This month, I’ve been focusing on bringing you interviews with real educators who are using the life coaching skills I share here on the podcast in their professional lives for the betterment of their entire schools. And my guest this week is an amazing example of that, but he’s taking things a step further.

Joey Mascio is currently a middle school teacher and – at his own request – occupies a special place in the discipline office in his school. Through his time in that role of a ‘disciplinarian with a difference’, Joey was able to hone his skills as a coach for the teens who get sent his way. How he’s stepped into that role and what he has planned for the future is truly inspiring.

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This year has already been incredibly challenging for our schools as a whole. Leaders don’t know what is around the corner, and our staff and students are isolated and struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

We are in the midst of an endurance race. Our mental and emotional faculties are being pushed to the limits. Now more than ever, we need tools to help ourselves and to help others thrive in the environment we find ourselves in. So, that is why this whole month on the podcast, we’re going to focus on mental and emotional health. We’re talking about what mental and emotional well-being is and how we can maintain it in our schools.

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Towards the end of last year, I started the Empowered Principal Leadership Series: a free webinar training series to help spread the power of coaching throughout the school leadership community.

In the spirit of a new year and becoming new versions of ourselves, I’ve decided to share a replay of a webinar I held this week on the subject of how to approach goal setting in a way that’s fun, simple, and builds off of your strengths and successes, so you have a process for achieving any goal in 2021.

I’m also taking some time at the start of the episode to discuss how I’ve been helping my clients through discussing the recent events at the Capitol Building with their staff and students.

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This might be a controversial opinion, but I believe there is a huge blessing to be taken from 2020 and what it has shown us about our education system. I believe that the current goal of our education system does not actually serve a huge proportion of our students, and the pandemic has amplified this reality. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

I’m sharing a story this week that inspired a conversation and some real introspection about what the goal of our education system is, how we measure success, and who gets neglected as a result of these things. And if we’re all willing to take part in this conversation, I truly believe that 2021 can be the year we finally start creating an education system that works for everyone.

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As I’m sure you’re painfully aware at this point, 2020 has been no joke. So much has been going on, and just as you get into the swing of things, another curveball is thrown your way and all of your plans go out the window. This has led to our schools being impossible to operate in the way our leaders had intended, and has resulted in a considerable amount of mental and emotional anguish.

School leaders everywhere are deep in the throes of change fatigue, and this would have a profound impact on anybody’s ability to do their job. But when you throw dozens of staff and hundreds of students into the mix, it can be truly debilitating. So, it’s time to take a deep dive into change fatigue, what it is, and what we can do about it.

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