The CharacterStrong Podcast: Weekly conversations for anyone in education.
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Today our guest is Megan Gruis the Executive Director of Customized Implementation Supports (CIS) at Charact…
Today our guest is Patrice Davis. We talk to Patrice about the ASCA National Model and how school counselors are implementing it impact the students and families in our communities. She shares how th…
Today our guests are Brent Jurgensen and Tom Grogan.We talk to Brent and Tom about the importance of virtues and how virtues are our values in action. They share about the busyness of family life tod…
Webinar Link: 10 Powerful Moments To Get Right This School Year Today our guest is Brandon Bakke, the Director of Secondary Education at CharacterStrong. We talk to Brandon about how intentionally…
Today our guest is Felisha Santiago the Director of MTSS at CharacterStrong.
We talk to Felisha about how Environment is of the key ingredients of Tier 1 and how Positive Behavioral Interventions and…
Today our guest is Mike Nelson, Assistant Executive Director for Professional Learning at the Washington Association of School Administrators
We talk to Mike about WASA and the role that it plays in …
Today our guest is Katherine Holden, Principal at Talent Middle School, in Talent, Oregon
We talk to Katherine about ways that we can create more safe and nurturing learning environments that are cal…
Today our guest is Brian Miller, Principal at Chief Joseph Elementary in Great Falls Montana. We talk to Brian about his motto “Be the Story”, and how this can have a positive impact on people and th…
Today our guest is Julie Hinshaw, Director of Elementary Education at CharacterStrong
We talk to Julie about the new update to CharacterStrong’s PreK-5th Grade curriculum PurposeFull People and how i…
Today our guest is Cory Notestine the Director of Continuous Improvement at CharacterStrong.
We talk to Cory about selecting effective MTSS practices and he shares 3 reasons that even really good int…
CharacterStrong Co-Founders John Norlin and Houston Kraft kick of season 5 talking about systems that we can put in place this year that will help us drive forward the impactful work of education. Th…
Today our guest is Dr. Sean Walker, Ex. Director of Secondary Schools and Leadership Development at Royse City ISD (Just outside Dallas TX). We talk to Sean about intentional ways we can empower our …
Today our guest is Marianne Matt (Mott), School Counselor, at Capital High, in the Madison Metropolitan School District
We talk to Marianne about the importance of building students up and helping th…
CharacterStrong Co-Founder John Norlin shares 3 practical strategies that educators can use right now as we start off the school year. He shares how to intentionally implement the Temperature Check, …
Today our guest is Adam Lane, Principal at Haines City HS, and the 2022 NASSP Florida Principal of the Year. We talk to Adam about how he has approached building awesome environments where students w…
Today our guest is CharacterStrong’s Chief Development Officer, Dr. Clayton Cook.
We talk to Clay about where Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) has come from, and why it is so important for stud…
Today our guests are 5th Grade Teacher Julie Hannan, & Administrator Brett McDaniel from the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
We talk to Julie & Brett about the ways that they have worked to devel…
Today our guest is Jamie Brown, Assistant Principal at Bluffton High School in South Carolina. We talk to Jamie about the importance of blending SEL w/ Character Ed to build the Whole Teacher, so you…
Today our guest is Justin Bradford, Superintendent, of Prescott School District in WA state. We talk to Justin about how he has used school wide assemblies to shape the culture and climate with stude…
In this episode, CharacterStrong Co-Founder John Norlin shares 3 powerful stories from the work. Through these stories he reminds us of the importance of understanding the Law of the Lid, that there …