Episodes
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Social Reintegration Series with Katrina Waidelich
Katrina Waidelich (she/her) has worked in education for 14 years as a teacher, curriculum designer, and trainer. Katrina has dedicated her career to developing authentic, relationship based experiences in conjunction with high academic standards. She centers her classroom on empathy and...
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Social Reintegration Series with Joe Erpelding
For more than the past year, we've told kids that being close to each other is dangerous- literally. Now, it's time to start reintegrating back to school, sports, and other activities, but it's not as smooth or as seamless as you might think. There's a lot going on. On top of that, kids today are...
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Social Reintegration Series with Travis Sevilla
Travis Sevilla is an artist and educator working for Canyon Crest Academy. Travis began teaching in San Diego at High Tech High North County as a multimedia/STEAM teacher. He moved to San Diego with his wife and two sons from Los Angeles for the opportunity to enjoy all that San Diego has to…
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Social Reintegration Series with Principal Jerry Jones
For more than the past year, we've told kids that being close to each other is dangerous- literally. Now, it's time to start reintegrating back to school, sports, and other activities, but it's not as smooth or as seamless as you might think. There's a lot going on. On top of that, kids today are...
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Social Reintegration Series with Alani Staples
For more than the past year, we've told kids that being close to each other is dangerous- literally. Now, it's time to start reintegrating back to school, sports, and other activities, but it's not as smooth or as seamless as you might think. There's a lot going on. On top of that, kids today are...
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223 Designing a School for Wellness -- An Interview with Brett Killeen from Canyon Crest Academy
Recently (before the shutdown), Scott Schimmel and Brad Lichtman from the YouSchool's School Impact Team had the opportunity to sit down with Brett Killeen, a gifted leader and Principal at Canyon Crest Academy High School in Carmel Valley, San Diego. This conversation is gold if you're a school...
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222 For the Sake of Kids - Modeling & Demonstrating
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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221 For the Sake of Kids - Care through Coaching
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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220 For the Sake of Kids - Storytelling
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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219 For the Sake of Kids - Validation
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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218 For the Sake of Kids - Seeking to Understand
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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217 For the Sake of Kids - Challenge & Nurture
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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216 For the Sake of Kids - Breaking the Plane
WHAT IF ALL TEACHERS WERE EMPOWERED & EQUIPPED TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT FOR EVERY STUDENT? Teachers are responsible for SO much. They’re overworked and underpaid. Whether a 2nd-grade teacher with a full room of littles, or a high school biology teacher with five sections- it can be an...
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215 Matt Bishop LMFT -- Engaging Student Anxiety Effectively
There's no question- students are suffering from anxiety at an alarming and unprecedented level. What do we do, as adults who care for them? How can we respond? And, in what ways are we the ones contributing to their anxiety? This episode is an important one. We believe every student deserves the...
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214 Uncommon Assemblies for Culture Change with Donte Allen
As an Author and Speaker, Donte focuses on building healthy relationships in our digital culture. While working in both urban and rural environments, Donte has helped many improve their self-esteem and build healthy relationships with others. Donte continues to use his writing and speaking…
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213 Clearly Seeing Your School Culture
Your school culture has multiple dimensions, is constantly evolving, and is complex. You can’t possibly see everything at once, or by yourself. This is the start of a process to understand your current reality, and it requires humility, a willingness to see and understand, and patience. The best...
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212 Cultural Architecture for Flourishing Schools with Brad Lichtman
What is education for? What is school for? On this brand new episode of 2020, we sit down with Brad Lichtman and have an in-depth conversation about leadership, culture, and how to create an environment where the natural result is human flourishing. Brad’s deep experience as a school…
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211 Tracy Yates -- Cultivating Gratitude is Not That Hard
Tracy Yates is a founding staff member at Canyon Crest Academy, a high-achieving, large public high school in Carmel Valley San Diego. She's an English, Dance, and Health teacher, certified Wellness Coach, mother to five children, and has been through intense grief in losing her first husband but...
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210 Shannon Alberts & Corrie Myers -- The Genius in Every Student
Inside of every student is the potential and desire to construct a meaningful life. But so many face significant challenges in discovering that meaningful life and most schools don't have deliberate plans to guide students to figure that out. What can a school do to come alongside students in…
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209 Leigh Cambra -- Guiding Students to Purpose Through Service
Middle and High School is a time ripe with self-expression and self-discovery. Students are searching for identity, purpose, and connection. Those dynamics don't just happen, students need to be guided through experiences, reflection, and conversations to find clarity. Community service is a...
