Podcasts

Featured on the The Think Inclusive Podcast. Jennifer Spencer-Iiams, Assistant Superintendent for the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, talks to The Think Inclusive Podcast about the transformation in her district toward inclusive practices. Her book, Leading for All, shares lessons learned from years building district schools where all students are served in their neighborhood school and classrooms with their general education peers.

Listen in on this podcast from Shift for Wellness with Peak Performing Teacher author Mike Kuczala. In the podcast, he uncovers 5 key habits for improving your performance.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, award-winning principal Dwight Carter shares how school leaders can maintain positivity in the midst of accelerating changes - and even learn to embrace them.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, The Daily SEL Leader authors discuss how social-emotional learning is personal work, and school leaders have to be willing to engage in the work themselves before they can lead others in doing the work.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Candace Raskin and Melissa Krull discuss why there is resistance to "doing what's right for students," and how school leaders can start to break down or go around that resistance.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, the authors of Beyond Crises discuss how after the distance learning experiments of 2020, schools have an opportunity to engage multilingual learners and their families in a whole new way - or maybe even for the first time.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Michael Fullan sits down with Peter DeWitt to talk about the new right drivers that bring whole system success: wellbeing, social intelligence, equality investments, and systemness.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, the authors of SEL From a Distance speak from their own experience about how important social-emotional learning (SEL) is for students, teachers, and school leaders.

 In this de-mystifying and debunking episode of the Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast, Peter DeWitt talks with collective efficacy experts Megan Tschannen-Moran and Jenni Donohoo.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Julie Stern talks about the importance of how teaching conceptual understanding can be a powerful way to engage students not only in learning, but in processing their own experiences.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, author Tom Guskey and Peter DeWitt discuss the downfalls of percentage grading, how grading is sometimes used as a punishment, and Tom's recommendations for better grading practices. 

In this informative and practical Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Peter DeWitt talks with Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey about shifting the narrative from "learning loss" to "learning leaps."

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, John Hattie joins Peter DeWitt to talk about the benefits of de-implementation, or deciding what NOT to do in the 2021-2022 school year.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, power house speaker and author Debbie Silver joins Peter DeWitt to talk about the importance of reaching students with authenticity and empowering them with high expectations.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, author, speaker, and expert mentor Carol Radford shares her expertise on why mentoring continues to be an important element of any teacher's success - but especially for new teachers after COVID-19.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, the six authors of Humanity Over Comfort share their thoughts on how we can all contribute to achieving equity.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Daniel Bauer talks improving leadership development through masterminds: small groups of school leaders coming together to support each other and "level up" their leadership.

In this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, host Peter DeWitt sits in the hot seat to talk about his new book, Collective Leader Efficacy. 

Dr. Horacio Sanchez brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge to this Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode deep dive into the effects of poverty on learning.

In this important Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, authors Trudy Arriaga and Delores Lindsey share new stories about women in school leadership, and paint a picture of what gender equity actually looks like.

In this super practical Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, organizational development expert Anthony Kim shares better habits for school leadership teams to adopt.

In this far-reaching Leaders Coaching Leaders podcast episode, Peter DeWitt and Mark White discuss how schools can leverage new technology to reach their youngest teachers and students, how to retain and attract more Millennials and Gen Z teachers, and how to move from managing to coaching with all generations

All educators — all school staff — need to see themselves as part of a formal or informal mental health network whose members routinely collaborate to support sound student mental health. But they need to be supported by mental health practitioners and parents to provide the widest possible safety net for students. Martha Staeheli, Ph.D., explains in this Cultivating Resilience Podcast.

Jenn David Lang and Mike Doughty chat The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie.