WEP 115: Future Ready, An Interview with Tom Murray

Tom Murray has served in education as a teacher, a principal, a technology director, and now a leader in educational thinking and transformation as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools. In this episode Tom and Kelly talk about: Are You Future Ready, Transforming Your School, Good Technology Use, Equity, Compliance, Finances, Redesigning the Learning Experience, Return on Instruction, and so much more with a passion and focus on education that will leave you inspired and ready to take action. This episode is dynamic. Tom Murray serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a Project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, located in Washington, D.C. He has testified before the United States Congress and has worked alongside that body and the US Senate, the White House, the US Department of Education and state departments of education, corporations, and school districts throughout the country to implement student-centered, personalized learning while helping to lead Future Ready Schools and Digital Learning Day. Murray serves as a regular conference keynote, was named the "2017 Education Thought Leader of the Year," one of "20 to Watch" by NSBA, the "Education Policy Person of the Year" by the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. His best selling book,Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today,was published by ASCD in 2017. Connect with him on Twitter @thomascmurray or visit his website: www.thomascmurray.com. Mentioned in this podcast: Tom's book: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today: Best-selling book by ASCD. (Affiliate link) Tom's Favorite book. (Affiliate Link) FutureReady.org: Take the Future Ready Pledge. Tom's favorite book The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. (Affiliate link) Educational Thought Leaders: Pat Adkins, Chris Hamady, Lonny Rivera Other Great Topics: ESSA, NCLB, Compliance, Equity, Love and Care of Kids, Win Their Heart First The Future Ready Podcast, hosted by Kelly Croy for leaders seeking pathways to elite results and powerful performance Voxer: One of Tom's favorite apps. www.voxer.com, a walkie-talkie app for high-performance teams. Audiobook: The Rooster Bar by John Grisham, and audiobook Kelly is listening to right now.(Affiliate link) Kelly is reading, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting & Get the Life You Wantby Michael Hyatt (Affiliate link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kelly Croy is an author, speaker and educator. If you'd like to learn more about Kelly, or invite him to your school or conference to speak please send him an email. • Listen to Kelly's other podcast, The Future Focused Podcastand subscribe. • Subscribe to The Wired Educator Podcast with over 115 episodes of interviews and professional development. • Visit Kelly's website at www.KellyCroy.com. • Looking for a dynamic speaker for your school's opening day? • Consider Kelly Croy at www.KellyCroy.com • Order Kelly's book, Along Came a Leaderfor a school book study or your personal library. • Follow Kelly Croy on Facebook.  • Follow Kelly Croy on Twitter.  •  Follow Kelly Croy on Instagram