{"id":1709,"date":"2022-04-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/04\/21\/tune-in-to-microsoft-educations-podcast-for-school-leaders\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T18:27:05","slug":"tune-in-to-microsoft-educations-podcast-for-school-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2022\/04\/tune-in-to-microsoft-educations-podcast-for-school-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune in to Microsoft Education\u2019s podcast for school leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As a school leader, many difficult choices fall on your shoulders, and building a strong peer network for support can be a challenge. The good news is that you\u2019re never truly alone but are part of a global community of leaders facing similar challenges and working to find solutions. It\u2019s just a matter of uncovering them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019d like to make that easier, so Microsoft Education has created a weekly podcast, Leading Innovation<\/strong><\/a>, that brings together school leaders to discuss what we\u2019re thinking, saying, and doing to guide our schools. Our podcast will help give voice to leaders through a platform that\u2019s ideal for sharing challenges and triumphs, and will focus on the small, actionable steps leaders can take now to effectively work toward larger goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meet our hosts, then read below to learn more about what\u2019s upcoming and how to listen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamie Trujillo<\/strong> Frank Chiappone<\/strong> Dina Ghobashy<\/strong> Episodes of Leading Innovation<\/strong> air on Mondays and feature real-world educators sharing insights, strategies, and ideas about what\u2019s working in their schools and what\u2019s not. From tackling \u201cinnovation fatigue\u201d\u2014the overwhelm and exhaustion tied to rapid technology adoption in the classroom\u2014to overcoming budget limitations, here\u2019s a peek at the discussions from some of our recent episodes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upcoming episodes will explore topics including why technology hasn\u2019t disrupted education as predicted, how to find inspiration when you aren\u2019t inspired, and how to cultivate and measure culture within a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tune in to Microsoft Education\u2019s Leading Innovation<\/strong> podcast <\/a>to listen to these episodes and more, and tweet us your thoughts about the latest episode using the tags @MicrosoftEDU<\/a>, @DinaMGhobashy<\/a>, @GOALACADEMY<\/a>, @frankchip2<\/a>, and @BAMRadioNetwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For school leaders, decision-making can be a lonely task. Microsoft Education has created a weekly podcast, Leading Innovation, to help make it easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,33,22],"tags":[],"audience":[249],"content-type":[154],"product":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[231],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educators","category-remote-and-hybrid-learning","category-school-leaders","audience-education-decision-makers","content-type-events"],"yoast_head":"\n
Jamie is a 20-year veteran of the technology industry. He serves as the Chief Information Officer for GOAL Academy, where he is directly responsible for leading technology efforts and enabling digital transformation across the school\u2014with a passion to prepare students for a life centered around technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frank is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft with a focus on school leaders and IT audiences. He loves to go deep on how institutions undertake digital transformation, the challenges they face in implementing and driving technology adoption in the classroom, and how Microsoft can best deliver innovation to help institutions around the world enable student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dina currently champions schoolwide education transformation and manages school leader strategy and programs at Microsoft. Dina possesses a broad background in technology and its effective application to transform teaching and learning. She is passionate about achieving positive social impact through education and she sees technology as a catalyst for realizing this vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
In the premiere episode of Leading Innovation, we kick things off with a discussion about the need for school leaders to share ideas and strategies. Then, we dive into the challenge of managing the \u201cinnovation fatigue\u201d that is being felt in school and classroom environments. Find out how some school leaders are using data to rebalance school priorities and reduce teacher burnout while maximizing student achievement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
This episode tackles a challenge that has risen to the very top of every school leader\u2019s priority list: talent management. As teaching becomes more demanding and the pool of talent shrinks, how do leaders inspire and energize teachers without becoming a source of the stress that is burning them out? Hint: Open communication is key.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
In this episode, we introduce five practices that give school leaders the ability to see what teachers and students need most to achieve their academic goals\u2014at any point in the school term. Join us to learn the what, why, and how of putting these practices to work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
We all know that meaningful connections between administrators and teachers are required for effective learning, but the pandemic disrupted the traditional face-to-face connections educators rely on in schools. As our podcast guest, instructional coach Kimberly Moyer, explains, \u201cWe need to continually look for creative ways to build those bridges to our students. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s face to face or using technology; it\u2019s all about relationships.\u201d Tune in to this episode for techniques to connect with teachers and students when the stakes are low\u2014including through resources such as Microsoft Teams<\/a> and the Microsoft Showcase School program<\/a>\u2014to maintain those critical connections when it counts most.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
For many schools and school leaders, budget constraints and limited resources are the big barriers to greater student performance. In this episode we talk with a school leader who transcended extreme budget limitations, using solutions such as free Microsoft 365 Education A1 licenses<\/a>, to create a model school that attracted interest from around the globe. Our guest, Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon, the Founder Principal of Kamla Nehru Public School in Phagwara, India, offers empowering insights: \u201cWhen it comes to finances, I have budget constraints. But when it comes to human resources, we are bountiful. Our resources are the culture of the school. Our resources are the attitude which we possess. Our resource is the will to change the world of our students.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n