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Podcast for Leaderful Schools

by Galileo Institute

Podcast for Leaderful Schools, features interviews with international, national, regional and local educational leaders. It has been broadcast since 2007 from the School of Education and Human Services at Oakland University.

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Episodes

  1. "AI in Education: Build, Create, Elevate" featuring Karle Delo, AI Strategist

    Our guest, Karle Delo, is an AI strategist for Michigan Virtual, where she provides professional development on using AI in education for districts across the State, and has presented at larger national conferences, including I.S.T.E. [International Society for Technology in Education] and most...

  2. 6 + 4 = Deep Learning for All: Six Global Competencies Plus Four Elements of Learning Design

    Dr. Robert Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein welcome their guest Dr. Mag Gardner, Senior Global Capacity Building Facilitator for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning and the featured speaker at the fall EdCON22, hosted by the Galileo Institute. Her background experience includes: secondary school...

  3. Creating School Environments Where Deep Learning Really Happens

    After experiencing incredible challenges during the pandemic, schools are returning to in-person learning. Podcasts for Leaderful Schools hosts, Bob Maxfield and Suzanne Klein, invite their guest Will Richardson, co-founder of the Big Questions Institute, to reflect on the pivotal question of...

  4. Shared Leadership: It's not about your title; it's about your action.

    Woven throughout the podcast conversation with Mary Kay Gallagher, Superintendent of Northville Public Schools, is her inherent belief in the tremendous importance of collective work and shared leadership. She was hired in Northville as the Early Childhood Program Coordinator in 1985, and has…

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  5. Chalkbeat: Local and State Coverage of Educational News

    Bob Maxfield and Suzanne Klein continue their conversation on the impact of the pandemic, what has happened to schools, and how schools could improve going forward with their guest Lori Higgins, the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Detroit. Prior to joining Chalkbeat, she was an education writer for…

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  6. A Purposeful Leadership Journey: Building Relationships, Distributing Leadership, Re-imagining Education

    Bob Maxfield and Suzanne Klein continue the series of conversations with educational leaders about the issues facing public schools, emerging from the pandemic. Their guest, Dr. Chris Delgado, reflects on his experience completing his first year as Superintendent of Farmington Public Schools,...

  7. Moving Forward: 8 Guideposts for Strategic District Leadership

    Dr. Gerald Hill engages in a rich conversation with Bob Maxfield and Suzanne Klein, reflecting on his district leadership experiences, guiding principles and vision for re-imagining teaching and learning. Drawing upon a wealth of experience as an educational leader and insight as a forward…

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  8. Dr. William Pearson: M.D.E. Partnership Districts, and Addressing the Teacher Shortage

    Podcast for Leaderful Schools has had a series of conversations with influential people talking about how schooling has been affected by the pandemic, how we're coping with it, and how we hope to be coming out of it. Today's guest is Dr. William Pearson, Director of the Office of Partnership...

  9. Navigate Politics in Your School Community in Uncertain Times

    Dr. David Dulio, Professor of Political Science at Oakland University and Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, is often asked by local and state media to comment on how to best address contentious issues and work through community concerns. In this podcast, he provides perspective to the...

  10. Jay Westover: Leading Sustainable School Improvement with Collaborative Inquiry and Coherence

    Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein welcome Jay Westover, Chief Learning Officer at Innovate Ed and author of Districts on the Move, the subject of a multi-session book study conducted with educational leaders in southeast Michigan, sponsored by the Galileo Institute at Oakland University. Jay...

  11. How Instructional Rounds optimize learning for teachers and students

    Vicki Wilson, the principal of the Monroe Elementary School in the Wyandotte, Michigan School District, and author of Lead with Instructional Rounds: Creating a Culture of Professional Learning, shares her views on why and how and when you use instructional rounds to both create a culture for...

  12. Leading with an Equity-Based Strategic Plan

    Dr. Maxfield and Dr. Klein congratulated Dr. Dania Bazzi on being named 2022 Michigan Superintendent of the Year, by the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators. Mentioned in the nominating materials was the fact that her district earned the Equity Innovator Award for 2019. Dr....

  13. The Human Side of Changing Education: Engage the Mission and Passion of Educators

    Dr. Bob Maxfield welcomed Julie (Wilson) Jungalwala, author of The Human Side of Changing Education and Director of the Institute for the Future of Learning, to the Podcast for Leaderful Schools, as part of the series on resetting education after the pandemic. Guests are asked to reflect on what…

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  14. Carolyn McKanders: Building Adaptive High Performing Systems

    Dr. Bob Maxfield sat down for a conversation with Carolyn McKanders, author of It’s Your Turn: Teachers as Facilitators, who spent three days facilitating work with the cohort of Galileo Academy teacher leaders and district superintendents. As a former teacher, counselor, social worker, staff...

