Hal Bowman After spending over 2 decades in the classroom, Hal Bowman has been crisscrossing the United States helping tens of thousands of teachers and school leaders revolutionize classroom and campus culture.  His Teach Like A Rock Star professional development events for educators has been the buzz in the education world for the last decade, attracting sold-out crowds. His most recent program, Hal Bowman’s Be The One, is a custom-built, on-campus event that provides secondary schools with profoundly effective tools and strategies for creating an extraordinary learning environment for ..read more

Lindsay Titus is a passionate, influential educator specializing in the field of behavior analysis. She is driven every single day to teach other educators how to redefine what success looks like for the students we work with every day. Her ultimate goal as a behavior specialist is to inspire other educators to recognize that all students have a story to share. With experience as a classroom teacher and her current role as a K-12 behavior specialist, Lindsay also has experience working in residential, and private settings. Lindsay shares her passion through her experiences to guide, motivate ..read more

Ryan Scott Relationships are what most inspire me on a day-to-day basis; adult/students/community members/parents. Also, I LIVE to BLOW up the box. If schooling looks exactly like we lived through, something is wrong. I can also talk about the life-changing effects of mistakes. When I was 22, I became a day unexpectedly and that COMPLETELY changed the course of my life. This is why I LOVE my students that come to us with challenges. Proud #girldad of 4 and husband of a spunky redhead!  Spent 10 years in elementary land as a teacher and 2 years as a principal. For the past 2 years, I have ..read more

Michelle Papa is an Assistant Principal at Jefferson Township High School in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. She is passionate about the amplification of student's voices, healthy school culture, trauma-informed education, and equity for all students. She has presented workshops on the topics of using digital tools for formative assessment, community building in the virtual classroom, text-dependent questioning, state testing rubrics, and the ALICE response to active shooter events. She is also a mom of two and wife to Danny Papa, a K-12 Supervisor of Social Studies, Fine Art, and Technology Education ..read more

Dr. Marcus Broadhead Dr. Marcus L. Broadhead has been an educator for over 20 years. Having started his career as an English teacher in Long Island, New York, he has had the privilege to work with students from the seventh grade through college prior to going into educational administration.  He currently serves as the principal of Bennett's Mill Middle school in Fayette County Schools. When he is not performing his primary responsibilities as Principal, Dr. Broadhead volunteers his time to speak on various educational topics for educators as well as speak to youth on making pos ..read more

Guest: Connie Hamilton BIO: Connie Hamilton Ed.S. has 25 years in education as teacher, instructional coach, elementary/secondary principal and K-12 district administrator. She is an international educational consultant and presenter, and the author of two books, including her latest, Hacking Questions. Teachers describe her workshops as meaningful and engaging as she models quality instructional methods that can be used in the classroom tomorrow. She applies her deep understanding of pedagogy in workshops such as Questioning, Formative Assessment, Student Engagement, Feedback, and more. Conni ..read more

Dr. Justin Thomas Bio: Justin Thomas, Ed.D., is an elementary school principal serving students, faculty, and community near Nashville, TN. Prior to his work in school administration, he enjoyed 8 years as a middle school and high school band director. During his 6-year tenure as principal, his school team has been recognized multiple times by the Tennessee Department of Education for outstanding student growth and achievement gap closure. Dr. Thomas believes that the keys to success revolve around growth and gratitude - the ideas that all members of a school can 'get better', and that a spir ..read more

Dr. Rachael George From fighting wildland fires with the U.S. Forest Service to putting out fires in the classroom, education was the last place that Rachael thought she’d end up.  It wasn’t until a hard conversation with a base manager in Grangeville, Idaho did Rachael realize she needed to put her chainsaw down and make a bigger impact on the world.  Rachael is a member of the ASCD Emerging Leaders Class of 2015 and currently serves as the principal of Sandy Grade School in the Oregon Trail School District.  Over the past seven years, Sandy Grade School has moved from being on ..read more

Raymond  is a husband to an AMAZING wife, a father of  2 wonderful boys, and a principal.  He loves traveling, cooking with his boys, and co-hosting 2 podcasts.  He has worked as a 5th grade teacher, middle school dean, 7th and 8th  grade social studies teacher, middle school assistant principal and now as a principal.  He believes in the importance of building relationships and of taking every opportunity to lead and make a difference in the world. My dad is one of my biggest influences and as I grew up and listened to his advice there were lots of parts I took f ..read more

Which part of being a visionary leader do you resonate with the most? How can we start this podcast powerfully? What story do you have?  Starts with mindset: With great power comes great responsibility. - Peter Parker principle  (HT) = Head Teacher = Heart Teacher, servant leader, lead with love and heart, relationships are foundational to leadership and learning, genuinely care and connect What leadership topics interest you?   Building school culture through relationships Power of connections Mindset Think about a time you failed and how you were able to overcome it. Growth ..read more