Sarah Lavezzo's guest appearances

Sarah Lavezzo

Transformative Principal

The Conscious-Preneur

David Smith

Seth Godin

William Parker

Cory Doctorow

Jethro Jones

Hillary Johnson

Liz Wiseman

Kat Howard

Derek Sivers

Michael Robinson

Geoff Woods

Aaron Walker

Shelly Morgan

Jessica Johnson

David Wood

OwlTail

Sarah Lavezzo is the founder and director of Ascend Micro School. Her mission is more than just the tagline "Growing Minds, Giving Hearts." Through personal experience, she knows that education is not a "one size fits all" item packaged neatly on a convenient shelf (and neither is business). Sarah says, "I have been a “teacher” since second grade when I started helping in my mom’s first grade classroom. Working with children has always been my passion! I love exploring the world with them, guiding them as they pursue their dreams, and just having a fun time together. I firmly believe that our kids are capable of great things, and I’m excited to see the amazing work of our students!"  In this episode, Sarah discusses the important life and entrepreneurial lessons she has learned through opening a business that caters to growing minds and giving hearts! She offers personal reflections that prove valuable to any entrepreneur at any stage of life and business. Listen to this week's episode where we shed light on the importance of: Evolving, Adapting and Growing Your Business to Offer Your Clients the Best Experience Being Open to Life-Long Learning and Growth Giving Yourself Permission to Take a Necessary Pause  You can learn more about Ascend Micro School here.

Sarah Lavezzo is the founder and director of Ascend Micro School. Her mission is more than just the tagline "Growing Minds, Giving Hearts." Through personal experience, she knows that education is not a "one size fits all" item packaged neatly on a convenient shelf (and neither is business). Sarah says, "I have been a “teacher” since second grade when I started helping in my mom’s first grade classroom. Working with children has always been my passion! I love exploring the world with them, guiding them as they pursue their dreams, and just having a fun time together. I firmly believe that our kids are capable of great things, and I’m excited to see the amazing work of our students!"  In this episode, Sarah discusses the important life and entrepreneurial lessons she has learned through opening a business that caters to growing minds and giving hearts! She offers personal reflections that prove valuable to any entrepreneur at any stage of life and business. Listen to this week's episode where we shed light on the importance of: <ul><li>Evolving, Adapting and Growing Your Business to Offer Your Clients the Best Experience</li> <li>Being Open to Life-Long Learning and Growth</li> <li>Giving Yourself Permission to Take a Necessary Pause</li> </ul> You can learn more about Ascend Micro School <a href="https://ascendmicroschool.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

The Three E's of Business: Experience, Evolution & Education with Sarah Lavezzo

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit schoolai.com to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Getting to the Root of the Problem with Sarah Lavezzo Transformative Principal 405 Mastery learning allows them to feel confident with where they are in that moment. Via Sarah Lavezzo Sarah Lavezzo is the founder and director of Ascend Micro School in Colorado Springs. She is a gifted intervention specialist and has also co-authored several curriculums for the United States Institute of Peace and Heartwork. She is passionate about learner-driven education, global education, and empowering children and young adults. She is the mom of a delightfully unique little girl and loves to build community with other parents and support them in their journeys. She can be reached at sarah@ascendmicroschool.com Sponsors TeachFX Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com InControl SEL for Middle School In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at. The videos are 5–6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level. They’ve thought of everything– because it’s a group of award winning counselors, teachers, and principals that came up with this thing. It’ll help you save tons of time and headaches. Take it from me, it’s time to check that social-emotional learning box, the empty one that’s been keeping you up at night–and it’s time to do it in a meaningful, measurable, magnetic way. If you go to www.InControlSEL.com/jethro you can check out some of the videos and even receive 20% off if you pre-order for next school year John Catt Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles:   Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh  Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli  Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley  The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson  Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard  John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones:  SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors  SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with SchoolAI. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to SchoolAI.com/tpWe're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit <a href="https://schoolai.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">schoolai.com</a> to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Getting to the Root of the Problem with Sarah Lavezzo Transformative Principal 405 Mastery learning allows them to feel confident with where they are in that moment. Via Sarah Lavezzo Sarah Lavezzo is the founder and director of Ascend Micro School in Colorado Springs. She is a gifted intervention specialist and has also co-authored several curriculums for the United States Institute of Peace and Heartwork. She is passionate about learner-driven education, global education, and empowering children and young adults. She is the mom of a delightfully unique little girl and loves to build community with other parents and support them in their journeys. She can be reached at sarah@ascendmicroschool.com Sponsors <a href="http://teachfx.com/transformativeprincipal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TeachFX</a> Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at <a href="http://teachfx.com/transformativeprincipal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TeachFX.com</a> InControl SEL for Middle School In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at. The videos are 5–6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level. They’ve thought of everything– because it’s a group of award winning counselors, teachers, and principals that came up with this thing. It’ll help you save tons of time and headaches. Take it from me, it’s time to check that social-emotional learning box, the empty one that’s been keeping you up at night–and it’s time to do it in a meaningful, measurable, magnetic way. If you go to <a href="https://www.incontrolsel.com/jethro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.InControlSEL.com/jethro</a> you can check out some of the videos and even receive 20% off if you pre-order for next school year <a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Catt</a> Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting <a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.johncattbookshop.com/</a>. Learn more about some of the newest titles: <ul> <li><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/frontpage/products/tiger-teachers-take-two-the-michaela-way" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh</a></li> <li><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/products/teaching-walkthrus-visual-step-by-step-guides-to-essential-teaching-techniques" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli</a></li> <li><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/products/putting-staff-first-a-blueprint-for-revitalising-our-schools?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&amp;pr_rec_pid=4388874092567&amp;pr_ref_pid=4337604952087&amp;pr_seq=uniform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley</a></li> <li><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-teaching-delusion-why-teaching-in-our-schools-isnt-good-enough-and-how-we-can-make-it-better" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/leadership/products/stop-talking-about-wellbeing-a-pragmatic-approach-to-teacher-workload" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard</a></li> </ul> John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: <a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/collections/frontpage/products/schoolx-how-principals-can-design-a-transformative-school-experience-for-students-teachers-parents-and-themselves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves</a> Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: <a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors</a> SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI</a>. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI.com/tp</a>We're so grateful to our sponsor <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AI Coach by Edthena</a>. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Getting to the Root of the Problem with Sarah Lavezzo Transformative Principal 405