The Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast | The #1 Downloaded School Leadership Show A scalable SEL solution for schools
Jeff Becker's an award-winning school counselor and teacher with a Master's in Secondary Counseling and a second degree in communications- so he's a boots-on-the-ground leader and entrepreneur. Jeff is also an adjunct professor at National University for their Master's program in Social and Emotional Learning. He's the founder of two revolutionary products that help principals to deliver much-needed SEL to their kids without taxing their teachers. And it looks like something from Netflix, so kids love it.
Show Highlights
- Solving the SEL need with 5 minute videos
- How to Multiply yourself
- Build tension before you unpack solutions
- Resources to help students build self-discipline
- What it's like to have a principal that trusts you
- Archaic communication promotes the thing you're going against
- As a school leader, you're the biggest bottleneck
- Avoid 60 plus hour work weeks for your best year ever
"The thing that keeps me up at night is all of these fires that we're constantly putting out as ed leaders. The more fires we're putting out and jumping around and being reactive, the less we're proactive about the skills that we're given to our children."
-Jeff Becker
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Jeff Becker's Resources & Contact Info:
- http://www.incontrolsel.com/danny
- betterleadersbetterschools.com/challenge-july-2021
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