H2H: A Quick Guide to Leading Educators and Making a Difference

We close the year with a look back and a look ahead with three of our most insightful regular guests. Follow: @Bloomfield @principalspage, @SueOffutt, @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Michael Smith: is Superintendent of Tuscola Community Unit School District #301 in Tuscola, Illinois. He has more than 17 years of education experience as a teacher, coach, K-12 Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent. Sue Offutt is the Executive Director at the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

We close the year with a look back and a look ahead with three of our most insightful regular guests. Follow: @Bloomfield @principalspage, @SueOffutt, @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Michael Smith: is Superintendent of Tuscola Community Unit School District #301 in Tuscola, Illinois. He has more than 17 years of education experience as a teacher, coach, K-12 Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent. Sue Offutt is the Executive Director at the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership.

Our guest has developed a program that using rescue dogs in schools to teach skills like empathy, heal emotional ills and fight bullying. The program's director has reported significant success, so we asked a couple of school leaders to help us determine whether programs like these are a truly viable way to make a difference in children's lives. @joemazza @twitthealingspecies @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Adele Little is the Executive Director of Healing Species, a Violence Prevention and Compassion Education organization. Ann Ditty is Past President of the National Association for Regulatory Administration that provides education and consultation for licensors and agencies responsible for child care programs. Dr. Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza) is lead learner at @KnappElementary in suburban Philadelphia. He is co-moderator and host of weekly #PTchat.

Our guest has developed a program that using rescue dogs in schools to teach skills like empathy, heal emotional ills and fight bullying. The program's director has reported significant success, so we asked a couple of school leaders to help us determine whether programs like these are a truly viable way to make a difference in children's lives. @joemazza @twitthealingspecies @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Adele Little is the Executive Director of Healing Species, a Violence Prevention and Compassion Education organization. Ann Ditty is Past President of the National Association for Regulatory Administration that provides education and consultation for licensors and agencies responsible for child care programs. Dr. Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza) is lead learner at @KnappElementary in suburban Philadelphia. He is co-moderator and host of weekly #PTchat.

Collaboration is increasingly the mantra of the day. However, our guest's research suggests that encouraging collaboration can be de-motivating to some and that race is a factor. Her compelling insights may require you to rethink how you manage your staff. @BloomfieldDavid @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Dr. MarYam Hamedani is Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford University. Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Jill Berkowicz Ed.D.consults for Learner-Centered Initiatives, and blogs for Education Week.

Collaboration is increasingly the mantra of the day. However, our guest's research suggests that encouraging collaboration can be de-motivating to some and that race is a factor. Her compelling insights may require you to rethink how you manage your staff. @BloomfieldDavid @hollyelisabrun @bamradionetwork Dr. MarYam Hamedani is Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford University. Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Jill Berkowicz Ed.D.consults for Learner-Centered Initiatives, and blogs for Education Week.

Strife, struggle, conflict and discord are all often part of the price that must be paid to lead ambitious programs, projects or initiatives. In this segment our guests provide valuable insights for education leaders to help us on manage one of the most difficult aspects of working with people. @@BloomfieldDavid, @principalspage @bamradionetwork Joseph L. Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. Sue Twombly has been an early childhood program director for 25 years. Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Michael Smith is Superintendent of Tuscola Community Unit School District #301 in Tuscola, Illinois.

Strife, struggle, conflict and discord are all often part of the price that must be paid to lead ambitious programs, projects or initiatives. In this segment our guests provide valuable insights for education leaders to help us on manage one of the most difficult aspects of working with people. @@BloomfieldDavid, @principalspage @bamradionetwork Joseph L. Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. Sue Twombly has been an early childhood program director for 25 years. Dr. David Bloomfield is Professor of Education Leadership, Law, and Policy at Brooklyn College and the City University of NY Graduate Center. Michael Smith is Superintendent of Tuscola Community Unit School District #301 in Tuscola, Illinois.

Education leaders need to be positive through difficult times, right? Turns out that the answer may be no. In this segment our guests explain why your "can-do" attitude can produce a can't do or won't do response from the people you lead. Elise Foster and Liz Wiseman co-authored The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside our Schools, Elise teaches leadership to business and educational leaders, has served as a faculty adviser and coach to students at Indiana University (Kelley School of Business) and as a management fellow at Harvard University., Liz is the President of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, and was a former executive at Oracle Corporation for 17 years. Susan Offutt is the Executive Director at the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. Patrick Larkin: @patrickmlarkin, is the Assistant Superintendent for Learning for Burlington Public Schools in Massachusetts.

A sizeable segment of school-aged children have been traumatized by sexual abuse, physical abuse or verbal abuse. How can we create schools where wounded children learn? Follow:@PeterMDeWitt @Teach_Preschool @bamradionetwork Dr. John J. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist, and author of the of Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School." Jim Sporleder is principal of Lincoln High School, Walla Walla, Washington, one of a few high schools in the nation that use a Trauma Informed model. Peter DeWitt Ed.D has been a principal in Upstate, NY. He blogs at Finding Common Ground for Education Week. Deborah J. Stewart, M.Ed. is the Executive Educational Director over three childcare campuses.