Tips, Tactics and Strategies from the nations most inspiring, creative and innovative educators & industry professionals to create positive, kind and empathetic school cultures. Each episode will leave you walking away with actionable steps you can take to immediately improve your school or classroom culture, decrease bullying and create a positive atmosphere.
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Meet Your Host: Brian Williams Powered by: Think Kindness | SchoolCulture.org In this episode, host Brian Williams sits down with his longtime friend and fellow martial artist Gary Engels — founder of Leadership Academy in Woodruff, WI — to explore the power of Legacy Loops, a gamified habit-tracking app designed to build character, consistency, and confidence in students. From a daughter's…
Powered By Think Kindness In this powerful conversation, host Brian Williams sits down with Duncan Kirkwood the Director of the Center for Resiliency at Villa Maria College. Duncan shares his journey from serving as a Master Resilience Trainer in the Army National Guard to becoming a nationally recognized speaker who empowers educators and students across the country. The discussion tackles the…
POWERED BY: Think Kindness / SchoolCulture.org In this powerful episode of the Rockstar Teacher Podcast, host Brian Williams sits down with leadership expert and three-time bestselling author Brenda Neckvatal to tackle one of the most challenging aspects of education: dealing with difficult people. Whether it's challenging students, demanding parents, or complicated coworker dynamics, Brenda…
Let me guess - you've had more referrals to the office centered around 'Social Media' than anything else? Am I Right? Well today we get to interview Kim Karr - she started #ICANHELP in 2011 after seeing the destructive power of online negativity firsthand. An anonymous user created a simple, yet destructive Facebook page targeting a teacher at her school. Over the next two weeks, one thousand…
With the new year - comes new opportunities. . . and Covid has also presented even more new opportunities create amazing, outstanding and long lasting positive student culture. In today's episode we bring on Jimmy Gleich, an award winning leadership advisor, teacher and is also the Vice-President of Think Kindness. WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF TODAY'S EPISODE Actionable Culture Building Ideas for your…
Meet Joe. He is a family man who learned about learning by being curious. Since childhood, he has always been motivated by challenging himself. Heck, he was 1 of 10 kids. . . one could say he was born into a challenge! But he discovered his love of learning in an outside-the-box way. School for him was too im personal, routine, and disconnected from reality. He would run home after school and…
Many people are nervous about the uncertainty and adversity Covid-19 brings to the classroom. However, after interviewing JC Pohl of Teen Truth , you quickly realize that this pandemic also creates a "once in a life-time opportunity to teach resiliency amongst students" as JC put it. JC is has worked with over 1,200 schools across the United States. He is an award winning documentary producer,…
If you took a polled your staff with the question, "Do you think next year will be easy?" . . . I would be willing to bet the resounding answer would be 'No'. The reasons would vary. From current economic status of the families, virtual learning, kids getting sick to the uncertainty of what the next week or month holds. Then if you asked the question, "Do you think we can still create a…
Juan Bendana is a renowned speaker, author, and DJ who speaks on high school & University campuses as well as conferences internationally. He speaks to 50,000+ students, educators, and parents across Canada & the United States every year. He is the Founder of The 100 Day Playbook, a guided Journal that helps students build better habits, boost productivity, & optimize their life. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS…
In this episode we'll give you several ideas to add a boost of creativity, excitement and just plan 'ole FUN to your virtual classroom. This will boost engagement and excitement amongst your students and make this new world of virtual teaching fun! If you have more ideas to share, you share them with us at: www.thinkkindness.org/podcast
