Change Agents in Ed Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:56:44 -0700 https://www.changeagentspod.com en-us © 2026 Change Agents in Ed yes 0596259d-81de-58d0-807a-22602bbfdb31 Lisa Moe & Joe Ayala episodic false Change Agents is a podcast where award-winning teacher Lisa Moe and Director of Technology Joe Ayala talk about the connection between the classroom and the district office. Change Agents is a podcast to support leaders who are the change in their schools and systems — the ones sparking new ideas, sustaining them once the excitement fades, and staying encouraged when the work gets hard.

Lisa brings the view from the classroom — where innovation, equity, and AI meet real students every day. Joe brings the view from the district office — where technology, policy, and systems-level change get built and scaled. Together, they talk with education leaders on both sides of that line about what it actually takes to lead change that lasts.

Part strategy session, part peer support group — this is the show for change agents who need both a playbook and a reminder that they're not doing this alone.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Public Education, Leadership, Change Management Lisa Moe & Joe Ayala https://storage.buzzsprout.com/m08v5rcodinakbhse0cckbch0a7u?.jpg Change Agents in Ed https://www.changeagentspod.com Joe Ayala Lisa Moe You Have to Go Through It You Have to Go Through It He got his first district office job at 15 and a half, before he could drive. Twenty years later, he'd hit almost every title in the IT department, except one, until a rejection letter changed everything.

In this episode, co-host Lisa Moe sits down with Joe Ayala, Director of Technology at Santa Clara Unified, to trace the path from teenage referee to district leader. Along the way: a broken computer, a boss who paid him to read the right books, and a framed letter that told him he didn't qualify for the job he wanted most.

But this isn't just a career story. Joe and Lisa dig into the questions that actually keep leaders up at night: why culture is so hard to build in education, why so few people get prepared to lead before they're handed the title, and what happens when you try to run on no sleep for too long.

Equal parts personal history and hard-earned philosophy, this episode is a reminder that the detours often matter more than the plan.

]]> He got his first district office job at 15 and a half, before he could drive. Twenty years later, he'd hit almost every title in the IT department, except one, until a rejection letter changed everything.

In this episode, co-host Lisa Moe sits down with Joe Ayala, Director of Technology at Santa Clara Unified, to trace the path from teenage referee to district leader. Along the way: a broken computer, a boss who paid him to read the right books, and a framed letter that told him he didn't qualify for the job he wanted most.

But this isn't just a career story. Joe and Lisa dig into the questions that actually keep leaders up at night: why culture is so hard to build in education, why so few people get prepared to lead before they're handed the title, and what happens when you try to run on no sleep for too long.

Equal parts personal history and hard-earned philosophy, this episode is a reminder that the detours often matter more than the plan.

]]> Lisa Moe & Joe Ayala Buzzsprout-19663594 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0700 2152 1 2 full false Change Agents Kick Off Change Agents Kick Off From a Conan O'Brien internship to leading AI strategy for an entire school district — Lisa Moe's path here has been anything but typical. In this first episode of Change Agents, Lisa and Joe dig into her move into the role of Education Technology Teacher on Special Assignment, what actually happens (and often goes wrong) when students transition from elementary school, why most leadership "icebreakers" secretly annoy the very teachers they are trying to connect with, and how Lisa's AI kickoff presentation to her district landed with staff.

New episodes of Change Agents  focus on leadership from the classroom to the district office.


]]> From a Conan O'Brien internship to leading AI strategy for an entire school district — Lisa Moe's path here has been anything but typical. In this first episode of Change Agents, Lisa and Joe dig into her move into the role of Education Technology Teacher on Special Assignment, what actually happens (and often goes wrong) when students transition from elementary school, why most leadership "icebreakers" secretly annoy the very teachers they are trying to connect with, and how Lisa's AI kickoff presentation to her district landed with staff.

New episodes of Change Agents  focus on leadership from the classroom to the district office.


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