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153. Hope Theory with Donita Grissom
17th September 2025 • Educator Forever • Lily Jones, Teacher Advocate
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In this episode, I talk to Donita Grissom, a senior lecturer at at the University of Central Florida and co-author of the book, High Five to Thrive. She is also the CEO of Best Questers, which provides teachers with practical, effective teaching strategies that they can immediately implement in their classrooms to help create resilient, thriving school communities.

In this episode, Donita and I talk about her start in education as a K–12 ESOL teacher and how that led to her training other ESOL teachers. She also explains her Hope Theory and her belief in the importance of goal-setting. This interview is full of great tips to reignite your passion for teaching!

For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode153.

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