For anyone who has heard me present or speak as a guest on another podcast, you have heard that I’m extremely passionate about trauma informed and restorative practices. My wife and I have been foster parents for over 6 years and we had the amazing opportunity to learn from Karen Pervis and her Trust Based Relational Interventions, which has really shaped my views as an educational leader. After having the opportunity to meet my guest in person and learn what she is doing on her campus, I had to have her return to the Aspire Podcast. This week’s guest, Allyson Apsey, shares how she used her knowledge of Choice Theory and Trauma Informed practices to reshape her school’s culture.  Tweet ThisIn this Episode, we discuss:Trauma Informed and Restorative PracticesChoice Theory ImplementedMorning Check-ins and SEL ProceduresThe Lens of SerendipityAnd #dbcPIRATEconFollow Allyson Apsey:Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllysonApseyWebsite: https://allysonapsey.com/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1946444715/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1946444715&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=1c9eea26d68a92a1548b006e070f3ad3https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1949595226/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1949595226&linkCode=as2&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=1c40bbc70870f5b4aa7a326f510df11aGo Community![caption id="attachment_2270" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Better Leaders Better Schools[/caption]This community is one of my favorite one-stop-shop tools to engage with other amazing school leaders. I use this online resource to gain insight, gather resources, and develop my leadership capacity.The #1 Leadership Online community is generous and authentic, an antidote to the clutter and noise that other social media sites have become.What makes this community different is that it is:An investment, not freeA private community with the same goalA conversation, not a variety of self-promoting presentationsEvergreen, not ephemeralFocused on serving school leaders, not advertisers, companies, or investorsI highly recommend using Go! Community to enhance your leadership skills!Click Here to Try Go! Community [caption id="attachment_2347" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Todd Nesloney, Celebrate Your Story[/caption]I’m so excited to announce that the Aspire podcast is now an official sponsor of Todd Nesloney’s “Celebrate Your Story” event! If you are in Texas, this is going to be the ultimate PD event! I want to invite you to an event that was just announced by Todd Nesloney, called “Celebrate Your Story”. This two day event will be January 24th and 25th, in Brenham TX. I will be speaking at the event with some of my Texas friends and it is going to be an incredible...