Greetings Insightful Educators!!

Some of you have been here for a while and, for some of you, this is your very first newsletter from me

I thought I would re-share five previous posts that have created buzz, interest, community, and impact in case you missed them or never saw them

If you read them before, great! Please feel free to pass them along to those in your network who may find them beneficial

If this is your first time reading them, welcome! We are excited to have you and look forward to hearing all about the impact you are having in education

As always, the archive is a rich place to get inspired strategy and transformational insights, so wander through the library of ideas and take what works

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And now, five previous articles that are sure to be bangers for you!

WHY MATTERING MATTERS: Creating an Ecosystem of Belonging at Your School

In this newsletter, I lay out the reasons for making sure every single student feels seen, valued, cared for and has a place to belong. This is taken from my most request professional keynote and is what I share most when I work with schools.

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Creating Healthier Schools: Upstream Prevention vs Downstream Prescription

I am a big “upstream” thinker, believing that, if we can get the work done right and well upstream, we can have healthier downstream outcomes. In this newsletter, I lay out what I believe is crucial for doing upstream work to create more engaging, positive, inspiring cultures in schools

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Going Gradeless Series

I wrote a three part series on why and how we use a narrative, instead of numerical, transcript at Odyssey Leadership Academy, the incredible results that yields for our graduates, and how you can consider doing the same at your school. This is the third and final installment of that series that links back to the other two, so you may be best served by opening this one, then reading them in order of the first, second, and then third

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Transforming Schools To Be Places of Purpose and Meaning: The Urgency of Purpose Based Education

One of the biggest questions student ask is “Why does this matter?”. I believe answering that question—beyond just “because of the test on Friday” or “For the grade”—goes a long ways towards fostering more engagement, buy in, and belief from students (and teachers!). Here’s what I believe schools need to do to transform schools into places of purpose and meaning

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Why Educators Are More Valuable Now Than Ever Before: In the Era of Artificial Intelligence, We Need Educators Now More Than Ever

This was one of the very first posts I wrote, and, ironically, it is now one of the most prescient and urgent. In it, I address the question of AI by claiming that now, more than ever, we need human-centered education, and the ones best served to deliver that are those who have always done so: educators

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Join the Journey

I’m in the midst of creating some really powerful resources to inspire, uplift, encourage and bring together visionary, upstream educators and leaders just like you to curate a community of practice ready to change the narrative of education!

These resources will include

• Digital ebook to help school leaders flourish and thrive as they foster human-centered education at their sites

• Video courses aimed at offering inspired strategy for those ready to do something new and unique in education

• Curated cohorts of like-minded, like-hearted visionaries to come together and learn with and from one another

• Mountain retreats aimed at re-centering the work of education in human and communal flourishing

If that sounds interesting…hit me up!

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