A Story of Positive School Conflict Resolution I’m excited to announce our newest book: Rising Above: A Story of Positive School Conflict Resolution, which is now available for pre-order. Similar to books we’ve published in the past, this book seeks to provide as much...
Create Solidarity in Your School Through a Common Goal For this blog, you will need a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Got it? Great. Let’s get started. First, imagine the perfect school. Take a moment to really think about it. Walk the halls, observe the people,...
Building School Culture Through Doing Less Thanks to TEEN TRUTH’s assembly programs, I’ve had the opportunity to personally visit 1,200+ schools. I’ve made a lot of friends, and had a lot of fun along the way. One thing I’ve noticed is that some schools just feel...
Rebuilding School Culture? We’re Going to Make It! Most of the time this blog contains a handy list of actions, or a tip on how to nudge school culture toward a more positive place. Most of the time, I’ll bet you try to do it. Even if you don’t always try every little...
The Ultimate Guide to School Conflict Resolution As I travel the country, I continue to hear how COVID has affected our students, staff, and parents.They are hurting, we are hurting, and our schools are hurting. What is the old saying? “Hurt people, hurt people.”...
TEEN TRUTH: Film Festival – Open for Submissions If you know me, you know that I love movies! They are a huge part of my story and the reason TEEN TRUTH has been able to grow into the school culture movement that it is today. When we started TEEN TRUTH we simply...
Starting Over is Easy! I love to bring in the new year. It’s a time to reflect on the past and chart the future. As we adjust to writing 2022 instead of 2021 on our time-stamped documents, I want to point out a key value that we can take from the tradition of bringing...
Time to Take Care of Yourself As the holiday season approaches, it has become a tradition to give my most important advice to all of you folks working in education: take time to take care of yourself. All of you have experienced a seemingly endless list of challenges...
No Good Deed is Too Small When Building School Culture November has arrived, and the momentum of the school year has all of us sailing along once again. Due dates are marching toward us, and the often uphill battle of working in education can put even the most...
Free SEL Films to Use in Class or at School Every year we sponsor the TEEN TRUTH: FILM FESTIVAL. This is our chance to feature student voice and the power of filmmaking! We receive student films from all over the world and select the very best ones for you to use on...
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School Culture: The Value of Listening to Your Students As we cautiously step forward from summer into fall, we’re faced with a daunting task. Namely, we must find a way to rebuild our school culture. Prior to Covid, I traveled around the country helping hundreds of...
New Vaping Film from TEEN TRUTH for Schools & Teens Principals, counselors, and students have often asked me to produce a TEEN TRUTH film on vaping. As someone who works in schools, I know that this is a huge issue for our students as well as the adults who care...
3 Simple Strategies That Can Build School Culture! Jared Scott, Caleb Campbell, and I have been on the road helping schools kick off their school year and the #1 strategy that we love to use to build school culture and empower student voice is our leadership summit...
Would an extra $6,000 help your SEL efforts? You want great curriculum for students. You want amazing programs to build school culture. You want student leaders and staff members to feel supported. But all of that can cost money! What if we could create $6,000 for you...
The class of 2021 is hurting… This idea can help! If the class of 2020 felt side-swiped, the class of 2021 probably feels royally screwed over! I have heard it on virtual summit after virtual summit… “It’s not fair.” “I can’t get motivated.” “I miss school.” “I miss...
Need school funding? This idea can help! You are no stranger to budget cuts and financial constraints. You have bootstrapped programs together. Made random grants work. Or simply sold your soul to do what it takes to build school culture. But this year is a year...
Building School Culture in a Virtual World I know you care about students. It’s why you read this blog! You didn’t have to, but you’ve chosen to be a part of this team. Why is this important to building culture in a virtual world? Because it means you are...
Free Book Study that Builds Campus Relationships As a school leader I know you want everyone to be connected, but sometimes we lack the vocabulary to build those connections. In my new book, Building Campus Relationships From the Inside Out, I’ve charted out a direct...
50% Off Your Guide to Building Campus Relationships Relationships are the secret sauce to building strong school culture. Without solid relationships, a campus will lack connection and direction. My dad taught 6th grade for 38 years. During his career he would have...
Want to Build Campus Relationships this Fall? COVID has turned your world upside down, social justice movements are sweeping the country, and life is much different for you, your students, and your fellow staff members. Question: How are you going to build campus...
Free Commencement Videos from TEEN TRUTH Your seniors have put in a lot of effort to get to this point. You have worked hard to get them here as well. We want to help you celebrate! The best youth speakers in the industry have developed a series of free commencement...
Announcing Flexible Dates & Delayed Deposits The COVID crisis has a lot of us feeling overwhelmed, concerned, and frustrated. It’s turned the education world upside down, so we here at TEEN TRUTH have an idea that will help you immensely. Introducing FLEXIBLE...
Lifetouch & TEEN TRUTH Team Up to Help School Leaders If you are interested in learning ways to build school culture, increase student resiliency, and improve campus relationships during the COVID crisis, please join us in the Lifetouch webinar series. A total of...
