The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast | The #1 Downloaded School Leadership Show
Episodes
You are valued
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deena Pierott is an Idea Generator and Social Impact Entrepreneur - Founder of the award-winning and nationally recognized STEM+Arts program for youth...
Leading for Social and Racial Justice
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Latting, DrPH, LMSW-IPR, is a diversity, equity and inclusion consultant with over 20 years of consulting experience in private and public multic...
Creating Safe Spaces in your School for LGBTQ+ Humans
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jen O’Ryan is the founder of Double Tall Consulting, specializing in Inclusion and Diversity. Leveraging two decades of experience in change man...
The Principal Success Path
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DANIEL BAUER is the Chief Ruckus Maker at BETTER LEADERS BETTER SCHOOLS (BLBS). He launched the BLBS Podcast in September 2015. With over one million ...
Transform your school through story
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meghan Gardner is the founder of Guardian Adventures, which provides consultation and development of innovative and educational online and live events...
Tom is building his dream school
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Woelper, Founding Head of School New England Innovation Academy Tom has had a distinguished 31-year career in independent education, most recen...
Providing Access and Equity in College Admissions
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam was an English teacher, Academic Intervention Specialist, athletic coach, and School Counselor for 21 years and is currently serving as Chief Deve...
Empowering Educators
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Silverthorne brings 30 years of high school teaching experience with him to Empowered — he introduced the program to its very first classroom i...
A scalable SEL solution for schools
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Becker’s an award-winning school counselor and teacher with a Master's in Secondary Counseling and a second degree in communications- so he's a...
The value of outside perspectives and an interdisciplinary approach to education
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hilary L. Link, Ph.D., is the first female President of Allegheny College — one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative colleges where multidis...
Attracting and Retaining the Best Educators
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Jones is the Superintendent in the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. A passion to provide all students an incredible ...
Growing Up At Work
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Formerly a high school English teacher and a new teacher coach in Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer Abrams is currently...
Colliding two worlds: Bringing Together the Best of Business and Education
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Grassa O’Neill Founding co-lead faculty for the HGSE/HBS Certificate in School Management and Leadership powered by HBS Online. HGSE Directo...
The importance of grateful leadership
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Judith W. Umlas is Sr. Vice President, author and trainer at International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global corporate training company. Sh...
Expressing kindness in education
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Houston is a speaker, author, and kindness advocate who has spoken at over 600 schools or events internationally. In 2016, he co-founded CharacterStro...
Promoting student voice
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Susie Harder, M.A., CCC-SLP is an experienced clinician who devotes much of her passion to working with children, teens, and adults who stutter. She w...
1st generation college student becomes superintendent
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mike Stacy is currently the superintendent at Beechwood Independent Schools in northern Kentucky. (This is his sixth year in this position). Durin...
Creating belonging and championing equity in school
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrew B. Campbell (Dr. ABC) is a graduate of the University of Toronto, with a PhD. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Diversity. He is prese...
Here's how you get veterans to lead change in school
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deivis Pothin (Davis Po-tin) is an international school leader and educator who is passionate about empowering students’ lives through education. ...
The future of education: 5 trends we're seeing
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SANDRA NAGY is a sought after advisor to school leaders around the world. ...
Bonus Episode: Michael Smith
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In high school, Michael never realized that he could make a living off of his hobbies. He majored in graphic design in college and those possibilities...
Ruffling Adult Feathers Through Civic Action
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Igoe is currently a high school administrator, forever teacher, mentor, coach, Gen Z mom, and wannabe Dorthea Lange. Erin has 18 years in educa...
Healthier kids and healthier partnerships with families
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a nonprofit CEO who is, first and foremost, a husband and father of three, Rob cares deeply about promoting justice and equitable opportunities for...
5 Mechanisms of shared leadership
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Lyons is an educational consultant who works with teachers and school leaders to inspire educational innovation for racial and gender justice,...
Amy is building her dream school
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 wo...
Bonus: Kyle Wagner
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Wagner, the founder of Transform Educational Consulting Limited, has always had a bold mission since he became an educator 15+ years ago: Create ...
Trust-based observations
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Craig's experience as a counselor, coach, teacher, and principal set him up perfectly to develop a model of teacher observation focused on building tr...
An Invitation- Connecting women in school leadership
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Better Leaders Better Schools is launching a new cohort of the mastermind that is just for women. Learn more and apply today: ...
Building a Genius Lab
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scott L. Steward is an international business owner (musicspool.com and Genius Lab, Inc.), a youth tech educator, podcast co-host (Money, Sex, Gen X),...
School turnaround and giving kids a chance
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. began his tenure as the eleventh Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in September 2015. H...
Addressing racism in schools
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sharla Stevens transform schools into anti-racist, thriving institutions for academic excellence and social justice! She develops school leaders to br...
Pandemic pivots and Co-creation
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jen is a local here in Atlanta (an "ATLien") where she is on a mission to make education humanizing and equitable for ALL learners. Shortly after earn...
Uplifting black male educators
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan C. W. Jones is a seasoned award winning educator and founder of Ideation4, working with educators, schools, districts, nonprofit professional...
Building true diversity in school
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Alexander is a Partner at Thomas, Alexander, Forrester & Sorensen LLP, a law firm in Venice, CA. She also has served as the Board Chair at New...
Creating trust in organizations
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Would you start a business with someone you’ve only met in person once and talked to for about 5 minutes? Spotlight Trust co-founders Lisa Lambert o...
The Magic of Micro-schools
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maureen O’Shaughnessy, EdD, is a career educational activist with over 30 years of transforming learning in schools to better serve all students. Sh...
Leadership lessons from the stage
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Zimmerman has worked two decades as a keynote speaker and consultant, he’s had the honor of developing deep relationships with companies incl...
Exploring bias in pre-service Teachers
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Vernita Glenn-White is the CEO of Glenn-White Global Solutions and Founder of Empowered Educators Academy © , a company that empowers educators, ...
Creating Innocent Classrooms
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alexs has had a diverse career bringing an innovative eye and heart to the areas of education, literature, business and race. He is an award winning a...
Creating an environment for belonging
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Darnisa Amante-Jackson is an educational and racial equity strategist that is deeply committed to the studies of culture; innovation; equity and a...
The Power of Us
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Price, OBE, is a global thought leader, learning futurist and author, specialising in how organisations learn, innovate and make themselves fit ...