137: Life on the Front Row with Jon Vroman.

Jon Vroman joins me on the Education on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life.Jon helps others be “Moment Makers”. He is married to his gorgeous and free-spirited wife Tatyana and father of two energetic and playful boys, Tiger and Ocean, and live in Austin, Texas.Jon is the founder of the Front Row Foundation, a charity established in 2005 that creates unforgettable moments for individuals who are braving life-threatening illnesses. They provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to “live life in the front row™” by granting “front row moments” to live events of their recipients dreams.He’s also the founder of a global network of men at FrontRowDads.com. They believe in being “Family men with businesses, not businessmen with families.”  He’s host of the top-rated Front Row Dads podcasts, where Jon interviews experts and every-day dads from around the world, to extract and understand the rituals, routines and habits that help every man better serve their families and communities.As the author of #1 bestselling book The Front Row Factor, Jon helps readers “Learn about living life, from those fighting for it.” Websitewww.frontrowfactor.comwww.frontrowdads.com Resource mentionedUltramarathon Man – Dean KarnazesWant to join our community?https://www.patreon.com/educationonfire'Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire'

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Do you feel the education system is sucking the life out of you and the pupils you serve? I think many of us wish we could click our fingers and make it fit for purpose. A place of growth with shared learning that empowers pupils to be their best selves, so they can create a world they want to inhabit now and in the future. While a magic wand or a visionary politician might sound like the answer I believe change is already happening. Educators are changing futures one conversation at a time. New technology and the environments where we learn are beginning to look different both in and out of the classroom. I hope you are seeing this first hand and are excited about what you can share with your pupils. We are having conversations, sharing organisations and communities that are supporting education in a way that you may have not experienced. Educational change will come from us all working in way that supports the best interests of each of our pupils, personalised learning. Governments and policy makers will follow when they see fully how it can be different. So let us teach, coach, mentor and create an environment that fuels every child with feedback, inspiration, resilience and empowerment. The Education on Fire community is shining the torch, so no matter where you are in the world or how you are supporting children this podcast is here for you. ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’