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Mars Hill Fellowship Church is a multi-cultural gathering of believers in the Metro Boston area that passionately love God with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength and love their neighbors because we have been TRANSFORMED by the reality of the gospel. Led by Pastors Joseph + Ophelia Ardayfio, Mars Hill Fellowship shares messages that fuse together rich biblical insight with humor and creativity, bringing the gospel alive through media and the arts. This podcast highlights some of the ...
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Welcome to the Educators Among Us Podcast! We are devoted to walking the journey with those who heed the call to teach, coach, lead, and serve at all levels of education. We speak your language and understand the challenges you face because we’ve been there too. We get it and we got you! This podcast is uniquely designed to share inspiring messages that connect with the heart of your life's work. This includes candid conversations with and about unusually impactful educators, exploring their ...
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Ep 67 - Difficulties Abound: Overcoming the Challenges to Win
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Title: Difficulties Abound: Overcoming the Challenges to Win Today's conversation concerns educators' challenges and difficulties and how to use them as opportunities for growth and learning. In this podcast, we encourage educators to feed their minds with positive content, surround themselves with positive people, and develop good habits. The conv…
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Our conversation today focuses on the importance of maintaining perspective and purpose as educators, and to remember our “Why” as we perform this important work. In this episode, we “flash back” to our first episode of the Educators Among Us podcast, so you can hear why we do what we do and why it matters. Then. Way back in the beginning. And now.…
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Episode 65 - A Family Tradition of Educators
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To be an educator is a noble calling with motivation that goes beyond compensation. The most effective educators are all in, committed with mind, heart, soul, and body. No one should be deterred from such a meaningful life purpose. ____ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages educators in their calling and in their faith. …
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Whatever we do should be carried out with intense desire and a fiery purpose, but we must be self-controlled, tempered by humility rooted in a purposeful perspective. Educators who love, teach students to love. Quotes: Carl Jung: “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touch our human feelings. T…
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When we're called to do something, we can’t delay til things are just right with no risks. We may risk restoring relationships, trying new methods, or learning the latest tech. Though the risks are evaluated carefully, we favor action over the fearful status quo because if we hesitate, we might miss the chance of a lifetime at the peak of the mount…
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Prudence is the virtue by which we recognize our divine duty and choose to fulfill it. Prudence enables us to expertly navigate daily decisions with remarkable wisdom and leadership that recognizes different conditions and uses the wisest approach. Quotes: Dante Alighieri: “Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow v…
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Our desire as educators is to communicate expertly in a manner that grows trust and inspires the desired responses. That means we must master a whole new level of habits and skills because communication doesn’t just happen. It involves listening, sensing, and talking in order for us to adapt our methods to the way they perceive and process the worl…
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When we sustain our serenity, that inner peace, we gain significant advantages in all circumstances because we make wiser decisions, stay on purpose, and are more trusted as leaders.A sense of security returns to our schools when we have a steadfast heart and mind. Quotes: Henry Fielding: “I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and h…
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Breaking bad luck or unfortunate patterns in life is far more likely to happen when we address our own contributions: bad habits, bad attitudes, and bad mindsets. Excellence is not a goal to be achieved, but an attitude to be cultivated. Quotes: Helen Keller: “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of me…
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Ep. 58 - Interview with Dr. Amy Swann: We've Got This
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Survival is the approach some take to each day, just trying to get through to the end. But not Dr. Amy Swann. She has developed a tenacity for achieving the desired goals, no matter what sacrifices and hard work are required to navigate through the obstacles. Quotes: Dr. Amy Swann: “As leaders, we need to go, oh that didn’t work. Hey team, let’s co…
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Educators who love what they do have greater joy and are more productive--they know how to unleash potential through that personal touch. Quotes: Leo Buscaglia: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life …
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The art of teaching, when properly practiced, utilizes the emotion of surprise, helping those we influence see themselves and the world anew through profound truths, reliable principles, and creative solutions. Quotes: Henri Nouwen: “Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be a…
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Each day we make subtle choices that move us closer to or further from our goals. Starting the morning with zealous humility and curiosity to calibrate our expertise enables us to listen to our body, to our soul, and even the One who makes us whole. Quotes: Margaret J. Wheatley: “Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintende…
