Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

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105: Fail Forward with Justin Ashley Jun 19, 2017

Show notes

Justin Ashley is an award-winning teacher, motivational speaker, author, and public education advocate from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he began teaching in 2007. He is also a highly sought-after speaker for professional development. He has been an inspirational keynote presenter for thousands of current and future teachers, creating an atmosphere that bounces back and forth between rapt silence and raucous laughter. In 2013, he became the only teacher ever to win both North Carolina History Teacher of the Year and North Carolina Social Studies Teacher of the Year in the same year.

He currently is pushing to the forefront of the conversation of work-life balance and low teacher retention: While he was winning as a teacher, the rest of his life careened out of his control, ultimately landing him in rehab for an addiction to pain killers. His self-discovery process and road to recovery led him to research ways to combat burnout and reignite his passion for teaching, a journey he shares with readers in his book The Balanced Teacher Path.

Quotables

Don’t give up on a really good lesson that was executed in a bad way
Your happiness is not singular, its plural
Being passionate as a teacher is a reflection of being passionate as a person
Don’t step on the same land mine
Fail forward
If I don’t own the problem, then I can’t own the decision
Reignite your passion outside the classroom and you’ll reignite your passion inside the classroom

Justin’s Stamp of Approval

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Connect with Justin

Book: The Balanced Teacher Path
Twitter: @justinfashley
News Article: Charlotte Observer

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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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104: Don’t Sleep Through the Finish Line Jun 12, 2017

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It’s easy to slow down when you get close to the end. But, elite educators don’t slow down, they ramp it up. Tune in to hear how to keep your energy tank on full throttle so that you can provide engaging, rigorous instruction up until the last minute of the school year.

Quotables

You can’t be amazing ¾ of the way.
Kids deserve a quality education and not just on Tuesdays or in September or at 8 am. They deserve engaging, top notch instruction on Fridays at 3 pm in June.
Its called character and work ethic.
We gotta do better and be better.
Forget the busy work, get to work.

Connect with Gretchen

Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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