Stories from the Field: The Superintendent Podcast

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Welcome to "Stories from the Field: The Superintendent Podcast," where we explore education leadership with a focus on equity. Join us as we delve into inspiring narratives, challenges, and triumphs of diverse superintendents shaping the future of education. Each episode takes you to their districts, sharing unique stories and innovative strategies to ensure every student receives a quality education. Discover how they navigate challenges like achievement gaps, inclusivity, and cultural responsiveness in the evolving educational landscape.

Episode Date
Belonging, Branding, and Big Changes: Dr. Deidre Parish Leadership Journey
Sep 09, 2025
Supporting At-Risk Youth: How Pathways in Education Changes Lives in Chicago
Jul 15, 2025
Flying High in Scranton: Leadership Lessons from Tim Wolff
Jul 08, 2025
Strengths-Based Coaching and Digital Innovation in Atlanta Public Schools.
Jul 01, 2025
S6:E4 Balancing Bold Leadership and Real Life: A Conversation with Dr. PJ Caposey
Jun 17, 2025
S6:E3: School Turnaround and the Power of Empathy: Insights from Dr. Frankie Pollock Jr.
Jun 10, 2025
S6:E2 The Power of Teachers and Mentorship in Dr. Jermaine Dawson’s Story
Jun 03, 2025
S6:E1 Leadership With Outcomes and Empathy: A Conversation with Iranetta Wright
May 21, 2025
S5:E9 Denver Public Schools – Maintaining a Sense of Community
Nov 08, 2023
S5:E8 Denver Public Schools – Revisiting Equity Considering School Safety
Nov 08, 2023
S5:E7 Denver Public Schools – Invoking Positive Change with Safety & Security
Nov 08, 2023
S5:E6 Stories from the Field: Honoring our Retirees - Leaving an Impact–Honoring our Retirees
Oct 27, 2023
S5:E5: Anne Arundel County Public Schools - Building Relationships
Sep 08, 2023
S5:E4: Anne Arundel County Public Schools - A Flag Policy
Sep 08, 2023
S5E3: Victoria Independent School District - Champions for Equity
Sep 08, 2023
S5E2: Victoria Independent School District - The Breakfast Bunch
Sep 08, 2023
S5E1: Victoria Independent School District - The Disaster
Sep 08, 2023
S4E3: Education Finance with Jess Gartner
Sep 13, 2022
S4E2: Back to School.
Sep 06, 2022
S4E1: Fireside Chat with The Secretary of Education
Aug 30, 2022
S3E29 Reflections on Retirement and the End of the School Year
Jun 30, 2022
S3E28 Reconstruction with Kaya Henderson
Jun 28, 2022
S3E27 Dr. Luvelle Brown, Dr. Gustavo Balderas, and Traci Davis preview IEI Equity Summit Ithaca July 22-24
Jun 17, 2022
S3E26 Hooker, Hogan, and Phyall join Doug to reflect on a crazy year in Edtech
Jun 14, 2022
S3E25 Women in Leadership Workshop Preview
Jun 07, 2022
S3E24 Spark Companies Share Their Experience As First-Time Attendees to an IEI Summit
May 24, 2022
S3E23: A New Approach to Learning to Read with Jessica Reid Sliwerski
May 09, 2022
S3E22 IEI:Lead
May 03, 2022
S3E21 5 Minutes of Fame Live from the Spring 2022 Summit
Apr 26, 2022
S3E20 ASU + GSV Recap
Apr 19, 2022
2.20 IEI Superintendents: 5 Minutes of Fame
Apr 14, 2022
