The Leadership Journey - A Convo with Amber Teamann - The #InnovatorsMindset Podcast, S2, Ep6

Amber Teamann is an amazing educator and a very close friend of George Couros. Right away, Amber hits viewers and listeners with a few of her “Amberisms” that work to inspire and provoke thought. The two talk in-depth about being thoughtful of the roles of teachers and how that impacts the relationships that are built at a school site. Amber shares a few of the jokes that George’s daughter, Kallea, absolutely loves! Amber also reflects on her first year as a principal and school leader. Very openly, Amber shares some of the feedback that she got from her staff during her first year as an administrator. Amber also gets very real about the struggles and what she did to be there and be present and to ultimately be what her staff needed. Three Main Points: Learning from and connecting with others that have skills in different areas. The values that we share. Being the reason incredible things happen with our students. Links: Amber Teamann Blog (The First Year) - https://technicallyteamann.com/category/thefirstyear/ 4 Guiding Questions for Your IT Department - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/3702 Quotes: “I have got to surround myself with people who are smarter than me but also people who are smarter ‘differently’ than me.” -Amber Teamann “It is always going to be different any time you have a leadership change; what is important is maintaining the things that have been held up as values.” - Amber Teamann “My role and goal is to be the people who are giving them the tools or the resources to make incredible things happen with their students.” - Amber Teamann “If it doesn’t work within the system, then we need to change the system.” -George Couros Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset. More at georgecouros.ca George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/ George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519 For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0 Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/