EPISODE · Nov 3, 2025 · 29 MIN
Mentoring Moments with Debra Winter
from Mentoring Moments: Empowering Leaders to Mentor our Future · host Dr. Rob Wottawa
Send us Fan MailHow do you lead through a crisis you were never trained for? Retired Superintendent Debra Winter—facilitator of Long Island's only special education administrator collegial circle for 21 years—reveals how to turn bureaucratic chaos into clarity. She shares her "sanity check" strategies for IEP meetings, how to advocate without being pigeonholed, and whether she'd rather mentor a paperwork-phobic principal or a data-obsessed director.If this conversation meant something to you, hit follow on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, or Spotify and view on YouTube. It takes five seconds, but it’s how other educators find conversations like this one—and it tells the algorithm that mentorship matters.Also, visit my website so I can feature your questions!https://robwottawa.com/podcastListen & Subscribe:🎧 Buzzsprout | 🍎 Apple Podcasts | 🎵 Spotify | 📦 Amazon Music...
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Send us Fan Mail How do you lead through a crisis you were never trained for? Retired Superintendent Debra Winter—facilitator of Long Island's only special education administrator collegial circle for 21 years—reveals how to turn bureaucratic chaos into clarity. She shares her "sanity check" strategies for IEP meetings, how to advocate without being pigeonholed, and whether she'd rather mentor a paperwork-phobic principal or a data-obsessed director. If this conversation meant something to yo...
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