Episode 116 features Dr. Lori Baker-Schena (@DoctorBS), CEO and founder of Baker Schena Communications, a leadership coach and professional speaker who works with individuals, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, small businesses and large corporations to strengthen their management and team-building skills. During the episode, we discuss how successful educators must develop professional leadership brands to create a successful presence, how a leadership brand conveys one’s identity and distinctiveness as a leader/educator, and how your reputation is about your past while your leadership brand is about who you are now and who you want to be in the future.

Episode 115 features John Davis (@JDActionHero), a professional fight director and stuntman for stage and screen, artistic director for three regional theme parks, sword-fighting comedian, college professor, and a motivational speaker, author and coach. During the episode, we discuss how educators are true action heroes, how to make students feel like action heroes, and how to focus on delivering positive praise and feedback to staff and students.

In episode 78, I re-air an interview I conducted with Basil Marin (@basil_marin) for an episode in November of 2018. Basil is a fellow 2017 ASCD Emerging Leader, education administrator, and doctoral candidate. We discussed inspiring lifelong learning, working with at-risk students, and promoting equity in education.

Episode 117 features Debbie Tannenbaum (@TannenbaumTech), an elementary school technology specialist in Fairfax County, VA and author of the upcoming book, “TRANSFORM: Techy Notes to Make Learning Sticky.” During the episode, we discuss best practices for implementing instructional technologies, the ability for technology coaches to make a major instructional impact at their schools, and how true leaders inspire and empower those around them.