His School Family
Amazon: Sparks in the Dark: Lessons, Ideas and Strategies to Illuminate the Reading and Writing Lives in All of Us
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- NEW website: www.joshstamper.com
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/Joshua__Stamper
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/joshua__stamper
- Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-stamper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AspirePodcast
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aspire-the-leadership-development-podcast/id1384210762?mt=2
Book Giveaway!
To enter, go to joshstamper.com and sign up for the Aspire newsletter. We will be choosing our winner from those who sign up. The winner will be announced Friday, July 19th, 2019 at 7pm CST. The winner will be able to choose one of Todd’s three books, “Kids Deserve it”, “Stories from Webb” or “Sparks in the Dark”.
Sign up at www.joshstamper.com
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About the author, Joshua
Joshua Stamper is the Training and Development Specialist for the Teach Better Team and manages the Teach Better Podcast Network. Prior to Joshua's current position, he was a middle school Administrator, classroom art educator, and athletic coach.
In addition to being on the Teach Better Team, Joshua is the author of Aspire to Lead, podcaster, leadership coach, and education presenter.