The CharacterStrong Podcast
The CharacterStrong Podcast: Weekly conversations for anyone in education.
CharacterStrong provides an evidence-based, multi-tiered solution to support whole child success. Curricula and trainings that improve behavior, increase safety, and support mental health.
For more information visit our website: characterstrong.com
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 459
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Season 3 Kickoff - John Norlin & Houston Kraft
Welcome to SEASON 3! John & Houston reflect on what has been going on with CharacterStrong this past year, a few of the things that they are excited about, and they preview some of the things to look…
Helping Students Learn SEL Thru Story - Matthew Moyer
Matthew Moyer is an elementary school principal with over 17 years of experience in administration, and over 23 years of experience in education. In addition to his job as principal, he is a National…
The Importance Of Special Education - George Stewart
George is an educator, non-profit leader, and public policy advocate who is committed to the academic, social, emotional, and physical development of our youth and their families. He started his serv…
Student Engagement Ideas For The Virtual Classroom - Maddie Bogart
Maddie Bogart just finished her first year teaching third grade in Everett, Washington. Maddie has degrees in Elementary Education and Teaching English as a Second Language from Central Washington Un…
Social Emotional Learning Is Our Moral Compass - Dan Wolfe
Dan Wolfe is going into his 23rd year as an educator in Pasco County, Florida. He is currently the Assistant Principal at Cotee River Elementary. Over his career Dan has held multiple roles as a K-5 …
Pedagogy As Protest: Reimaging The Center - Dr. Jessica Zeller
Jessica Zeller is an Associate Professor of Dance in the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance at Texas Christian University. She holds a Ph.D. in Dance Studies and an MFA in Dance from The Ohio …
A Special Announcement: Deep Kindness - Houston Kraft
CharacterStrong Co-Founders John Norlin & Houston Kraft make a special announcement about Houston's new book, Deep Kindness, and Houston shares a little of the heart behind it. Pre-order your copy he…
Empowering Students From The Inside Out - Jasmyn Wright
Jasmyn Wright is the founder of the Push Through Organization and a former elementary school teacher. She began her teaching career at a Title 1 school in Memphis, Tennessee, as a member of Teach for…
Keeping Our Core Values At The Center - Tanner Natzke
Tanner is a senior at the University of Iowa. Tanner is the Vice President of the nationally ranked Club Baseball Team on campus and is also the founder and co-owner of Iowa City Apparel, an apparel …
Focusing On The Social Emotional Well-Being Of The Whole Staff Team - Jamie Brown
Jamie Brown is currently the Vice Principal at Holmdel High School, NJ. A proud NJ educator since 2001, Jamie’s passion and dedication to both Character Education & Social-Emotional Learning helped d…
Using Social Media For Good In Our Schools - Clementine Chamberlain & Leigh Cambra
Clementine Chamberlain is a graduate from Carmel High School in Carmel, CA and in her first year of college. She is a past president of Carmel High School’s This Club Saves Lives and the creator of T…
Why We Need More Than Metrics - Jeff Berger-White
Jeff Berger-White teaches English at Deerfield High School, where he has been teaching his entire career. This is the end of his twenty-eighth year. Over that time period, he has taught all grades an…
Expressing Feelings Through Creativity - Kelly Griffin
Meet Kelly Griffin! Most of her 500 students call her Miss G!! Miss G rocks the schoolhouse by teaching social-emotional and character development skills at an elementary school in San Diego. She has…
Behavior Is Communication: Can You Hear Me Now? - Dr. Lori Lynass
Dr. Lynass is the owner and Executive Director of Sound Supports whose mission is to support every student and very school through the use of a Multi-tiered framework. Dr. Lynass has over 22 years of…
Focusing On Soft Skills In The Classroom - Rachael Kettner
Rachael Kettner is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher and has been teaching middle school Science for the majority of her 19 years in public schools in Arizona, Idaho and Washington State. She curr…
Practical Ways To Help Implement SEL - Dr. Jacob LeBlanc
Jacob D. LeBlanc, Ed. D. is the principal at Katy Junior High in Katy, Texas. He has been an educator for 29 years in the great state of Texas! His wife is an elementary school counselor. They have 3…
Empathy & Love: Building Authentic Relationships From The Ground Up - Luis Perales
We talk with Luis about the key to helping students move forward, the model that they have built on the Changemaker Campus, and he shares ways that we can intentionally put a focus on empathy & love.…
Transforming School Culture Toward Innovation & Student-Led Entrepreneurship - Don Wettrick
Don Wettrick is the founder and president of StartEdUp, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship. He is also the author…
Modeling Vulnerability And Risk Taking In The Classroom - Morgan Castillo
In her 16 years in education, Morgan Castillo shares her hunger for lifelong learning among students of all ages and backgrounds with experience in primary and secondary levels. She also empowers edu…
The Law Of The Lid - Houston Kraft & John Norlin
CharacterStrong Co-Founders Houston Kraft & John Norlin get together and talk about the concept of the Law of the Lid, they remind us that as leaders we set the tone, and share that this takes vulner…