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208 Dr. Kim Jones -- Going Upstream to Help Kids Find Meaning and Purpose
Dr. Kim Jones of Palo Alto had a thriving practice as a pediatrician until she noticed a shift- more and more kids were coming in with anxiety and depression. Over time she realized she wanted to do more to support students upstream, not just in crisis intervention but to guide kids to discover...
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207 Principal Jesse Schuveiller -- Home Court Advantage for Every Student
Before coming to Sage Creek, Schuveiller worked at a multitude of schools, including La Costa Canyon, Fallbrook High School, Del Norte High School and Park City High School. Not only has he held the role of assistant principal three times, but he has also been an English teacher, AVID teacher,...
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206 Dr. Bryan Brockett -- Nurture + Challenge
What can a principal do to create a culture where the adults on a campus both care and nurture the social-emotional lives of their students AND challenge them to succeed academically? Dr. Bryan Brockett is the Principal of Carlsbad High School and a cultural architect who's designing an upside…
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205 Principal Dana Moen -- Adults Connecting With Kids
A little about our guest this week, Dana Moen: My name is Dana Moen, principal of Classical Academy High School (CAHS). I have the great honor of serving as principal of this distinguished high school. CAHS is passionate about partnering with parents to provide the best education possible so that...
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204 Kevin Kirk -- Former Navy SEAL Making a Wave of Kindness
Who is Kevin Kirk? Kevin Kirk graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 2005 with a major in Sociology and minor in Criminal Justice. Soon after graduation, Kevin entered the United States Military, where he had both the honor and privilege to serve as a Navy SEAL. Kevin speaks…
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203 Dr. Ben Churchill -- Preparing Kids For Life
Dr. Churchill is a highly respected educator who is proud to serve in his fourth year as Superintendent of Carlsbad Unified School District. He is passionate about all aspects of teaching and learning, and is especially interested in classroom technology integration, early learning and…
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202 Jorge Espinoza -- Belief Changes Students
It seems like only the rare few find work that completely matches and fulfills their unique purpose in this life, and Jorge Espinoza is one of them. An experienced school administrator with a background in school counseling, Mr. Espinoza currently serves as the principal for alternative education...
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201 Laura Spencer -- Design Thinking and School Culture Change
Dr. Laura Spencer is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching, and learning. She has served as a classroom teacher, an edtech director, and most recently as a district administrator who led transformational classroom change through design thinking and industry connections...
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047 Paula Intravaia -- Day Dreaming for Wellness
We're all about rethinking education, and so is Paula Intravaia. Influenced by innovative childhood home and school experiences, informed by future-focused educational thinkers and organizations around the globe, with interests in blockchain and XR technology, Paula Intravaia has aspired to bring...
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046 -- Laura Spencer Design Thinking & Innovation on Campus
Laura, a former middle and high school teacher, has focused her educational career on leading transformational change through Design Thinking and real-world connections so that all students have extraordinary learning experiences. She has overseen the implementation of technology-integrated...
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045 -- Marisa Thompson on Student Driven Inquiry
Marisa Thompson is an educator living and working in Southern California and considers herself the luckiest person. She has a family she adores, friends who are family, and a life of variety, fun, and joy. Marisa has an M.A. in Teacher Education and more than a dozen years of classroom experience...
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044 -- Math Teachers Care About Kids
We're thrilled to welcome a math teacher from a comprehensive public high school to the show, John Wilkes. John has been teaching for 18 years and rumor has it, he really cares about kids. In fact, he has a math equation: more care = better test scores.
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043 -- Scott Schimmel on Teachers Telling Stories
There's nothing that wakes someone up like a well-told story. Even more, stories that are vulnerable and relevant. But what stories can you share? We often hear teachers and leaders tell us: I just don't have any interesting stories. Not true! You just haven't spent the time yet to reflect on the...
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042 Brittany Maschal -- College Admissions needs a better story
Brittany and her small team of essay experts serve clients locally throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and seamlessly across the country and around the globe via email, phone, and video chat. Until 2012, Brittany spent her professional career working in higher education, and held...
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041 Joe Beckman -- Stories Always Connect
If you don't know Joe yet, you should, and you will. JOE'S SIMPLE MISSION; RECLAIM HUMAN CONNECTION Over the last 15 years he's spoken in educational settings all over the world with one simple mission… to reclaim human connection. Whether it’s a Middle School in Minneapolis, a Professional...
