About this podcast
Dive into the world of K-12 education leadership with The Table Podcast Series. Host Bridget Johnson, a veteran educator with 20+ years of experience, brings you insightful conversations on innovation and best practices in student life.
Each episode features thought-provoking discussions with top educators, administrators, and industry experts. We tackle pressing challenges in modern education, from crisis management to building inclusive communities, offering strategies that shape the future of learning.
Whether you're a seasoned administrator or an aspiring leader, you'll gain:
-Practical advice for navigating complex educational environments
-Innovative approaches to student life management
-Insights on creating impactful, resilient learning spaces
Join us as we explore cutting-edge ideas and time-tested wisdom to help you excel in your educational leadership journey. Subscribe now and transform your approach to K-12 education!
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 69 episodes
- Teacher Burnout and Retention: Fix the Conditions | Dr. Derek Porter · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 68Teacher Burnout and Retention: Fix the Conditions | Dr. Derek Porter When a great teacher burns out, do we ask what's wrong with them, or what's happening around them? Dr. Derek…
- Duty of Care in Schools: Why Process Protects Students | Brian Murray · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 67Duty of Care in Schools: Why Process Protects Students | Brian Murray Duty of care comes down to two questions: where is every student right now, and would your discipline…
- The Readiness Gap: What Employers Screen For | Edward DuCoin · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 66The Readiness Gap: What Employers Screen For | Edward DuCoin Your students will sit across a desk from someone like Edward DuCoin one day, and he'll know within minutes what…
- Family Engagement Is a Relationship, Not a Head Count | Nitza Jimenez · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 65Family Engagement Is a Relationship, Not a Head Count | Nitza Jimenez What if the family your school has written off as non-responsive is actually drowning? Family engagement…
- Restorative Practice Across 64 Nationalities | Alistair Goold · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 64Restorative Practice Across 64 Nationalities | Alistair Goold What happens to belonging when almost nobody in the building is from the country they live in? Alistair Goold has…
- Addiction Proofing Your School: What's Changed | Kriya Lendzion · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 63Addiction Proofing Your School: What's Changed | Kriya Lendzion Content note: this conversation includes candid discussion of addiction and recovery, overdose, suicide, and…
- Beyond Generational Labels in Schools | Dr. Unnatti Jain · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 62Beyond Generational Labels in Schools | Dr. Unnatti Jain The friction between the adults in your building probably isn't generational. Underneath it, you'll usually find role…
- Why Women Leaders Struggle to Delegate | Rebecca Malotke-Meslin · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 61Why Women Leaders Struggle to Delegate | Rebecca Malotke-Meslin Your head of school notices you are drowning and says, "You need to delegate more." That is the whole instruction…
- Student Support as Infrastructure: Hidden Leadership | Sherann Alkins · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 60Student Support as Infrastructure: Hidden Leadership | Sherann Alkins What if your counseling team isn't a service sitting next to the school, but the infrastructure the whole…
- Advisory Done Right: Why "Fine" Isn't Good Enough | Alan Brown · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 59**Sign up for the Advisory Alignment Collective Program! Advisory Done Right: Why "Fine" Isn't Good Enough | Alan Brown What if your advisory program isn't failing because of…
- Youth Sports Betting: The Hidden Addiction in Schools | Saul Malek · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 58Youth Sports Betting: The Hidden Addiction in Schools | Saul Malek You wouldn't smell it on a student—and you won't find it in a backpack. So how do you spot the addiction that's…
- Youth Sports Betting: The Hidden Addiction in Schools | Saul Malek · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 58Youth Sports Betting: The Hidden Addiction in Schools | Saul Malek You wouldn't smell it on a student—and you won't find it in a backpack. So how do you spot the addiction that's…
- Beyond Spreadsheets: Fixing Student Support with August Schools · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 57Beyond Spreadsheets: Fixing Student Support with August Schools Your school has a counselor, a nurse, a dean, a learning specialist, and a dozen advisors — but are they actually…
- Nature as the Classroom: Healing Teen Isolation | Manny Almonte · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 56Nature as the Classroom: Healing Teen Isolation | Manny Almonte What if the most isolated young men in your community aren't missing a mentor program—they're missing a campfire?…
- The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline: What Every Educator Needs to Know · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 55The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline: What Every Educator Needs to Know What if the student disrupting your classroom isn't defiant—but dysregulated? In this episode of The Table…
- Faculty Onboarding Done Right: Retention Starts Here | Meera Shah · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 54Faculty Onboarding Done Right: Retention Starts Here | Meera Shah What if your school's biggest retention strategy isn't compensation—but onboarding? In this episode of The Table…
- Character Formation in Independent Schools with Ryan S. Olson · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 53Character Formation in Independent Schools with Ryan S. Olson What kind of human does your school make it easier to become? In this episode of The Table Podcast Series, Bridget…
- Student Wellbeing Crisis: What Schools Get Wrong | Dr. Denise Pope · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 52Student Wellbeing Crisis: What Schools Get Wrong | Dr. Denise Pope Are today's students more successful—or more overwhelmed than ever? In this episode, Bridget Johnson sits down…
- Why Schools Are Getting AI Wrong (And What It's Costing Students) with Sarah Hanawald · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 51Why Schools Are Getting AI Wrong (And What It's Costing Students) with Sarah Hanawald Why are so many educators resisting generative AI—and what's at risk if they do? In this…
- Raising Kids Who Belong: Home & School Strategies | Peyten Williams · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 50Raising Kids Who Belong: Home & School Strategies | Peyten Williams What if every behavior challenge your students or children throw at you is actually a belonging signal in…