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We're all going to fail—that’s life—but victory is won by those who seek wise counsel and convert that pain into opportunity to learn, adjust, and grow. Quotes: Alfred North Whitehead: “No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” Jean de La Fontaine: “No…
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In the last quarter of the school year, the opportunities for grace seem to multiply. So we have to dig deeper, stay true to our noble calling, and be disciplined in grace. Quotes: Friedrich Nietzsche: “He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.” Mark Twain…
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Few talk about the fact that education is a dirty job that even Mike Rowe esteems. Our real impact is providing the best soil and the conditions for others to flourish. Quotes: Plato: “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” Howard Warren Buffet: “Soil…
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Very little about anger produces righteousness. Instead, it most often reveals the worst of us by escalating reckless thinking and actions that violate our core beliefs. Quotes: Dale Carnegie: Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” Epictetus: “When…
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Conflict is part of the path, but we refuse to linger long there because the cancer of resentment and vengeance consumes a heart made for joy. Quotes: Ian Fleming: “You only live twice: Once when you’re born and once when you look death in the face.” Steve Jobs: “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” Bib…
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Scott Barron dives into the opportunities that we have to be exceptional and why it is important that we seek to stand out as exceptional educators. Quotes: Charles Osgood: “There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.” Sean Dyche: “Consistency of performance is essential. You don't have to be exceptional…
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Scott Barron encourages us to stay focused and committed to completing the plans that we embarked on at the beginning of the school year so that we may receive the full reward that goes with finishing well. Quotes: Louis Armstrong: “Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.” Tony Robbins: “Life is a gift, and it offers u…
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Scott Barron looks into the value that dreams play in our own lives as educators and how we can help propel others around us to pursue their dreams,goals and desires. Quotes: Louisa May Alcott: “We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.”…
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Scott Barron dissects the way we can add or take away value in a given situation or in an organization and how that implication has an impact far beyond ourselves. Quotes: John von Neumann: “If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” Irvin D. Yalom: “When people don't have a…
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Scott Barron explores the leadership potential within everyone and the influence that we, as educators, can have on others, both intentionally and unintentionally. Quotes: E.E. Cummings: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” Steve Jobs: “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is …
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Scott Barron dives into the importance of having a humble nature and the value of listening over sharing opinions. Quotes: Jane Austen: “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” Saint Augustine: “Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, i…
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Scott Barron explores the dangers of tone deafness and the benefits of tonal awareness in a school or organization that needs to work in unison. Quotes: Gretchen Rubin: “As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy mood, and it sets a happy tone for everyone - particularly in my case, because…
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Scott Barron discusses what it means to be prepared to jump in for our colleagues and why it is so important to the overall health of an organization to have a team ready to support and cover for each other. Quotes: Theodore Roosevelt: “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life…
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In this episode, Scott Barron explores the fears that plague us as adults and how navigating them wisely can push us to a life worth living. Quotes: Niccolo Machiavelli: “Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.” C.S. Lewis: “I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so war…
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This week, Scott Barron emphasizes the importance of intentional kindness in all aspects of life, and how it can greatly affect the culture of a school or organization. Quotes: Saint Basel: "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost;he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." Ma…
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Scott Barron discusses the impact that the good news can have on others around us and what we can do to share it with them. Quotes: Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl: “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is. W…
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Scott Barron discusses the importance of being able to stay in the moment in the situations that life throws at us and ask wise questions. Being able to learn, endure and grow from challenges will keep you moving forward. Quotes: Shannon L. Alder: “Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the quest…
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Scott Barron explores the promises that were made and fulfilled through the birth of Jesus and the profound changes that resulted from His teachings, presence and example. Quotes: Billy Graham: “Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.” Jeroslav Pelikan: “Regardless of what anyone may personally think or beli…
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Ep. 36 - Rethinking Schools with Alan Pue
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Scott Barron sits down with lifelong educator Alan Pue to delve into the essential role of administrators and their long-lasting impact on teachers' lives. To better understand how this partnership ultimately affects the educational experience of students in their classrooms. ______ Educators Fellowship is a non-profit organization that encourages …
