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
Dealing With Social Media in School - #ICANHELP Co-Founder Kim Karr
Kim Karr spent 13 years as a middle school teacher prior to dedicating her talents to #ICANHELP on a full-time basis. Since that time, #ICANHELP has spoken to more than 400,000 students in the Unite…
Supporting the Whole Child: Preparing for College, Careers, & Life - Dr. Marci Shepard
Dr. Shepard is the Superintendent of the Orting School District. She has been an educator for over 20 years. Dr. Shepard is also a recognized leader in education, presenting at national and state con…
The Classroom Temperature Check - Bryan Slater
Bryan Slater is an experienced classroom teacher and has spent the last 15 years teaching high school Social Studies in Tacoma, WA, Lagos, Nigeria, and Sumner, WA. He currently teaches IB 20th Centur…
Moments Over Events - Coley Veitenhans
Coley Veitenhans who is a National Board Certified Teacher at Thomas Jefferson HS where he teaches 6 sections of leadership, coordinates a student mentorship program, and serves as the student activi…
PurposeFull People: The Time for Character is Now! - Barbara Gruener
Barbara Gruener enjoyed the gift of growing alongside learners from Pre-K through High School for 34 years, first as a Spanish teacher and then as a school counselor. She is the author of The Corner…
Fostering a Growth Mindset in the Classroom - Dr. Chris Clayton
Dr. Christopher M. Clayton serves as a Director of Education Services for the Pennsylvania State Education Association. He is responsible for providing support to over 180,000 educator members on iss…
Calling A School-Wide Press Conference - Brandon Bakke
Brandon Bakke has spent the last 23 year in education, a career that has spanned five different high schools in two different states. He taught history, government and coached basketball for the firs…
The Importance Of Laying A Good Foundation For The Students & Staff At Your School - Lauren Ambeau
Lauren Ambeau is the principal at Brookside Intermediate in Clear Creek ISD, former elementary school principal, strong advocate for increasing SEL in secondary schools, and passionate about servant …
Our Schools Need More Hope, Meaning, And Purpose - David Geurin (Part 5)
David is the Principal of the Bolivar HS Liberators a Nat'l Blue Ribbon School in Bolivar Missouri. He is a Nat'l Digital Principal of the Year, a Speaker and Author of #FutureDriven - Will your stud…
Character Is More Important Than Compliance - David Geurin (Part 4)
David is the Principal of the Bolivar HS Liberators a Nat'l Blue Ribbon School in Bolivar Missouri. He is a Nat'l Digital Principal of the Year, a Speaker and Author of #FutureDriven - Will your stud…
Soft Skills: Valuable For Our Future - David Geurin (Part 3)
David is the Principal of the Bolivar HS Liberators a Nat'l Blue Ribbon School in Bolivar Missouri. He is a Nat'l Digital Principal of the Year, a Speaker and Author of #FutureDriven - Will your stud…
Being Intentional About Developing Character And Leadership - David Geurin (Part 2)
David is the Principal of the Bolivar HS Liberators a Nat'l Blue Ribbon School in Bolivar Missouri. He is a Nat'l Digital Principal of the Year, a Speaker and Author of #FutureDriven - Will your stud…
Relationships Are The Foundation Of Everything We Do As Educators - David Geurin (Part 1)
David is the Principal of Bolivar HS Liberators a Nat'l Blue Ribbon School in Bolivar Missouri. He is a Nat'l Digital Principal of the Year, a Speaker and Author of #FutureDriven - Will your students…
Essential Truths For Principals - Danny Steele
Danny Steele is in his 26th year of education, and this school year marks his fifth year as the principal of Thompson Sixth Grade Center in the Alabaster City School System, just south of Birmingham,…
Essential Truths For Teachers - Danny Steele
Danny Steele is in his 26th year of education, and this school year marks his fifth year as the principal of Thompson Sixth Grade Center in the Alabaster City School System, just south of Birmingham,…
TOPICS: School Culture & Climate - John & Houston
John & Houston have some fun and talk about the first thing that comes to mind on different School Culture & Climate topics.
Topics: Hallways, Cafeteria, Custodian, Spirit Swag, Funniest speech mome…
3 Leadership Takeaways - CS Co-Founder John Norlin
Houston sits down with CharacterStrong Co-Founder John Norlin and they talk about the Top 3 things students identified every year as most important to their learning in his 10 years as a leadership t…
School Culture - CS Co-Founder Houston Kraft
John sits down with CharacterStrong Co-Founder Houston Kraft and they talk about what Houston has learned about school culture presenting to over 600 schools.
Welcome to the CharacterStrong Podcast!
We sit down with CharacterStrong co-founders John Norlin & Houston Kraft as they talk about what the CharacterStrong podcast is all about and how CharacterStrong got its start.