SuperSpeaks
SuperSpeaks is the podcast that explores the hidden world of superintendents and system leaders of school districts in the US. Join Mark Sparvel from Microsoft Education in his effort to better understand what’s working for school leaders in these unprecedented times.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
New Possibilities? Snow Days, Sub Days, Hurricanes, and 4 Other Useful Ways to Use Virtual Learning in a Post-Pandemic Classroom
Schools are more normal this year, but there are still scenarios where virtual learning solves problems that have routinely disrupted traditional classrooms. In this episode, we discuss four common s…
00:09:21 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
This Year, a Positive School Culture Is Everything: Here’s How an Entire School District Created One Step-by-Step
Illinois’s largest elementary school district has an exceptionally positive school culture and the receipts to prove it. In this episode, we talk with the superintendent about the step-by-step proces…
00:17:19 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
How School Chief Information Officers and Chief Academic Officers Manage Vision, Technology, Data, Budgets, and Relentless Change
In this episode, we look under the hood to see how school chief information officers and chief academic officers work together to manage the "four buckets" of responsibilities required to achieve edu…
00:16:01 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Edunomics: A School Leader’s Roadmap to Making the Most of ESSER Funds Investments
In this episode, we talk with the Director of Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University about the challenges of managing ESSER funds spending requests from various internal and external stakeholders, se…
00:19:14 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
School Leadership in Flux: What Inspires Me, What Still Keeps Me Up At Night
In this episode, we check in with the Chief Information Officer at the department of education in a state that has successfully gone from ranking among the lowest in academic performance to one of th…
00:13:32 |
Sun 26 Jun 2022
Removing Barriers to Equity: Five Lessons Every School Leader Can Learn by Listening to Educators Around the Globe
School leaders charged with increasing equitable education in their schools are well-positioned to glean invaluable insights from disrupted education systems around the world. Join us as we talk with…
00:16:48 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Two Out-of-the-Box Strategies for Pandemic Teaching and Getting Students Back on Track
This episode is part of a series on the exceptionally creative and resourceful ways educators around the world are teaching during the pandemic and getting students back on track.
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00:12:23 |
Sun 19 Sep 2021
Cultivating the New Mindset Required to Lead Any School This School Term: 3 Keys
'This school year is actually a primary opportunity for learning,' says Jody Spiro, director of education leadership at the Wallace Foundation. In this episode, she explains why and walks us through …
00:14:41 |
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Three Back-to-School Surprises We Should Have Seen Coming, Here’s Why They Matter
Join us for an eye-opening, candid, and well-informed overview of what every K12 educator will face this school term. Some developments were expected, others caught most of us by surprise. In this ep…
00:18:24 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
What We Learned: The Pandemic’s Impact on the Three Most Vulnerable Sectors of Our School System
Unlike many schools and school districts, Greenwood Academies was well ahead of the curve technologically. In this episode, we talk with the academy’s school administrator who discovered that the mo…
00:11:52 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Two Strategies We Used to Thrive During the Pandemic: Equity Scans and Help Desk Triage
In this episode, we look at some of the strategies a very diverse school district used to quickly come up to speed and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how equity scans and a pedagogical he…
00:12:05 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
2020 Was a Wakeup Call for School Leaders: Here’s What We Did Once We Opened Our Eyes
2020 opened our eyes to the gaping holes in our capacity to ensure learning continuity under all conditions. In this episode, we speak with the superintendent of Duval County School system, one of t…
00:11:12 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
Learning Loss or a Different Kind of Learning?
In this episode, we talk with the assistant superintendent at a large school district in Florida about how they navigated pandemic learning. Join us as we zero in on the ways the experience has chan…
00:12:54 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
The Four Ways We Solved Our Biggest Problem With Remote Teaching and Learning
Many of us are still struggling with the challenges of teaching during the pandemic. Join us as we talk with the superintendent of one of the largest school districts in the US about the four creativ…
10:12:00 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Silver Lining: An Invaluable Lesson Learned From Leading Our School District Through Tough Times
Two thousand twenty may be the most challenging year in our school’s 150-year history, but it was also one of the best as our school administrators moved from being managers to leaders. Join us as we…
10:16:00 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Helping Students and Teachers Who Are Overwhelmed by Remote and Hybrid Learning
In this episode, our guest superintendent shares how her school district is dealing with students who simply disappeared when school shifted to remote learning, teachers who are stressed, and the u…
10:05:00 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
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