Scott Barron explores the leadership potential within everyone and the influence that we, as educators, can have on others, both intentionally and unintentionally. Quotes: E.E. Cummings: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” Steve Jobs: “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” Bible Verse: Luke 12:48 “From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected.” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to grow the leader within today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Feb 19, 2024
13 min
Scott Barron dives into the importance of having a humble nature and the value of listening over sharing opinions. Quotes: Jane Austen: “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” Saint Augustine: “Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.” C. S. Lewis: “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to stay humble in my opinions today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Feb 12, 2024
10 min
Scott Barron explores the dangers of tone deafness and the benefits of tonal awareness in a school or organization that needs to work in unison. Quotes: Gretchen Rubin: “As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy mood, and it sets a happy tone for everyone - particularly in my case, because I'm tone deaf, and my audience finds my singing a source of great hilarity.” Blaise Pascal: “Man's sensitivity to little things and insensitivity to the greatest things are marks of a strange disorder.” George Washington Carver: “I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to maintain tonal awareness today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Feb 5, 2024
10 min
Scott Barron discusses what it means to be prepared to jump in for our colleagues and why it is so important to the overall health of an organization to have a team ready to support and cover for each other. Quotes: Theodore Roosevelt: “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” Bible Verse: John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this,that someone lay down his life for his friends.” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to be the next one up today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Jan 29, 2024
10 min
In this episode, Scott Barron explores the fears that plague us as adults and how navigating them wisely can push us to a life worth living. Quotes: Niccolo Machiavelli: “Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.” C.S. Lewis: “I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.” Helen Keller: “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to wisely and boldly navigate the dangers today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Jan 22, 2024
10 min
This week, Scott Barron emphasizes the importance of intentional kindness in all aspects of life, and how it can greatly affect the culture of a school or organization. Quotes: Saint Basel: "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost;he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." Madame de Stael - "Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts." Bible Verse: Proverbs 16:23-24 - The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, their lips promote instruction. Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Coaching Question: Did I do my best to show professional courtesy today? ? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Jan 15, 2024
11 min
Scott Barron discusses the impact that the good news can have on others around us and what we can do to share it with them. Quotes: Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl: “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is. William Blake: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite. Bible Verse: Isaiah 52:7: How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news! Coaching Question: Did I do my best to bring the good news today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Jan 8, 2024
9 min
Scott Barron discusses the importance of being able to stay in the moment in the situations that life throws at us and ask wise questions. Being able to learn, endure and grow from challenges will keep you moving forward. Quotes: Shannon L. Alder: “Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” Scott Adams: “If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?” Coaching Question: Did I do my best to ask pivotal questions today? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Jan 1, 2024
12 min
Scott Barron explores the promises that were made and fulfilled through the birth of Jesus and the profound changes that resulted from His teachings, presence and example. Quotes: Billy Graham: “Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.” Jeroslav Pelikan: “Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of Western Culture for almost 20 centuries.” Dwight L. Moody: “God never made a promise that was too good to be true.” Bible Verse: Luke 2:10 “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people." Coaching Question: Did I do my best to rejoice in fulfilled promises?? ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Dec 25, 2023
11 min
Scott Barron sits down with lifelong educator Alan Pue to delve into the essential role of administrators and their long-lasting impact on teachers' lives. To better understand how this partnership ultimately affects the educational experience of students in their classrooms. ______ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. www.Educatorsamonguspodcast.com www.educatorsamongus.com https://www.edfellowship.org/ Sign up for weekly encouragement messages. Buy the book, Love’em and Lead’em. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottebarron/ https://www.facebook.com/SchoolGrowth/ https://twitter.com/schoolgrowth https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-growth
Dec 18, 2023
27 min
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