All Episodes
Empowered Educational Conversations with Elin and Christina — 96 episodes
Our Last Conversation: What we Hope Remains
93. Empowered Reflections: Celebrating 2024
92. The Importance of a Supportive Admin Team with guest Marisol Arkin
91. We have an important update!
90. Top of Mind Catch Up Session
89. Collectivity and Solidarity in Education with guest Dr. Whitneé L. Garrett-Walker
88. Embracing the New School Year with Purpose and Vision
87. Knowing your Values is KEY in leadership REPLAY
86. Admin Retreats Lead to Stronger Bonds REPLAY
Announcing our Summer Break and Upcoming Plans
85. How Admin Experience Influences Coaching with guest Ariana Valencia
84. From TSA to Teaching Abroad with guest Nichole Morales
83. When "duties as assigned" are way too misaligned.
82. The Global Counselor: Stories from International Schools with guest Kenneth Ronquillo @thegayschoolcounselor
81. Learnings from Losing an Election.
80. A Call to Action: Advocating for our Global Students
79. Honoring Nex Benedict. Learning from what happened, so it doesn't happen again.
78. Reflecting on my Educational Journey. A solo episode with Christina.
77. Thoughts on National School Counseling Week as a Former School Counselor.
76. Ethnic Studies in CA, what to consider!
75. Making Services Accessible to Everyone with guest Zeyda Garcia
74. Supporting others in living purpose-driven lives with guest Dr. Michelle Seijas
73. Reflecting on your journey so far: it's time for a mid-year check-in
72. School Leaders, we need to talk...about Palestine.
71. Rooted in love with guest Dr. Natalie Mejia
70. Being a place-based educator with guest, Dr. Yee. Part 2
69. Being a place-based educator with guest Dr. Yee, Part 1
68. Why do we always have to advocate? Addressing a School Counselors's concern.
67. We're a lot more resilient than we think we are! With guest, John Nepomuceno.
66. Managing transitions. Unpacking a new AP's mindset struggles.
65. The Arts as a Safe Space. From a Scarcity Mindset to an Arts Pathway with guest Jamie Treacy
64. Our ASCA conference takeaways and reflection.
63. Rigor & Love in Education with guest Cecilia Paz Aguilar
62. Leading through an Identity Safe Lens with guest Alexandrea Creer Kahn
Summer BREAK- be back soon!
61. Representing school districts to do better by their students with guest Dora Dome, Esq.
60. Over 40 episodes later, admin turnover and burnout is still relevant.
59. Building Stronger Bonds: the Role of Admin Team Retreats in Fostering Communication & Collaboration
58. Design for Depth Framework & Being Mission Aligned with guest Sasha Kirkman.
57. What an Equity-Focused Master Schedule Does NOT Look Like.
56. Without Admin Support, School Counselors can Strive but not Thrive. Unpacking the 2023 National School Counseling Leadership Conference.
55. Humanizing the teaching experience through instructional coaching with guest Michael Ray
54. School Counselors as Agents of Change with Guest Diana Carty
53. Three Reasons School Counselors are KEY to Student Success
52. Expanding Your Sphere of Influence. A Conversation with Guest Josue Diaz Jr.
51. Being an Equity Driven Leader is More Than a Buzzword
50. Why data is a powerful tool. A conversation with Rattana Yeang.
49. Our 2022 wins and 2023 goals.
48. From Teacher to Director. A conversation with guest, Lisa Rothbard.
47. Do teacher leave because of the Principal? A conversation with Dr. Heather Michel.
46. What is Transformational Leadership?
45. Using Advocacy to Implement Systemic Change with Guest Dr. Rebecca Pianta
44. Why School Leaders need to know the Role of the School Counselor! Processing the CASC Annual Conference
43. Keeping School Boards Local with Guest Abbey Kerins
42. Why Knowing your Values is KEY in Leadership.
41. Why Vision & Mission Statements are Powerful Tools.
40. The Power of Reflection- an intro.
39. A Conversation about Exit Interviews.
38. Revisiting Elin's Educational Journey
37. Revisiting Christina's Educational Journey
36. End of School Year Wrap Up.
35. When will Enough be Enough? Reflecting on the Uvalde, TX School Shooting
34. Time to reflect and celebrate. Re-release of our 1st episode.
33. A Conversation about Mental Health in Schools with Dr. Jennifer Chavez-Buey
32. The Power of Reflection: an Equitable & Intentional Planning Guide for K12 School Leaders
31. Creating a System of Support for a First-Year Principal. A conversation with Principal Ariana Valencia.
30. Ukraine & Russia. How School Leaders can support their schools during this time.
29. Education has my heart. A conversation with former Principal Jasmine Montgomery.
28. The importance of a support system for school leaders with Site Director Natalie Garcia
27. What it means to set high expectations. A conversation with Dr. Jag, Founder & CEO of New Generation Equity.
26. A Conversation about our experience with Coaching.
25. How to set Priorities for the Spring Semester.
24. Reflecting on 2021 and What We're Looking Forward to in 2022.
23. Talking about Our Pivot from Consulting to Coaching
22. Often Overlooked but definitely Essential...the role of the SLP in our schools with Karina Saechao
21. Continuing the Conversation about Critical Race Theory. Part II
20. A conversation about CRT as two Site-Based Educational Leaders. Part I
19. Principals need mental health days too!
018. Having a little fun discussing teacher TikTok.
17. Talking Dinero for Educators with Rita-Soledad Fernandez Paulino from Wealth Para Todos!
16. Transitioning from an ally to a co-conspirator as a school leader.
15. Starting the School Year Using the 4R's.
14. Reflections on k12 Burnout with Dr. Whitneé Garrett-Walker
E13. Reflecting on Summer PD. The Good, the Bad, and the Real.
12. Administrator Turnover or Burnout. Or Burnover?
11. Honor Yourself. A conversation with Principal Julie Calderon.
10. It's a wrap. A summary of our 2020-21 school year.
09. Reflecting on George Floyd- a year since his murder.
08. A conversation about microaggressions. Are they really that micro?
07. Conversation about Anti-Asian Hate
06. Just checking in.
05. Lucky or Unlucky 7?
04. Our First Guest! From Wisconsin to Oakland, how TFA brought this reflective educator to the bay.
03. Elin's Educational Journey
02. Christina's Educational Journey
01. Let's move from Courageous Conversations to Courageous Action