The Leading Learning Podcast
This podcast is for school leaders who are ready to level up and scale their school improvement journey.
Episodes
8 episodes
S1 E8 - The Instructional Principle That Can Change Everything
In this episode, Jocelyn tackles one important question: Do your students have the prerequisite knowledge for this learning? The spread of answers reveals whether a school is focused on delivering content or ensuring students actually learn.
S1 E7 - We've Done the PL, but Our Team Can't Get Started
In this episode, Jocelyn explores why new teaching practices often fail to take hold after professional learning sessions, and how giving teachers one clear, concrete starting point - rather than open-ended freedom - better supports beginners i...
S1 E6 - Data, Data Everywhere: But Learning Still Won't Stick
In this episode, Jocelyn explores how to close the gap between assessment data and classroom instruction. She argues that diagnostic and formative assessment need to be built directly into school-wide systems, not treated as separate from plann...
S1 E5 - The Real Work Begins Where the Program Runs Out
Jocelyn reflects on what happens when a well-built instructional program stops providing answers, and what leadership teams must do next. This episode explores the difference between building a minimum viable system and the deeper, more demandi...
S1 E4 - Why Teachers 'Go Rogue'
In this episode, Jocelyn explores why instructional initiatives lose consistency during implementation, and offers a practical five-step framework to reset and strengthen practice across a school.
S1 E3 - Who Makes Decisions in Your School?
Today's episode forcuses on school leadership, exploring who truly holds decision-making power in school improvement... and why it matters. Jocelyn unpacks how even capable leaders accidentally hand over authority through outsourcing to consult...
S1 E2 - How to Steer Clear of Bright and Shiny Things
In this second episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, Jocelyn explores how school leaders can avoid the trap of chasing every new initiative and instead make strategic, high-impact decisions. Drawing on Jim Collins' Hedgehog Princ...
S1 E1 - Launching the Leading Learning Podcast
What does it actually take to lead school improvement that sticks? In this first episode, Jocelyn introduces the Leading Learning Podcast by sharing the leadership journey that shaped everything she now believes about what schools need. F...