Change Starts Here

Franklin Covey Education

Change Starts Here, presented by FranklinCovey Education, is the podcast for K–12 school and district leaders who are shaping—or ready to lead—meaningful change in their schools and communities. Through interviews with innovative educators and research-backed insights, each episode explores how to build leadership at all levels, foster high-trust school cultures, and achieve breakthrough results around what matters most. This podcast offers practical ideas and bold thinking to help you create lasting impact in your school community. Explore the episodes and dive into real stories, proven strategies, and the leadership mindset that transforms schools. This is your space for inspiration, clarity, and action. Real change starts here.

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    The Heart of School Transformation

    What does it really take to build a school culture where every student can thrive? In this episode of Change Starts Here, host Dustin Odham sits down with Dr. Christi Buell, an educator driven by her passion to create meaningful learning environments that every child deserves. Christi shares how leaders can put people before programs to strengthen school culture, engage students and staff in the process of change, and turn vision into action. She also highlights the importance of celebrating small wins—early and often—as the foundation for lasting transformation. If you’ve ever wondered how to shift culture, foster connection, and create schools where achievement and support go hand in hand, this conversation will inspire and challenge you to see leadership through a new lens. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode of Change Starts Here. Download the Our Handout below: https://resources.franklincovey.com/season-6/lbrlh_k12 If you want to learn more about FranklinCovey, visit us at https://www.franklincovey.com/solutions/education/ Connect with Dr. Buell on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/christi-buell-b2765716/ Host: Dustin Odham Guest: Dr. Christi Buell (Assistant Superintendent, Teaching & Learning Arlington ISD) Timestamps: (00:00 - 02:58) Introduction (02:59 - 03:43) Who is Dr. Buell (03:44 - 06:04) Transformation in Education (06:05 - 07:44) Where Do I Start? (07:45 - 12:49) Creating the Why (12:50 - 16:18) Know Your Who (16:19 - 18:30) Leadership Habits (18:31 - 24:03) Leader In Me (24:04 - 31:56) Opening Up (31:57 - 37:05) Implementing Action (37:06 - 41:18) Pride and Drive (41:19 - 47:42) A Foundation of Sand (47:43 - 50:25) Book Recommendations (50:26 - 51:31) Walk Up Song (51:32 - 52:31) A Small Group (52:32 - 54:11) Closing

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  2. The Heart of School Transformation

    قبل يوم واحد

    The Heart of School Transformation

    What does it really take to build a school culture where every student can thrive? In this episode of Change Starts Here, host Dustin Odham sits down with Dr. Christi Buell, an educator driven by her passion to create meaningful learning environments that every child deserves. Christi shares how leaders can put people before programs to strengthen school culture, engage students and staff in the process of change, and turn vision into action. She also highlights the importance of celebrating small wins—early and often—as the foundation for lasting transformation. If you’ve ever wondered how to shift culture, foster connection, and create schools where achievement and support go hand in hand, this conversation will inspire and challenge you to see leadership through a new lens. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode of Change Starts Here. Download the Our Handout below: https://resources.franklincovey.com/season-6/lbrlh_k12 If you want to learn more about FranklinCovey, visit us at https://www.franklincovey.com/solutions/education/ Connect with Dr. Buell on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/christi-buell-b2765716/ Host: Dustin Odham Guest: Dr. Christi Buell (Assistant Superintendent, Teaching & Learning Arlington ISD) Timestamps: (00:00 - 02:58) Introduction (02:59 - 03:43) Who is Dr. Buell (03:44 - 06:04) Transformation in Education (06:05 - 07:44) Where Do I Start? (07:45 - 12:49) Creating the Why (12:50 - 16:18) Know Your Who (16:19 - 18:30) Leadership Habits (18:31 - 24:03) Leader In Me (24:04 - 31:56) Opening Up (31:57 - 37:05) Implementing Action (37:06 - 41:18) Pride and Drive (41:19 - 47:42) A Foundation of Sand (47:43 - 50:25) Book Recommendations (50:26 - 51:31) Walk Up Song (51:32 - 52:31) A Small Group (52:32 - 54:11) Closing

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  3. Brad Montague - Living in Joy, Empathy and Imagination with the Co-Creator of Kid President

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    Brad Montague - Living in Joy, Empathy and Imagination with the Co-Creator of Kid President

    In 2013, a video swept through the internet, bringing joy to all who viewed it. It featured then-11-year-old Robby Novak, dressed to the nines in a suit, tie and sneakers, delivering a pep talk as the now fabled “Kid President.” Brad Montague, Novak’s brother-in-law, was part of the dynamic duo that made that video happen. Since, Kid President’s videos have been viewed over 100 million times. Montague, whose stated mission these days is to “create stories that cultivate empathy and imagination in kids and former kids,” joined host Dustin Odham on this episode of Change Starts Here to explore how he and his family are “joyfully rebelling” against the way things are to craft a better world. Since Kid President, Montague has authored “Becoming Better Grownups” and helped bring to life “Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome,” and his conversation with Odham centered on ways to focus on love and your “why” as opposed to the simple “what” of your day-to-day journey through life. Montague told a story about how he and Novak met Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who sidestepped Montague’s most-dreaded question, “What do you do for a living?,” with a new one – “What do you love about what you do?” “It’s really cool when you hear somebody put words to their love,” Montague said. “I’m a words person, so I need to hear those things. I think for any team, anywhere to hear from their fellow team members why they love being with them, why they love the little things about their work. … That breathes life to even more good.” The opinions in this episode do not necessarily reflect those of FranklinCovey or the Change Starts Here Podcast. You can access the full notice and disclaimer at this link: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e498c459-cdca-4a53-80c5-33d53c9a1359

