Episode Details

Lisa is a high school writing teacher & PK-12 principal of a rural South Dakota school district. She leads a 2020 ESEA Distinguished Elementary School and a 2021 National Blue Ribbon Elementary School. She is a co-developer and facilitator of the South Dakota Department of Education's "Good to Great" Teacher Mentoring Program and a public speaker at a variety of state and national education

events.

Show Highlights

• Leverage student input to build connections and solutions to benefit the whole school.

• Looking through the eyes of who you're talking to allow you control in any situation

• Giving is the best approach to getting things that you want.

• Communicate in ways that "softening the edges."

• Tips to "beat the message home" to increase family engagement and buy-in from those that have an aversion or are disconnected.

• Invite challenge and criticism with families to dig in and navigate a path together.

• Understanding the pitfalls of Happiness, Toxic Positivity, and Perfectionism.

• Choose a relationship-based emotional profession to share the load.

"I have to control my emotions. I really get to decide how I interpret something that happens to me. I really believe events don't have meaning. No event has meaning. We decide what it means. We put the judgment on there."

-Lisa Parry

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