Exceptionally Good: Leaders for a Better World
Exceptionally Good: Leaders for a Better World
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We bring you in-depth interviews with exceptional leaders who drive toward a different bottom line — leaders from health care, philanthropy, non-profits, education and rescue services who are doing exceptional work for the good of the world. Exploring their origin stories, their leadership journey and the lessons they learned on their path -- sometimes the hard way -- we bring you close to understand how exceptional leaders tick.On Instagram and [email protected]
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The podcast focuses on themes of leadership, social impact, and personal growth, with episodes that explore topics such as the importance of community in leadership, navigating challenges in education, and fostering equity and healing in various sectors. Examples include Dr. Arria Coburn's discussion on leadership culture and Tierionna Pinkston's commitment to antiracist education.
We bring you in-depth interviews with exceptional leaders who drive toward a different bottom line — leaders from health care, philanthropy, non-profits, education and rescue services who are doing exceptional work for the good of the world. Exploring their origin stories, their leadership journey and the lessons they learned on their path — sometimes the hard way — we bring you close to understand how exceptional leaders tick.
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This episode, I have the immense pleasure and privilege of talking with a mentor and a friend — Ron Berger.
Ron is a powerful voice and leader in education as an author of best-selling books such as A Culture of Quality and Leaders of Their Own Learning, has served Chief Academic Officer for Expeditionary Learning, as a keynote speaker in places as far-flung as Japan, the Bronx, Timor Leste, West Virginia, Spain, mountaineering huts in the Rocky Mountains, England and Alabama. He leads workshops for organizations such as High Tech High and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Ron’s video called Austin’s Butterfly highlights the power of creating high-quality student work through a revision process of a culture of craftsmanship and been viewed over half a million times.
At heart, Ron is a teacher. Ron taught at a small public school in a small rural town in Western Massachusetts for over 30 years, developing service-based learning projects with his students who took on the complex, important and needed work: a radon test report for local homes, a highway crossing for local salamanders, a local store run by students selling jewelry made from agate that they would tumble, design into jewelry, market and sell to raise funds. Ron’s dedication to the growth of student character and the craft of teaching how to produce high-quality work led to him being named as the best teacher in America by the Annenberg Institute.
When asked why he is an educator, Ron once wrote:
I am an educator because so many of my heroes and role models – the people who inspire me – are young people doing beautiful work in the world.
Above all, Ron has one of the kindest souls you will ever know, has the finely crafted skill of making the complexity of quality teaching & learning accessible, and at every turn has highlighted students at the center-stage of learning in ways that help students and educators alike see what’s possible.
Ron, perhaps more than anyone else I know, uses his many many talents and skills for good in the world — he’s a true leader in the Rebel Alliance. And as a teacher, his butterfly wing effects have spread further than you could think possible. You, dear listener, are in for a real treat.
Dive in!
- Models of Excellence:https://modelsofexcellence.eleducation.org
- Austin's Butterfly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6PskE3zfQ
- ”The Dancing Prince” use of models –
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About Exceptionally Good:
https://www.exceptionallygood.org/about
More from Exceptionally Good:
Work with Ryan:
https://www.exceptionallygood.org/services
Exceptionally Good on Substack:
https://substack.com/@exceptionallygood
Producer & host: Ryan Maxwell
Editor: Matt Mitchell
Theme music: Ryan Raddatz
Guitar music: Adeline’s Guitar
Credits/Outro Read by: Adeline, Advice & Jess
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