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
Being Intentional About Putting A Focus On Belonging - Carla London
We talk with Carla about how her district has put a focus on belonging, the importance if having these tough conversations, and some of the strategies and resources that have helped the staff in the …
World Kindness Day! - CharacterStrong Co-Founders John Norlin & Houston Kraft
Happy World Kindness Day!
John Norlin is a Co-Founder of CharacterStrong, a Servant Leadership trainer, and motivational speaker. He was Washington Advisor of the Year, taught 5 leadership classes pe…
TeacherFit - Helping Schools Change The Culture Of Wellness - Nick Mann
Nick Mann is a Veteran of The United States Marine Corps where he served 8 years as an Infantry Officer. Since moving on from the Marines, Nick has been working with individuals and groups to change …
Making Your School A Place Where Everyone Belongs - Jeff Gerber
Jeff Gerber is a Leadership teacher and Student Council Advisor at Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School, 5 minutes from his home in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. At Waterloo-Oxford he leads one …
Leading The Culture & Climate Of Your School - Dr. Bill Ziegler
Dr. Bill Ziegler is the principal at Pottsgrove High School in Pennsylvania. He has served as a school leader for twenty years at the middle and high school levels and is the co-author of a Corwin bo…
How Do We Change The World? One Act Of Random Kindness At A Time - Dalton Lemert
Dalton Lemert is a graduate of Purdue University and formerly worked as the Director of a nonprofit organization that aimed to make the world a better place, one act of random kindness at a time. Tog…
Identifying And Reducing Cognitive Overload - Dr. Todd Finley
Todd Blake Finley, PhD, is a tenured Professor of English Education at East Carolina University and an assistant editor and blogger at Edutopia: George Lucas Education Foundation. He has taught eleme…
It Takes Courage To Share Your Heart - Zachariah Thompson - CS Speaker Squad
Zachariah is the Next Generation Director at One Church in Columbus, Ohio. He is also a speaker, and writer for his company Heartbeat Strength which is inspired by his story of overcoming a life thre…
The Importance Of Telling Your Story - Todd Nesloney
Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He has also served as an award winning principal of a PreK-5…
Brook Bound: Helping Students Serve The Next Generation - The Team From Clear Brook High School
On this episode we learn from some of the team at Clear Brook High School. Dr. Michele Staley has been the principal at Clear Brook High School for the past 11 years. She has been in public education…
Cultivating Empathy In Our Schools - Barbara Gruener
Barbara Gruener thrives on positively influencing change, passionately helping people create caring connections, and intentionally improving a school's climate and culture. Her innovative and inspira…
Helping Students Build Community In The Classroom - Molly Winters Diallo - CS Scholarship Winner
Molly Winters Diallo has spent the last 23 years in education, a career that has spanned three different schools. She currently teaches at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami, Florida. Mol…
TOPICS: Restorative Practices & School Culture - Beth Houf
Beth Houf is the proud principal of Fulton Middle School in central Missouri. She is the Co-Author of Lead Like a PIRATE: Make School Amazing for Your Students and Staff. Beth also serves as a facili…
Permission To Feel: Emotions Matter - Dr. Marc Brackett
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a Professor in the Child Study Center of Yale University. He is the lead developer of RULER, an evi…
Creating A Relationship Focused Classroom - Meena Srinivasan
We talk with Meena about how we all need relationships to thrive, she shares some strategies that support relationships in the classrooms, and how important it is that we view the the adult work that…
Understanding How Much We Have in Common - Ashanti Branch
Ashanti Branch works to change how students, especially young men of color, interact with their education and how their schools interact with them. Raised in Oakland by a single mother on welfare, As…
Cage-Busting Leadership: Reshaping Counterproductive Restraints - Rick Hess
Rick Hess is a resident scholar and the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on K–12 and higher education issues. He is the author of Education We…
Inclusivity: Sparking Change Through Unified Sports - Zoie Breland
Zoie Breland is a Senior at Fife High School, in Fife, Washington, where she serves as the ASB president. She started a Special Olympics Unified Sports Program during her sophomore year at Fife High …
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child - Samuel Karns
Samuel Karns is in his 12th year of education, and this school year marks his second year as an assistant principal of Landrum Middle School in Spring Branch ISD. Prior to this position, he served as…
Character is the Ultimate Survival Tool - Ethan Zohn
For Ethan Zohn, winning CBS’s SURVIVOR: Africa was the springboard to an exceptional young life of entrepreneurship, social purpose and advocacy. It was also the prelude to an incredible story, one o…