{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Making It: How Coaches, Consultants, and Creators Build for Success","title":"How School Leaders Can Use AI Without Losing Human Judgment","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2414,"description":"How do you use AI without letting it flatten the very human judgment your work depends on? Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn, co-founders of Tepper & Flynn, talk with Michi Lantz about broken feedback systems, AI that keeps human judgment intact, and the real challenge of scaling a high-trust business.\nGuest Bio:\nPatrick Flynn brings a rare combination to instructional leadership work — deep classroom experience, executive leadership across nine states, and a systems thinker’s eye for what makes improvement sustainable at scale. He has worked as a teacher, curriculum director, Chief Academic Officer, and Executive Director in district, regional, and international settings including the Abu Dhabi Education Council.\nWhere Amy works at the level of individual leader transformation in a classroom or building, Patrick works at the level of organizational design — building the structures, protocols, and shared frameworks that make growth consistent across an entire district.\nPatrick is the co-author of Feedback to Feed Forward and Learner-Focused Feedback, both published by Corwin as Visible Learning Supporting Resources, and presents nationally and internationally on instructional leadership, performance management, and data-driven decision-making.\nAmy Tepper has spent nearly 30 years in K-12 education across traditional, blended, virtual, and international settings — as a teacher, administrator, program director, and coach. That range of experience is what allows her to meet leaders where they are, in whatever system they’re operating in.\nHer work is grounded in evidence-based teaching and learning — the conditions that make professional growth stick long after a workshop ends. Amy has a rare ability to shift how leaders think, not just what they do. Districts don’t just implement her frameworks. They internalize them.\nSince 2013, Amy has completed thousands of classroom visits as a peer validator, coach, and consultant across 10 states. She is the co-author of Feedback...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0dorFB_nUrb_bLCR2oQ0TlZ_6PK6xJHdpgiNUOhOuzM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMWZm/NDkzYjk0ZTI0M2Mx/NDJiOTdkMTc2ZDQ3/YjgwNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}