January 2022 Highlights from the #InnovatorsMindset #Podcast

Welcome to another monthly highlight video from The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast! This month, George Couros had the opportunity to host more inspiring educators on the podcast. Couros asks viewers and listeners to comment with the advice that they would give to their first-year-teacher-selves. Couros shares that relationships are central to everything, if kids know they are cared for, they will often overlook inexperience. Before launching into the highlight video, Couros shares a story about the importance of connections and relationships. Check out all this and the amazing educators shared below in this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast - Monthly Highlights! 0:00 Intro 4:37 Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney 7:28 Jill Siler (3 Questions on Educators that Inspire) 12:05 Ewane Masango 15:58 Dr. Chris Jones 23:07 Stephanie Smith Fast As We Can, As Slow as We Must - A Convo with Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdW7YKEUUQo Dr. LaTonya M. Goffney and George Couros talk about an investment that educators can make which will save them hours in the future and prevent a lot of stressful conversations. Dr. Goffney shares what her district is doing to build relationships with both students and their families! 3 Questions on Educators that Inspire with Jill Siler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4eQgj0fxk Jill M. Siler, author of Thrive Through the Five, shares the advice that she would have appreciated during her first year of teaching. In this clip from the full episode, Three Questions on Educators that Inspire with Jill Siler, Siler reflects on what she was invested in as a first year teacher and how a reminder about how education can include “and” - you can have fun and have high expectations, you can have rigorous lessons and build strong relationships. Lessons on Going From Admin Back to the Classroom - A Convo with Stephanie Smith Stephanie Smith reflects on her time as an administrator turned teacher and how she maintains a focus on relationships and communication. Her reflections on her time in both positions serve as a powerful reminder about being open to dialogue when there are questions and to communicate. Hear this and more in the full episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast: Lessons on Going From Admin Back to the Classroom - A Convo with Stephanie Smith! Teacher-Centered Leadership - A Convo With Dr. Chris Jones Dr. Chris Jones and George Couros talk about how to support educators as they take risks. Dr. Jones reflects on the strategies he uses to encourage risk taking and Geroge Couros talks about what risk taking means to him and how we relate to risk taking by asking the question about how we can move from pockets of innovation to a culture of innovation! All this and more in this clip from the full podcast, The Innovator’s Mindset: Teacher-Centered Leadership - A Convo With Dr. Chris Jones. The Connection Between Health and Innovation - A Convo with Ewane Masango George Couros and Ewane Masango talk about the art of storytelling and how we are trying to get people to see themselves in the story. Masango shares that, through his experiences, once we have placed ourselves in a story, we better understand the structure behind the art of storytelling. Masango reflects on how we get others to believe in their own stories and how we can better craft our storytelling abilities. In this clip Masango asks, how do we own our story? Music from Bensound