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    Change Starts Here with Julie Morgenstern, Time-Management Guru

    The debut of FranklinCovey’s Change Starts Here podcast brought out the big guns, bringing on organizing and productivity consultant, New York Times bestselling author and speaker Julie Morgenstern to share her unique insights with host Dustin Odham. Morgenstern, who’s appeared alongside the likes of Oprah Winfrey on television, has a new book called “Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You.” Morgenstern is a bona fide time-management guru, and the exclusive tips she shared on this episode are geared toward helping you realize that organization is not the enemy of creativity – in fact, following her lead will help you be more productive and inspired than ever, all while ensuring you give those you love the best version of yourself. “You can get more done when you’re organized. You can be more creative. You can be more spontaneous when you’re organized than when you’re not,” Morgenstern said. Morgenstern understands what it’s like to crave order but not be able to make it happen, meaning she’s got an insight, tip or trick geared for your unique situation. Tune into the entire episode to learn how you can exercise control over your own life and, by extension, be a productive, happy and contributing member of your family, community and the world at large. The opinions in this episode do not necessarily reflect those of FranklinCovey or the Change Starts Here Podcast. You can access the full notice and disclaimer at this link: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:e498c459-cdca-4a53-80c5-33d53c9a1359

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  5. Erin Gruwell - "Freedom Writers" Inspiration on Her Journey in Education

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    Erin Gruwell - "Freedom Writers" Inspiration on Her Journey in Education

    Change Starts Here host and Thought Leader for FranklinCovey Education Dustin Odham invites noted educator Erin Gruwell, on whom the 2007 film “Freedom Writers” is based, to share her powerful journey shaping the lives of young people through innovative teaching methods. From her days student teaching in 1994 to her years creating and implementing the Freedom Writers method – which asks students to keep journals, leverages emotional connections to relate to the challenges they face, and spurred the original Freedom Writers on to graduation – and beyond, Gruwell is know for being an inspiring force in driving meaningful change. In fact, Odham, himself was partly inspired to pursue education thanks to Gruwell’s writings, setting up an in-depth and exploratory conversation that spanned a wide range of topics. The duo dove into Gruwell’s roots in activism, the inspiration she took from the likes of Hank Aaron and other pioneering Civil Rights voices, and how she made the leap from studying law to embarking on a career in education. That change largely came about in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles race riots, which exposed vast inequities and need in Gruwell’s community. The conversation also turned to why powerful educators everywhere are relying on their own means to elevate their classrooms, how policymakers and leaders can work to change that dynamic, and working to empower that institutional change.

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  6. Eve Miller - Helping Students Find Their Way Out of the Post-COVID Slide

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    Eve Miller - Helping Students Find Their Way Out of the Post-COVID Slide

    The realm of education has been utterly transformed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic – and it’s going to fall largely upon educators to do what they can to help right the ship for their students. The pandemic – and the resulting “COVID slide” in learning, disproportionately impacted underserved communities and students of color, making the issue that much more critical. Here to talk about these issues in depth, as well as provide some insight into this unique learning phenomenon, is Eve Miller, Director of Research at FranklinCovey. The COVID slide, Miller said, is a way to distinguish “learning models from other points of learning loss, such as a summer learning loss or other periods where there has been learning loss with students. “COVID learning loss is widely spread and very exacerbated for different groups who have experienced gaps in their learning before, like equity gaps in learning or opportunity gaps in learning.” The shift to virtual learning during the pandemic has also created a stark contrast between those with the means for and access to remote learning and those who don’t. “It’s unfortunate, but we know these gaps in learning existed before the pandemic,” Miller continued. “What the pandemic has done is really shown how equity is about opportunities in the community, in the home, in the schools, and all different levels of a student’s life. I think it’s easy to blame the student and easy to blame the teacher – it’s easy to blame all these different levels, but that doesn’t get us anywhere.” Although there isn’t a clear-cut answer to closing this divide in learning, Miller believes that it may take a new approach to do so. “What I’ve seen in the literature coming out is an attempt to fix the large-scale issues in a similar way that we’ve always tried to fix things – ways that research has said doesn’t always fix things,” she said. Subscribe to the Change Starts Here podcast on Apple Podcasts and YouTube for the latest insights and news in the world of education.

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Change Starts Here, presented by FranklinCovey Education, is the podcast for K–12 school and district leaders who are shaping—or ready to lead—meaningful change in their schools and communities. Through interviews with innovative educators and research-backed insights, each episode explores how to build leadership at all levels, foster high-trust school cultures, and achieve breakthrough results around what matters most. This podcast offers practical ideas and bold thinking to help you create lasting impact in your school community. Explore the episodes and dive into real stories, proven strategies, and the leadership mindset that transforms schools. This is your space for inspiration, clarity, and action. Real change starts here.

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