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School Design And Improvement Episodes

21st Century School Design encompasses innovative approaches to creating learning environments that cater to the needs of modern students.
May 14, 2024

How to Use Data Strategically in School Improvement Work (Chad Dumas)

In this episode, we have the opportunity to chat with Chad Dumas - former school principal, CEO of Next Learning Solutions, and Solution Tree PLC@Work consultant - about how schools should be using data strategically in both ...

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March 12, 2024

How to Prioritize DEI in Schools Part II (Roxie J. Patton)

In this episode of the Have a Life Teaching Podcast, Roxie Patton, Founder of RJ Consulting and Coaching, and I continue our conversation on the importance of having educators who understand the students and families they ser...

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Jan. 30, 2024

How to Ensure Educator Wellbeing - Part II (Aimee Presnall)

In Part I, Sybil Hall and I discussed what educators can do to take ownership of their own wellbeing. Here, in Part II, Aimee Parkinson Presnall. Founder and CEO of Well-Nest (Australia) and I discuss how individual responsib...

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Jan. 16, 2024

How to Prioritize DEI in Schools (Maria Underwood)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) means much more than just ensuring that students are reading books with a diverse character. Join Maria Garcia Underwood, founder of M Ideas Consulting, and I as we discuss what deep DEI...

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Jan. 9, 2024

How to Design a 21st Century School (Prakash Nair)

Many teachers are teaching 21st Century students in buildings designed in the 19th and/or early 20th Centuries. Join my next guest, Prakash Nair, CEO of Education Design International, and I as we discuss in this episode what...

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Dec. 20, 2023

How India Educates Its Primary/Secondary Students (Greshma Momaya)

India is becoming an ever increasingly important player on the international stage. It is the largest democracy in the world and its population to set to shortly overtake that of China. Further, citizens of India have long be...

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Dec. 5, 2023

How to Start a Charter School (David Greenberg)

We are in a new age of education where, finally, all communities (not just the rich) have the ability to create schools that mirror their values and hopes for their children. Join my guest David Greenberg - Vice President, Au...

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Oct. 17, 2023

How to Impact Education Outside of the Classroom (Kevin Foote)

Kevin Foote realized after many years that a passion for teaching wasn't enough to keep him in the classroom. However, Kevin was lucky in that he found the next best thing - a career supporting teaching and learning nonethele...

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Sept. 5, 2023

How to Bring Design Thinking Into Schools (Justin Reich)

Most innovation in school fails. Why? Often, innovation fails because it is imposed upon teachers rather than being designed by teachers themselves. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Justin Reich, Executive Director of the T...

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