Hans Appel

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Hans Appel is an educator, speaker, and writer deeply committed to inspiring the whole child.  He’s the author of, Award Winning Culture: Building School-Wide Intentionality and Action Through Character, Excellence, and Community.  Additionally, he’s the Co-host of the Award Winning Culture podcast, and the Co-Creator of Award Winning Culture. 

He’s worked as a counselor in the Richland School District for the past 20 years and at Enterprise Middle School since it opened.  He’s passionate about school culture, servant leadership, and kindness.  In 2018, EMS was awarded the ASCD Whole Child Award for the State of Washington and the Global “Class Act Award” for creating a culture of excellence through kindness, service, and empathy.  Additionally, they were selected as a finalist in the 2019 PBIS Film Festival and took top prize in the Community, Parents, and Staff category.  

In 2018, Hans launched his own blog about School Culture and rolled out a student-led leadership podcast called Award Winning Culture: Hosted by Wildcat Nation, which can be subscribed, listened or reviewed on iTunes Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, PodBean, and Libsyn.  

Hans’ blogs have appeared on DisruptED TV magazine, CharacterStrong, Teach Better, AIMS Network, and PBIS Rewards.  He’s written social-emotional lessons for CharacterStrong.  Furthermore, he has been featured on numerous educational podcasts speaking his brand of school culture into existence. 

Hans is a part of the coveted Teach Better Speakers Network.  He presents at conferences, schools, and districts all over the country.  Topics include: Creating an Award Winning Culture, Amplifying Student Voice, Student-Led Podcasting, Infusing SEL into PBL, Educator Wellness, and Infusing Servant Leadership through PBIS.

He’s been a contributor on six educational books:  Define Your WHY,  Teachers’ Reflective Impact Journal, 100 No-Nonsense Things that ALL Teachers Should STOP Doing, Teachers Deserve It, The 3 Ships: Inspirational Passages for Educators, and ALL IN: Taking a Gamble in Education. 

Hans is a part of the coveted Teach Better Speakers Network.  He presents at conferences, schools, and districts all over the country.  Topics include: Creating an Award Winning Culture, Amplifying Student Voice, Student-Led Podcasting, Infusing SEL into PBL, and Educator Wellness, and Infusing Servant Leadership through PBIS.

Connect on Twitter/Instagram: @HansNAppel

For more information check out his website at: awardwinningculture.com

Hans believes that education at its highest level is about inspiring others to discover and develop their JOY.

Jennifer Appel

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Jennifer Appel is an educator, coach, speaker, and writer.  She’s the Co-host of the Award Winning Culture podcast and the Co-Creator of Award Winning Culture.  In addition to being the author of: Inspiring JOY:  A Revolutionary Lesson Planning Framework for Teaching the Whole Learner she’s the author of a line of picture books focusing on social emotional learning and character education which includes, Award Winning Dog and I’m WHO.  Furthermore, Jennifer has been a contributor on two books: Teacher’s Deserve It and Expedition Science.  

Her passion for learning comes from growing up in an education driven family (4th generation) and wanting to inspire and serve others.  She is driven to create an environment where all students are able to learn and become passionate about supporting others.

Jennifer has been a teacher and coach for 22 years at Enterprise Middle School.  In 2018, EMS was awarded the ASCD Whole Child Award for the State of Washington and the Global “Class Act Award” for creating a culture of excellence through kindness, service, and empathy.  Additionally, they were selected as a finalist in the 2019 PBIS Film Festival and took top prize in the Community, Parents, and Staff category.

Jennifer has written blogs and lesson design for CharacterStrong and Teach Better.  She was selected for the Washington State Reading Cadre and spent 10 years teaching graduate and undergraduate classes at Heritage University.    

Jennifer is a part of the coveted Teach Better Speakers Network.  She presents at conferences, schools, and districts all over the country.  Topics include: Creating an Award Winning Culture, Amplifying Student Voice, Student-Led Podcasting, Infusing SEL into PBL, and Infusing Servant Leadership through PBIS.

In 2018, Jennifer helped launch a blog about School Culture and helped roll out a student-led leadership podcast called Award Winning Culture: Hosted by Wildcat Nation, which can be subscribed, listened or reviewed on iTunes Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, PodBean, and Libsyn.  

Jennifer can be contacted through email at awardwinningculture@gmail.com.  You can follow her on twitter or instagram at @jennifermappel.  Follow AWC on Twitter @awculture or @awcpodcasting on instagram @awardwinningculture.  #AwardWinningCulture #InspiringJOY