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44: Budget Cuts with Purpose: A Smarter Way to Align District Spending
Budget season brings tough decisions, but where should you start?
In this episode, we share how to use the BRIDGE Framework to align spending with your purpose, evaluate initiatives, and make strategic decisions that...
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43: From Compliance to Commitment: Using Brain Science to Drive Lasting School Change with Dr. Lisa Riegel
What if sustainable change in schools starts with the brain?
In this episode, Dr. Lisa Riegel shares how neuroscience can transform leadership and system-wide change. Using her 8 C’s Framework, she explains why...
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42: Interventions Happen Everywhere: Rethinking Tier 1 Responsibility in Schools
What if intervention isn’t a place or a person, but something everyone does?
In this episode, the team challenges the traditional view of intervention and explores how schools can shift to a shared responsibility...
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41: Tier 1 Done right: How Shared Responsibility & Clear Roles Transform School Culture
Why does Tier 1 feel overwhelming or like it falls on just a few people? This episode challenges the idea that “universal” means that everyone is doing everything the same, and instead reframes it as shared...
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40: Spring Burnout in Schools: How Reflection and Refocusing, Strengthen Conditions for Learning
In this episode of System Shift, we explore the “push-pull” of spring in education—balancing the end of the year while planning for what’s next.
Instead of pushing through, leaders are encouraged to pause, reflect,...
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39: Coaching Over Supervising: Dr. Anthony Rice on Developing Leaders and Building Collective Efficacy in Schools
In this episode of System Shifters, we sit down with Dr. Anthony Rice—high school principal, author of The Color of Leadership, podcast host, and recipient of the ACSA Region 19 Fred Kiesel Memorial Distinguished...
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38: Collective Efficacy in Schools: How Shared Belief Drives Student Success
Collective efficacy is more than confidence; it's the shared belief that together we can positively impact student outcomes. I
n this episode, the System Shifters team unpacks what collective efficacy really means...
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37: Alignment of Systems: How MTSS, PBIS, and Whole-Child Supports Work Together
In this episode, the System Shifter Team continues the deep dive into the BRIDGE framework, focusing on alignment of systems.
Too often, schools treat MTSS, PBIS, RTI, curriculum, and whole-child initiatives as...
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36: Transforming School Systems through Purpose, Values and Mindset
In this episode, the System Shifters team takes a deep dive into purpose, mindset, and values and the impact it has in the education system.
This episode explores when purpose is clear, values are shared, and mindset...
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35: Aligning Systems for Sustainable School Improvement
Most school initiatives don’t fail because of bad ideas; they fail because systems aren’t aligned.
In this episode, we unpack the BRIDGE Framework (Building Responsive Integrated Dynamic Governance for Excellence) and...
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34: Why More Interventions Aren’t the Answer in Schools
When schools feel overwhelmed by student needs, the instinct is often to add more interventions. But what if the real issue isn’t interventions, it’s Tier 1 systems?
In this episode, Drs. Gail, Mary Beth, and Leesa...
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33: The Power of Language in School Systems: Clarity, Consistency, and Change
Words shape systems, yet in education, shifting terminology often creates confusion instead of progress. In this episode, Drs. Gail, Mary Beth, and Leesa explore how inconsistent language around initiatives like...
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