The High Performing Educator Podcast

Tom D’Amico is the Director of Education with the Ottawa Catholic School Board. He has over 31 years of experience in education and has had many roles including as a teacher, school administrator and…

Leslie Loewen is the Campus Culture Manager at Fresno Unified School District.  Her students call her "MommaLoew" and she oversees nearly 70,000 of them...  To say she has her hands full is an unders…

Pat Riddlesprigger was born and raised in the Fresno, California.  The youngest of 2 boys, he is a product of the Central Valley.  Pat has spent majority of his personal and professional life attendi…

Lesleigh Dye was Superintendent of Schools for Rainbow District School Board since 2006.  She has been responsible for many portfolios from kindergarten program, to Indigenous education, Equity and I…

Manny Figueiredo became Director of Education at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on August 1, 2015.

Manny has more than 25 years of teaching experience. …

Michelle started her teaching career in 1991 in Outlook, Saskatchewan teaching Business Education.  Her career then took her to Manitoba and then eventually back to Saskatchewan.  In 1998 she took a …

Bridgit Moore is the Leadership teacher and Activity Director for Grace Davis High School.  She has been an educator for 20 years and has done a variety of positions such as math and psychology teach…

Scott Kirkness is an educator living in Southeastern Saskatchewan. Raised and educated in Ontario, he moved west in 2013 after teaching in the UK. Scott is married with three beautiful children and e…

Kelly Weaver (@NaturalRedHead) is the student activities director at Iolani School in Hawaii. When she's not in the school building, Kelly is a certified Law of Attraction Life Purpose Coach, solopr…

Aubrey Patterson (@PattersonAubrey) spent 30 years as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in a high-performing school district. Today, he is the CEO and Founder of Warm Demanders, an educationa…

Alexandra (Allie) Raper is the signature program, senior specialist at the Canadian Cancer Society. 

She is responsible for creating new business and enhancing current business opportunities througho…

Shonna Barth (@ShonnaBarth), is the Principal at Crescent Heights High School. She is a recipient of the 2020-2021 Distinguished Leadership Award presented by the Council for School Leadership of the…

Dulcie has been in education for the past 20 years. She is currently the Principal of Student Success, Learning to 18 and Secondary Program at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board where s…

Peter Prochilo is currently a Superintendent of Education with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board. His portfolio includes the supervision of all Secondary Schools, Secondary Curriculum, Alter…

Eric started Jack.org with his wife Sandra Hanington and their closest friends in May 2010 after losing their son Jack to suicide. Since then, Eric has put aside his business interests and leads Jac…

Douglas L. Gleddie, PhD, is a husband and father who also happens to be an Associate Professor and Acting Vice-Dean/Associate Dean Academic in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta (U…

Kevin has been in education for well over 25 years and his diverse experiences working in different school boards, countries, and roles have given him the perspective needed to approach his work in a…

Paulette Lippert is passionate about all things education.  She has been devoting her time and energy to her work for the past 27-years.  Growing up in a rural area, she realized that access to oppor…

Paul Dols is the Climate & Culture Coordinator at Monrovia High School in Southern California. His responsibilities include being Activities Director, Renaissance Coordinator, and Link Crew Coordinat…