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040 -- Tracy Wilson on SEL Trends
Tracy Wilson is the Counseling Coordinator for the San Diego County Office of Education. She supports all counselors across every school in town. In other words- she's a big deal. From her experiences in the juvenile detention system, a school counselor, Assistant Principal and a mom herself, she...
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039 Addressing the Inner World of Students
So much of school is managing the externals: lesson plans, worksheets, assignments, papers, tests, projects, etc. The student experience is largely about the external world, but their internal world is where all the action is happening. If you want to lead students to more meaningful moments,...
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038 Tracy Yates -- Designing Moments in the Classroom
How can a teacher be more thoughtful about cultivating moments in the classroom? Tracy Yates joins us (again!) with some gold nuggets in this episode. We have an e-book for download this month- more info inside the episode. More about Tracy I'm a proud founding staff member at Canyon Crest…
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037 Dan Horgan -- Designing Effective Mentor Moments
Daniel Horgan is the Senior Director of Corporate Engagement for MENTOR. In this role, he is responsible for building and managing corporate partnerships that help close the youth mentoring gap in America while meeting business goals. A volunteer role with a YMCA summer camp at the age of 12...
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036 -- Travis Sevilla on the Quickest Way to Wake Students Up
Travis Sevilla is an artist and educator working for Canyon Crest Academy. Travis began teaching in San Diego at High Tech High North County as a multimedia/STEAM teacher. He moved to San Diego with his wife and two sons from Los Angeles for the opportunity to enjoy all that San Diego has to…
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035 Dr. Cara Miller -- Asking More Powerful Questions to Wake Up to Better Change
Dr. Miller is an author, professor, coach, and consultant in the fields of leadership formation, organizational change, the psychology of adult development and learning. She received an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and a PhD from the University of San Diego. Since 2013, Cara has been...
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034 Bob Goff -- Leaning Forward but Staying Present
Bob Goff is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Love Does, as well as an attorney who founded Love Does, a nonprofit human rights organization operating in Uganda, India, Nepal, Iraq and Somalia. Bob is a sought after speaker, inspiring current and future influencers to get to the "do" part...
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033 Michael Dauphinee -- How to Change the Culture of a School (or any organization)
MICHAEL IS A SOUGHT-AFTER EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT AND COACH. For more than 12 years, Dauphinee has had an insatiable interest in understanding the worlds most effective leaders and mapping the key elements to their success. He organized these ideas into the simple concept of a compass. “The Identity...
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032 Danny Kim -- Know How You Change
DANNY KIMM CATALYZES INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PERFORM AT THEIR BEST. Danny is experienced in helping individuals design their personal and professional callings. He asks insightful questions at pivotal moments to help leaders make critical decisions that have long-term implications. As a...
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031 Sarah Hernholm -- Change Yourself First
We are thrilled to have Sarah Hernholm join us in the YouSchool 'studio'. In 2009, Sarah Hernholm left her elementary school teaching days and launched WIT - Whatever It Takes. Convinced that a company could be built to provide youth with the tools and skills needed to become social entrepreneurs...
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029 Parent Episode -- Growing Deep Trees, Family Backstory
Hey Parents! Raising healthy kids who become thriving adults is kind of the thing we're all trying to do, right? In today's episode, we have a very compelling exercise you can do (perhaps over the holidays) that will help your kids become resilient and be able to handle the complexities and…
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028 Thane Marcus -- growing from failure after professional sports
Thane Marcus Ringler is a former pro golfer turned writer, speaker, collaborator, and entrepreneur living in Los Angeles, CA. After competing for nearly four years as a professional, he transitioned out of the world of golf into his new endeavors. In his current work, Thane is coming alongside...
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027 Crafting Gratitude in your Family
In this episode, YouSchool President Scott Schimmel shares key thoughts on intentionally practicing giving thanks to cultivating a life of gratitude. We have an exercise you can download and use for your family to craft a Thanksgiving conversation. Download the family exercise here.
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026 Real Life Teenagers -- What's it like to be you?
In this episode, we take a real-life look inside the life of three teenagers at a local high school. We talk about some of the hot topics students are facing, like: -- What's it like to be a high school student these days? -- What's different, do you think, since your parents were in high school?...
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025 Stephanie Kowack -- the experience of raising three teenagers
What's it like to be the parent of three teens? What happens when noisy, smelly, eye-rolling and hormones meet warmth, patience, and engagement? That's what happens at the Kowack home. Stephanie is a very involved parent in her kid's schools, a huge proponent of social-emotional wellness...
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