FocusED: An educational leadership podcast that uncovers what is working in our schools.

FocusED is your educational leadership podcast where our mission is to dissect a particular problem of practice and/or pinpoint a place of progress so that you can learn to lead better and grow faster in your school or district with more knowledge, better understanding, and clear direction on what to do next.

FocusED: An educational leadership podcast that uncovers what is working in our schools. is a education podcast hosted by TheSchoolHouse302, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

TheSchoolHouse302 hosts FocusED: An educational leadership podcast that uncovers what is working in our schools., a education show with 78 episodes published.

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  Developing Stronger Relationship with Vicky Essebag

  Mar 13, 202536 minS0

  FocusED Show Notes with Guest Vicky Essebag Vicky starts by defining “relationspaces” as the way that we bring ourselves to the spaces where we develop relationships. Vicky tells us that we have preconceived notions about how we’re communicating and sometimes it’s effective and other times it’s not. Vicky gives us an example of where our communication as teachers to students might be landing wrong in a way that only supports more misbehavior. It’s better to minimize our noticing of the behaviors that are not desirable and maximize our noticing of the desired behaviors. Solution-Focused is a strength-bas...

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  Promoting Educator Professionalism with Nason Lollar

  Feb 28, 202530 minS0

  This is Season 6, Episode 9 of FocusED, and it features our guest, Nason Lollar; Joe and TJ interview Nason about educator professional conduct, human resources, managing and sustaining a positive culture, school leadership…and so much more.

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  Successfully Managing Parent and Community Groups with Christina Hidek

  Feb 24, 202535 minS0

  FocusED Show Notes with Guest Christina Hidek Christina starts out with some suggestions about how school leaders can get on the same page with the PTO/PTA President by meeting on a regular basis. The key is to meet ahead of the actual PTA meetings and separate from them. School leaders should explain their vision for the school and the school year to the parent groups, starting with the PTA President. School leaders and PTA Presidents should have a clear understanding of how they want to communicate. Christina describes the strongest relationships that she had with principals and the trust...

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  Schools for this Century and Beyond with Shawn Dilly

  Feb 19, 202532 minS0

  Shawn tells us that “future-ready” is about students recognizing their purpose; he reminds us about the goal of education and the gaps that exist right now with what we provide and what students actually need. Dr. Dilly talked about the need for leaders to stay true to who they are, that relationships matter, and that we should celebrate our differences. Shawn elevates competencies that students need, including what he calls “human skills.” He talks about a “tsunami of change” that is coming our way along with the advent of AI and other disruptive technologies. Shawn tells us that part of the systemic...

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  Communities of Strength with Peter Cookson

  Feb 6, 202536 minS0

  This is Season 6, Episode 6 of FocusED, and it features our guest, Peter Cookson; we discuss community leadership, supporting students in poverty, school culture…and so much more. Peter Cookson Brings a Tons of Experience to FocusED Listeners Peter Cookson serves as a senior researcher with the Learning Policy Institute, a founding principal investigator for the American Voices Project based at Stanford University, and an educational policy teacher at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University. He has written extensively on the causes and consequences of American poverty and advocates for a new vision for public education. He began his ca...

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