About this episode
We were drawn to Starr’s book, From Teacher to Leader: Finding Your Way as a First-Time Leader Without Losing Your Mind. This challenging transition, described in even the title, is more relevant today than it ever has been. Starr Sackstein offers her very honest and pragmatic reflections and advice in this engaging conversation.
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Starr Sackstein (@MsSackstein) has been an educator for more than 20 years and is currently a full-time educational consultant, instructional coach, and speaker. Starr received National Board Certification in 2012 and was recognized as an outstanding educator that year by Education Update. She is also a certified Master journalism educator through the Journalism Education Association (JEA) and served as the New York State Director for JEA. She was named an ASCD “Emerging Leader” class of 2016, a Champion in Education in 2022 and had the opportunity to give a TEDx Talk called “A Recovering Perfectionist’s Journey to Give Up Grades” and has spoken on The Red Dot Cafe in affiliation with TEDx San Antonio about grading practices.