Changemaker ED“U”

David has a great conversation with Dr. Tyler Hester who is currently the founder of Educators Thriving and also a vice principal in Richmond, CA. Previously, Tyler worked for the U.S. Department of Education, the Obama presidential campaign, was a classroom teacher, and a leader at Teach for America. Tyler has an undergraduate degree from Stanford, a Masters from Cambridge, and a Doctorate from Harvard.    They discuss Tyler’s educational journey and how he launched Educators Thriving and his belief and commitment to creating education change. Many of us can relate to his story of wanting to create lasting and transformative change and all the challenges that come along with this commitment as an education changemaker. His commitment to changemaking led him to work on the problem of educator burnout.    He shares how he learned that there are predictable personal challenges that we face as educators, yet we don’t have systems and a culture that systematically works toward solving this. As such, Tyler created Educators Thriving. It started with a book he was working on that is provisionally titled Don’t Be Miserable in October. It was through his research project at Harvard that he was inspired to work towards creating change around this core issue.    Educators Thriving works to supplant professional development with personal development. He quickly started to see that there is a hunger for personal development and well being in education. He believes that by applying the sound research around well being, we can create lasting change. After realizing that so many educators had teachers that were burning out, he committed to bringing this program to as many educators as possible. He has an inspiring story and an amazing vision that he shares during this episode.  .  To learn more about Tyler (and his doctoral capstone) as he mentioned or Educators Thriving check out this website: https://www.educatorsthriving.org/    David’s mission is to reach as many education changemakers as possible to help them be the changemaker they have always desired to be. If you feel moved by his mission, please go and rate and review the podcast or share with a friend.