  15. Epic Design Challenge for Schools

    Dr. Robert Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein welcome podcast guest, Will Richardson, the co-founder of the Big Questions Institute. Author Homa Tavangar, who has frequently spoken about diversity, equity, justice and global competence co-created this Institute, which is driven by questions. Mr....

  16. Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers to Lead Learning for All

    Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein invite Podcast guests Dr. Cynthia Carver, Associate Professor and Chair of the Teacher Development in Educational Studies Department at Oakland University, in the School of Education and Human Services, and Marcia Hudson, Elementary Field Coordinator, to...

  17. The K-12 Alliance of Michigan: Making Funding Wraparound Services to Support Students' Unique Needs a Priority

    Robert McCann is the Executive Director of The K-12 Alliance of Michigan, which strives to be the statewide leader in education policy and advocacy to ensure every child in Michigan has equitable access to a quality education and the opportunity to succeed both in and outside of the classroom....

  18. Galileo 3.0 Trusted Voices: Advocates for Teacher Leadership and Public Education

    Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein invited Jarod McGuffey, who leads the work of Trusted Voices, joined by Trusted Voice Fellows Mary Binge and Laura Haydamacker, to share the history, mission and current activities of Galileo 3.0 Trusted Voices. Trusted Voices is a nonpartisan advocacy group of...

  19. Reimagining Teaching and Learning: Designing Implementation Plans

    Bob Maxfield and Suzanne Klein spoke with Larry Thomas, facilitator of the Galileo Institute’s professional learning series on Re-imagining Teaching and Learning, to reflect on the workshops as well as hear his perspective on the challenges facing educators moving forward. Fourteen school…

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  20. Dr. Randy Liepa: A Roadmap for Creating High Reliability Schools

    Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein spoke with Dr. Randy Liepa, Superintendent of Wayne County Regional Education Service Agency (RESA), prior to his announced retirement in June, 2021. Dr. Liepa is well recognized for his leadership on the issue of school funding among Michigan…

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  21. Grayson McKinney: Resetting Teaching and Learning for the Imagination Age

    In their podcast conversation, Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein invite Grayson McKinney to reprise the highlights of his presentation at the “Resetting” Teaching and Learning beyond the pandemic professional development series, sponsored by the Galileo Institute at Oakland University.…

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  22. Lou Glazer: Designing Equitable Schools Incorporating the 6Cs

    Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein continue the podcast series with a focus on resetting education featuring guests with unique insights into the issues surrounding public education during the pandemic and what schooling needs to look like afterward. Their guest for this conversation is Lou...

  23. Dr. Carmen Kennedy-Rogers: Leading for Equity: What would it take?

    Dr. Bob Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein welcomed Dr. Carmen Kennedy-Rogers, Senior Program Officer of K-12 Education for the Skillman Foundation. https://www.skillman.org Dr. Kennedy-Rogers reflected on her leadership journey, the challenges facing school leaders during the pandemic, and vision…

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  24. Chris Wigent: Leadership and learning for the educational reset

    Podcasts for Leaderful Schools, hosted by Dr. Robert Maxfield and Dr. Suzanne Klein, at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, invites noted guests to share their leadership roles as well as the lessons they’ve learned, and engage in deep thinking as they examine the existing challenges and…

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  25. Leading for impact and the educational reset

    Dr. Bob Maxfield introduced Dr. Stephanie Dulmage, Director of 21st Century Learning for the Hazel Park School District, as someone who thinks completely and deeply about educational issues and sometimes thinks a bit outside the box. In terms of her educational background, Stephanie holds a...

  26. Keys to successfully navigate the pandemic's "wicked problems": self-care and deposits to your emotional bank account

    Dr. Kevin Corcoran, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oakland University, provides a personal assessment of the impact of the pandemic on the PK-20 experience. Pivoting to forms of remote teaching and learning has significantly altered the university experience for students, staff and...

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Podcast for Leaderful Schools, features interviews with international, national, regional and local educational leaders. It has been broadcast since 2007 from the School of Education and Human Services at Oakland University.

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Galileo Institute

Produced by Teacher Development and Educational Studies - Oakland University

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