S3.E19 The Finnish Advantage: Implementing the Finnish Method in an American School District
Apr 06, 2022
S3.18 What Will Post-Pandemic Learning Look Like? with Dr. Shelly Viramontez and Tom Burton
Mar 29, 2022
3.17 From Carpool Mom to CEO with Joanna McFarland
Mar 22, 2022
3.16 Breaking the Mold with Josh Chernikoff
Mar 15, 2022
3.15 But Why Supes' Choice? ft. Cynthia Barbera, Victor Karkar, and Alefiya Master
Feb 08, 2022
3.14 Dealing with Staff Shortages and Boosting Morale with Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross
Feb 01, 2022
3.13 How to Take on A Sea of Troubles with Authors Liz and Bill James
Jan 18, 2022
3.12 Exploring Superintendency with IEI: Lead
Jan 11, 2022
3.11 Supes' Choice Awards' Red Carpet Recap
Dec 22, 2021
3.10 BEST OF Education Thought Leaders: Dr. PJ Caposey on Leadership and Time Management
Dec 07, 2021
3.9 Solidifying Career & College Pathways in K-12 Schools with HERDI
Nov 16, 2021
3.8 A Look into School Board Meetings with Dr. Bill Heath and Dr. Richard Cobb
Nov 02, 2021
3.7 IEI Road Show Recap
Oct 27, 2021
3.6 Who Gets to Be Gifted in America with Marc Smolowitz
Oct 12, 2021
3.5 Cross-Pod with Dr. Matthew Joseph - All Things Supes
Sep 21, 2021
3.4 Supes' Choice Awards with Sarah Williamson
Sep 14, 2021
3.3 Moving Forward with Eric Westendorf, Monica Brady-Myerov, and Mark Rothschild
Sep 02, 2021
3.2 Equity & Anti-Racism with Colin Seale, Dr. Nataki Gregory, Lynne Inabnitt, and Jess Gartner
Sep 01, 2021
3.1 Instructional Intervention Strategies
Aug 20, 2021
2.29 Season Finale! IEI Members Reflect on Their Years of Service Before Retirement
Jul 09, 2021
2.28 Celebrating Educators with Sara Croll
Jun 23, 2021
2.27: Leadership Discussion with Dr. Robert Avossa & Doug Roberts
Jun 19, 2021
2.26 Creating a Community of Supes & CEOs with Sarah Williamson & Doug Roberts
Jun 18, 2021
2.25 Finishing out the School Year Strong with Matt Miller
Jun 07, 2021
2.24 Strategies for Anywhere, Anytime Instruction with Paper's Phil Cutler
May 29, 2021
2.23 Dr. PJ Caposey- Do Not Wish It to be Easier!
May 26, 2021
2.22 Micro-Credentials with MIDAS and Dr. Gustavo Balderas
May 21, 2021
2.21 ABCs of ESSER with Jess Gartner of Allovue
May 14, 2021
2.19 Fireside Chat with Dr. Dwight Jones + Governor Jared Polis Welcomes IEI to CO!
Apr 30, 2021
S2 E18: Strategies for Pitching Clearly and Concisely with Jim McVety & Doug Roberts
Apr 12, 2021
2.17 Keeping kids safe with Steve Murley and Gretchen from Gaggle
Mar 30, 2021
2.16 James Miles, Mike Kleba, Leigh Ann Putman
Mar 22, 2021
2.15 Managing Screen Time with Steve Mesler and Todd Dugan
Mar 15, 2021
2.14 The changing face of professional development with Dr. Johnnie Thomas
Feb 19, 2021
2.13 Dr. Kristie Brooks and Donnie Whitten of Apptegy
Feb 10, 2021
2.12 Dr. Quintin Shepherd, Katie Lash, co-pod with Sarah Williamson and Build Momentum Pod
Feb 06, 2021
2.11 Jeff Anderson and Colin Seale on the resilience of schools and rolling with the pandemic punches
Jan 29, 2021
2.10 Clayton Wilcox, Dallas Dance on leadership and supe self care
Jan 22, 2021
