SEL in EDU

Real stories. Practical insights. Everyday Social Emotional Learning (SEL).

SEL in EDU is a education podcast hosted by Powered by Resonance Education, with 104 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Powered by Resonance Education hosts SEL in EDU, a education show with 104 episodes published.

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  SEL in EDU

  104: From Role Blur to Role Clarity with Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk

  Sep 15, 202634 min

  Senior leaders often arrive ambitious and passionate, then quietly slide into what Courtney Joly-Lowdermilk calls "role blur," where the all-hands-on-deck approach erases job boundaries, and burnout sets in. As CEO of REACH Leadership, Courtney helps educational and nonprofit leaders bring clarity back to their roles and organizations. In this episode, she walks Krista through the REACH method: Recognizing the ambiguity, Evening the power differentials, Acknowledging expertise, Collaborating, and Healing, and explains why she treats "values in action" as concrete, observable verbs rather than posters on a wall. They dig into the healing step (owning your part in a rupture and inviting, not forcing, repair), why the physical environment either echoes or contradicts a school's values, and why the real decision makers in student-facing work should include students themselves. A grounding conversation for any leader who senses something is choppier than it needs to be. Connect with Courtney via her website and LinkedIn .

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  Episode #103

  103: The Secret Sauce of Change: Attitudes and Aspirations with Dr. Amanda March

  Sep 12, 202647 min

  We keep treating stalled initiatives as a knowledge problem. Dr. Amanda March says that's rarely what's actually going on. "Knowledge and skills are not enough to do the good work." In this conversation, the school psychologist and systems consultant introduces the KASAB model, Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, Aspirations, Behaviors, from Joellen Killian and Learning Forward, and zeroes in on the two A's most leaders skip: attitudes and aspirations. She shares why two veteran colleagues resisted the same change for opposite reasons, how values misalignment quietly drives turnover, and the signal she listens for that change is sticking: when it spreads horizontally between peers rather than top-down. One practical shift for leaders: stop asking, "What strategy did you try today?" and start asking, "What value were you able to personify today?" Connect with Dr. Amanda March via LinkedIn and her website .

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  Episode #103

  102: Restorative Practices, Day to Day with Erika Schwanbeck & Stephanie Clinise

  Aug 21, 202643 min

  Restorative practices often show up only after something has gone wrong. Erika Schwanbeck, a restorative practice coach, and Stephanie Clinise, a secondary ELA teacher, argue that the real work happens long before any conflict. Both talk with Krista about what restorative practice looks and sounds like day to day, woven into content rather than bolted on as a discipline. They get concrete: the 80/20 principle (80 percent proactive, 20 percent responsive), fair process and its three E's of engagement, explanation, and expectation clarity, and the engagement window that keeps support and accountability high. Stephanie shares how shared language turns a Romeo and Juliet circle into a lesson about real choices, and Erika unpacks why a relational consequence outweighs a punitive one. If you have ever wondered whether student voice and teacher authority can coexist, this conversation offers a practical, relationship-first answer. Connect with them on Instagram: Stephanie and Erika

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  Episode #101

  101: It's Okay Not to Know with Brenda Do

  Aug 14, 202637 min

  When Brenda Do watched her young nephew drop a container of leftovers and instantly call himself "so stupid," it broke her heart and sparked a question she couldn't put down. A copywriter by trade, Brenda went down a research rabbit hole into Carol Dweck's work on mindset, her own experience growing up where perfection was the baseline, and why children learn to fear getting things wrong. The result is her picture book "It's Okay Not to Know." In this conversation, Brenda and Krista talk about mistakes as a gift, choosing curiosity over self-judgment, and why "staying in your lane" quietly shrinks a child's sense of what is possible. They also make the case that picture books belong with older students, not just K-2, as a doorway into voice, worth, and taking bold risks. If you have ever mistaken not knowing for not being capable, this one is for you and your students. Connect with Brenda via her website .

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  Episode #100

  100: One Caring, Consistent Adult: What It Means to Be a CASA with Dr. Michele Ogden

  Jul 31, 202636 min

  Dr. Michele Ogden has spent her career in California schools as a teacher and principal, but some of her most meaningful work happens outside of them: eight years as a CASA, a court-appointed special advocate for youth in foster care. In this episode, Michele explains what the role actually involves, from ramen outings and first train rides to the one-page court reports a judge reads before every hearing. She shares how she built trust with a teenager who couldn’t believe a volunteer would keep showing up (“They don’t pay you?”), and how the work reshaped her classroom... the way she welcomes students who arrive late, and how she talks about weekends and vacations now that she knows home isn’t a soft place to land for every child. She also covers the practical side: the training, the time commitment, and why educators’ skills translate so naturally to advocacy. If you’ve been looking for a way to be one caring, consistent adult in a child’s life, this conversation shows what that looks and sounds like in practice.

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