3-2-1... Lead!

The One With Liz Raeburn and Amy Thornton

Liz Raeburn and Amy Thornton joined us on the 3-2-1 Lead! Podcast this week to share stories from their lives, work, and passions.
 
Liz is the Principal of Bryan County Middle/High School in Bryan County, GA.
 
Amy is K-12 Liaison for Troup County Schools in LaGrange, GA where she supports principals, APs, and schools across the system.

The One With Robbie and Octavius

We celebrate educators here at 3-2-1 Lead!  Their lives, their works, and their passions.  This episode features two exemplary leaders together with Mark to discuss what makes them tick and what their work is all about.  
Robbie Hooker is the Superintendent of Social Circle City Schools in GA, and is soon-to-be the Superintendent in Athens, GA of the Clarke County School System.  Octavius Mulligan is the Principal of Tesnatee-Gap Elementary School of the White County School System. 

The One About Wes Taylor and Sam DePaul and Sam’s New Book

Wes Taylor served nine years as the Superintendent of Lowndes County Schools.  Sam DePaul served as a Superintendent for ... 31 Years!!!
Wes and Sam join 3-2-1 Lead! to share their experiences and talk about their current work and their passions.  Wes has just taken the position of Executive Director of Coastal Plains RESA while Sam has recently retired from serving as the director of North Georgia RESA.  
Sam has written a new book that has just been released!  Perspectives and Reflections for the Superintendent:  What Can Be Learned from Experience?   Listen to the podcast to learn more; click here to order this book published by AASA.  Link to Sam's Book

The One About Ensuring Positive Outcomes for Students With Disabilities

 
Kim Garcia-Bennett (First District RESA and Coastal GLRS), Derrick Butler (Islands HS, Savannah-Chatham Schools) and Liz Raeburn (Bryan County MS/HS) have been collaborating in work focusing on outcomes for students with disabilities through Kim's project Lead emBRACE.  
On this episode, we hear from Kim, Derrick and Liz about their work and passions and about their collaboration to find effective practices to reach all students, particularly SWD.  
An example of this work can be found in Long County Schools, featured in the August 5, 2022 Federal Programs Newsletter for the Georgia DOE.  Check it out:
District Highlight: Long County Schools Debbie Wingate, Special Education Director in Long County led the initiative to intentionally have all 200 plus teachers trained on specially designed instruction! Their goal was to ensure all teachers were trained with the necessary tools to improve Tier I instruction to close learning gaps. A few factors helped Long County make this decision. Based on data, students' scores showed a significant loss of learning due to the pandemic, in particular, students with disabilities. Next, the teacher shortage has always been a challenge but has increased significantly in the last few years. Because of this, Long County has hired several special educators who do not have a special education background and are considered out of field Also, they recognized that specially designed instruction benefits not only students with disabilities but all students. They are very excited about this school year and the continued support from Coastal GLRS/FDRESA as they will engage in Action Planning GPS (Monitoring and Accountability of clear and observable expectation) Coaching OT (observations and feedback of Tier I instruction), and continued PD for ME (professional development for engagement). Way to IMPACT, Long County
CONTACT INFORMATION on our presenters:
kbennett@fdresa.org
derrick.butler@sccpss.com
eraeburn@bryan.k12.ga.us  
 

The One With Stephen Peters and Steve Miletto

Dr. Stephen Peters and Dr. Steve Miletto join Mark in the first episode of 3-2-1 Lead!  We share leadership insights as our guests share three things about themselves, two things about their current work, and one thing about which they are passionate.  
 
Stephen Peters is an internationally-known author and speaker.  He's been a teacher, coach, assistant principal, principal and superintendent.  His books include Do You Know Enough About Me To Teach Me?  and Teaching to Capture and Inspire All Learners.  His most recent book is One:  A Process for Building Schools of Excellence for Every One and Everyone (co-authored with Mark Wilson).  Connect with Stephen's Work Here:
Steve Miletto is the Executive Director of the North Georgia RESA (Regional Education Support Association) and has also been a teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal.  He was the Georgia High School Principal of the Year in 2010 when he was named a finalist for National Principal of the Year.  Steve's podcast, Teaching, Learning, Leading K-12 has posted 496 episodes (at this moment!) with over 600,000 downloads!  You can connect with Steve's podcast here:  Teaching Learning Leading K12 and all of Steve's work here:  More Steve Miletto
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