Impact of Educational Leadership Episode 195 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Dawn Witte| Karl Berry | Shawania Marshall | Buddy Thornton | Role Modeling Better Faster Rethink the role of CEOs and role models. COVID-19 has brought a fundamental change in leadership in many organizations. The stand-out role models have shifted from directing a command-and-control crisis response to building and unleashing winning teams. A role model is a behavior others may emulate or admire because they're efficient or skilled. It would be best to model this behavior when creating visions and implemen ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Episode 134 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Larry Davis | Richard Bullard | Kendricke Bullard |Nina Taylor The Power of Love for Racial Equity School Communities Psycho-logically, engaged learners are intrinsically motivated by curiosity, interest, and enjoyment and are likely to want to achieve their own intellectual or personal goals when they see discipline, concentration, investment, enthusiasm, and effort. Problem-solving is an instructional technique that promotes intellectual involvement and active engagement. Studies show that closin ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Episode 124 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: |United Kingdom Educator Christopher Terry| Buddy Thornton Self-Transformation is Key COVID-19 pandemic has restructured our society and how we interact. Our leaders may need to join forces globally and do more on new channels concerning self-transformation for our loved ones. Self-transformation has a dual purpose; not only does it involve the transformation and purification of your outer personality, but it also creates an awakening and strengthening of your inner self. Maslow's hierarchy of need ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Talk Show Episode 125 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Dr. Stephen Jones | Erik Cork| Buddy Thornton | High Expectations During COVID-19 Most schools will continue all of the COVID-19 precautions since the outbreak started in 2020, including vaccinations, testing, masking, and symptom tracking. The teachers' role in the process has never been more significant in providing the help and resources students need to meet these goals. Teachers will have to communicate to both parents and students that they have the skills and support needed to succ ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Episode 122 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Buddy Thornton | Elder Renee Logan | Kendricke Bullard Gifts and Curses of Giftedness and Parental Roles The gift and the curse of giftedness and talent and parent roles have never been more vital than now. "Giftedness can be explained as the ability to solve complex problems in effective, efficient, elegant, and economical ways. Using this explanation, a gifted individual can use existing knowledge when necessary and apply known methods when appropriate, reaching solutions based on the best availa ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Podcast Episode 182   Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Karl Berry | Dawn Witte| Buddy Thornton | Randy “Boom Boom” Blake Interrupt the Chaos Tornadoes are a perfect example of Chaos Theory. We can predict weather patterns well when short, but as time passes, more factors influence the weather, making it practically impossible to predict what will happen. After a horrible storm, you want to come out, but your s afraid of what you might see. Human experiences can leave you to say you want a new life but need help to ensure you get it righ ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Podcast Episode 186 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Shawania Marshall| Delna Bryan | Michael Brown | LaTisha Anderson | Addressing Teacher Culture Creating an atmosphere of safety that encourages staff and students' social, emotional, and physical well-being is critical for learning. Teachers are expected to give high-quality instruction aligned to their State standards while maintaining curricula, teaching practices and in diverse learning environments that are standards-based, evidence-based, engaging, differentiated, culturally responsiv ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Podcast Episode 180 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Karl Berry | Dr. Kelly Brown| Buddy Thornton A.I. in the Mix of Educational Reform People love to discuss education reform, although it has become something of a cliché, but in fact, it is not. We are talking about reforming an idea. We're talking about improving the people who are educated from something people have been using for years and years, but now we are forced to pivot to a new frontier of cyberspace and innovation. This is now in the mix when discussing reforming education after ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Podcast Episode 184 Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Jerry Green | Karl Berry| Buddy Thornton | The Child Benefit Theory I am deeply saddened by the Supreme Court's ruling on June 29, 2023, concerning Affirmative Action and its impact on minorities in the United States. I say that because the fight for Affirmative Action was the only due process most minorities possess, and now they have deemed it unconstitutional as it relates to the equal protection clause. The equal protection clause is a clause that protects the rights of those minoriti ..read more

Impact of Educational Leadership Podcast Episode 176  Hosted by: I. D. III for Isaiah Drone III Panelist: Karl Berry | Doctor Isaac Carrier | Redirecting Aggression and Teaching Confidence A long history of stigma around mental illness permeates every level of our society and culture. According to the CDC, most aspects of our lives, including our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, are impacted by our mental health. You or a loved one may even have received a mental health diagnosis. People with mental illness are 9 times more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized. Peo ..read more