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Scott Barron discusses why it is important to take the opportunity to reevaluate and adjust at the break and how to refocus on our goals as educators. Quotes: Theodore Roosevelt: “There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.” Bob P. Buford: “The key to a successful second half is …
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Scott Barron discusses the definition of true mastery and what it takes to master the mountain in different situations. Quotes: Andy Rooney: “Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” David Goggins: “It's a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to …
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Ep. 33 - The Joy of Growing Schools: An Interview with Tammy Barron
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Scott Barron interviews Tammy Barron and they discuss Tammy’s growth and experience as an educator in her path to school administration. While working as a middle school teacher, Tammy shared how she guided students through issues and foster relationships among them. Then, she reflected on her growth after moving into administration as an enrollmen…
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Scott Barron explores how creative tension can get us out of our comfort zone and spur us on to positive change when fueled by a vision. Quotes: Voltaire: “One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.” Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adj…
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Scott Barron explores the importance of the interdependence in our school relationships and how the trust within all your relationships plays a vital role on a day-to-day basis. Quotes: Thomas Merton: "The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and …
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Scott Barron dives deeper into what it means to be an educator who truly seeks to know others and make them feel known. Quotes: Grace Boggs: “We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass.' It's always about cr…
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Scott Barron examines the value in taking preventive measures in our personal lives both physically, emotionally and spiritually just as schools should actively address proactive steps that can be taken to prevent problems. Quotes: Albert Einstein: “Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.” Dean Ornish: “Heart disease and diabetes, whic…
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Scott explores how coworkers can move beyond the challenges that come with familiarity and working very closely together to a place of collaboration and encouragement. Quotes: James Taylor: “People can be so cold. They'll hurt you and desert you. Well, they'll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don't you let them.” AND “You just call out …
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Episode #27 - Change Agent In this episode, Scott explores what it means to be a change agent and the impact that you can have when you embrace the roles that accompany it. Quotes: Eric Hoffer: “In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” C.S. Lew…
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Scott explains the importance of knowing where you are going and the value of having a sense of confident purpose in the path. Quotes: Charles Dickens: “The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.” Bible Verse: Acts 13:3 “So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. Coachi…
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Scott discusses the immense joy and grace one feels when they walk humbly through all areas of our lives. Saint Augustine "It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels." — Saint Augustine "Amazing grace how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I …
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Scott discusses the real destructive force of rumors and gossip within a school and the responsibility each of us carry to rise above the temptation to join in. Quotes: Night Rider - "Rumors in the air like a thief in the night. Taking more than their share. Taking more than their right. Rumors in the air like a thief in the night." Lawrence Lovasi…
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Scott discusses the abundant areas in your life that can be positively impacted by how you handle your adversaries. If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enem…
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This is the second in the series of unique episodes in which Scott Barron shares educator stories from interviews he gathered from several teachers and others involved in the field while at an education conference. You will enjoy hearing about the insights they draw from personal experiences and lessons learned and all while sharing the impact of e…
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Scott Barron discusses how one single choice we can make everyday which will have a profound impact on all those around us. Quotes: Jim Collins: “Good is the enemy of great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life. Helen …
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Scott Barron addresses the challenges and benefits of facing our fears head on and how that can strengthen us individually and a school as a whole. Quotes: John Scott: “It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.” Adam Grant: ”Authenticity …
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Scott Barron shares the importance of training your mind to look beyond the noise and the problems. To focus on the beauty of this world and the people we, as educators, influence everyday. Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.” Dale Carnegie: “We all have possibilitie…
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Scott Barron discusses the vital importance of seeking solitude even through the busy school calendar. To remain connected with those around us and our true selves. Quote: Octavio Paz: “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. Henri Nouwen: “Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or …
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