2.9 Dr. Paul Gavoni and the power of relationships
Jan 15, 2021
2.8 Looking back at the good in 2020, looking forward to 2021
Jan 08, 2021
2.6 Equity and Curriculum: The fight and the opportunity ahead
Dec 23, 2020
2.5 School Finance Challenges with Jess Gartner and Doug Mesecar
Dec 23, 2020
Andy Crozier, Sarena Shivers, Michael Munoz, and Tad Everett: Challenges we slayed, Lessons we learned
Dec 22, 2020
2.3 Keeping kids in our schools physically and emotionally healthy during a pandemic
Oct 11, 2020
2.2 The Original Pandemic: A discussion on equity
Oct 11, 2020
2.1 Dr. Jody Barrow, Fayette County Schools, GA
Sep 01, 2020
S1E31 Dr. Howard Koenig, Central Islip UFSD, on 40+ years as a superintendent
Jul 01, 2020
S1E30 Dr. Tim Mitchell, Superintendent of Riverside CSD, IA
Jun 26, 2020
S1E29 Health protocols with Hazel and School Finance during a pandemic with Allovue
Jun 12, 2020
S1E28 Mitch Weisburgh talks VR/AR
May 31, 2020
S1E27: David Irwin on making big changes with small steps
May 22, 2020
S1E26: Taylor Hersom and Dominique Singer on CyberSecurity and distance learning
May 16, 2020
S1E25 The Panel from Episode 17 reconvenes!
May 06, 2020
S1E24 Dishing with Doug, Gretchen, and Paula
May 01, 2020
S1E23 NY Superintendents on Home Instruction and School Finance Challenges
Apr 22, 2020
S1E22 Eric Hirsch of Ed Reports talks curriculum decision-making
Apr 15, 2020
S1E21 Dr. Susan Enfield, Superintendent of Highline Public Schools (WA)- Equity Equity Equity
Apr 08, 2020
S1E20 Dr. Clayton Wilcox and Ms. Traci Davis on Leadership during a crisis
Apr 02, 2020
S1E19 Larry Berger
Mar 29, 2020
S1E18 Dr. Danny Merck, Pickens County Public Schools, SC
Mar 25, 2020
S1E17 Panel: Helping District Partners during COVID-19
Mar 23, 2020
S1E16 We're Back! Dr. Art Fessler CCSD#59 (IL)
Mar 20, 2020
S1 E16 Fireside Chat with K12 Investors Steve Kupfer and Jennifer Wu
Feb 08, 2020
S1E15 3 Supes live from Palm Springs IEI - Youngstown OH, Pocantico Hills NY, Meridian IL
Feb 01, 2020
S1E14 New Years' Resolutions for the K12 industry
Jan 14, 2020
S1E13 Jessica Herthel, Co-Author "I Am Jazz" on keeping LQBTQ kids safe in schools
Dec 21, 2019
S1E12 Dr. Tom Leonard and Dr. Jeff Arnett of Eanes ISD on safety and security
Dec 14, 2019
S1E11 Dr. Luvelle Brown, Supe of Ithaca City SD, on The Culture of Love
Dec 07, 2019
S1E10 Will Black, Deputy Supe of Paducah (KY) Public Schools on Teacher-Centered Curriculum
Nov 27, 2019
S1E9 Dr. PJ Caposey of Meridian CUSD 223 (IL) on Leadership, Time Management
Nov 21, 2019
S1E8 Eric Westendorf, Learnzillion, Curriculum, and A Cappella
Nov 08, 2019
S1E7 Safety and security/Hank Grishman of Jericho UFSD
Oct 22, 2019
S1E6 Steve Murley, superintendent of Iowa City CSD
Oct 12, 2019
S1E4 Genevieve Collins, VP @istation on multi-tasking and transitioning from edtech to politics!
Sep 28, 2019
S1E3 Dr. William Heidenreich of Valley Stream CHSD (NY) on how they purchase new tools/software
Sep 28, 2019
S1E2 Pat Sullivan-Kriss #ieifall19roadshow
Sep 22, 2019
Season 1, Episode 1: Back to School
Sep 14, 2019