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Dr. Nathan D. Lang-Raad is an educator, speaker, and author. He is the Vice President of Strategy at Savvas Learning Company. Throughout his career, he has served as a teacher, elementary administrator, high school administrator, and university adjunct professor. He was the Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, as well as education supervisor at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He was also the Chief Education Officer at WeVideo. He serves as the US State Ambassador for the Climate Action Project, a collaboration between the United Nations, World Wildlife Fund, NASA, and the Jane Goodall Institute, and an advisor for TAG (Take Action Global).

Nathan is the author of Everyday Instructional Coaching, The New Art and Science of Teaching Mathematics co-authored with Dr. Robert Marzano, WeVideo Every Day, Mathematics Unit Planning in a PLC at Work, The Teachers of Oz, co-authored with Herbie Raad, Boundless Classroom co-authored with James Witty, and Instructional Coaching Connection.

Show Highlights

• The hardest moments are teachable moments if you can learn from the vulnerability

• Juggle the major changes with Instructional Coaching Connection.

• 6 pathways to build your instructional coaching practice and model alongside to provide feedback and critiques.

• The practical emotional intelligence question to use to offer someone the exact support they need.

• Dr Nathan prescribes the key strategy to create more value for your organization.

• Give the coordinates to your school's Northstar to create different pathways for coaches to operate to help and support teachers.

"We should be developing healthy, skeptical learners and then also independence of mind, teaching students to think independently and having the confidence to believe in themselves, to ask those questions and search for answers."

-Dr Nathan Lang-Raad

Episode Transcript: Dr Nathan Lang-Raad

Dr Nathan Lang-Raad's Resources & Contact Info:

• Dr. Nathan Lang-Raadad.com
• Instructional Coaching Connection: Building Relationships to Better Support Teachers
• LinkedIn
• Twitter

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