Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns—Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students

Erika Bare & Tiffany Burns—Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students

June 18, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 752

About this episode

Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns discuss their book on effective communication with students and share insights from their extensive experience in education.

Get the book, Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students About The Guests Erika Bare is superintendent of South Umpqua School District in Oregon, and has more than 20 years in the profession as a teacher, principal and district leader. Tiffany Burns has served as a principal, instructional coach, and teacher in her more than 20 years in K-12 education, and is currently teaching pre-service teachers at the university level. They have worked together for more than a decade, and are the authors of Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students, and their new book A School Leader’s Playbook for Tough Conversations. Episode Sponsor This episode of Principal Center Radio is sponsored by IXL, the most widely used online learning and teaching platform for K-12. Discover the power of data-driven instruction in your school with IXL—it gives you everything you need to maximize learning, from a comprehensive curriculum to meaningful school-wide data.Visit IXL.com/center to lead your school towards data-driven excellence today.

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