• Join Cate Tolnai for a powerful conversation with Jornéa Armant (@SavvyEducator), an educator and global education innovator who transformed setbacks into stepping stones and helped shape the future of educational technology.

✨ In this episode, discover how Jornéa:

• Pivoted from pre-med to education after a biology class reality check that changed everything
• Accidentally met the Flipgrid founder at her own conference presentation and landed a startup role
• Co-created what became Google's global coaching program through the Dynamic Learning Project
• Launched "Schools Out Cocktails" - blending education insights with craft cocktails after getting laid off
• Now builds AI programs for Google's global education impact team

🎯 Key Highlights:

• The Japanese Ikigai philosophy that guides every career decision - finding where passion, purpose, profession, and payment intersect
• Why "the goal isn't to leave the classroom - it's to make the classroom better"
• How AI serves as a thinking partner to bridge gaps between visionaries and detail-oriented execution
• The mindset shift: viewing extra responsibilities as preparation for bigger opportunities ahead
• Building authentic networks through genuine community investment, not transactional connections

💡 Jornéa's Wisdom for Educators:

"Your network is your net worth. Pour into other people, and opportunities will find you. When you align passion with preparation, magic happens when opportunity arrives."

Three Daily Words to Live By: Love, Grow, Inspire

🌈 The Rainbow Challenge: Start or end each day identifying the positive moments - your personal "rainbows" - to build resilience armor against daily challenges.

This conversation celebrates authentic purpose-driven leadership, turning career pivots into growth opportunities, and the power of community in sustaining educator joy and impact.

Connect with Jornéa

🔗 Jornéa on X/Twitter

🔗 Jornéa on Instagram

🔗 Jornéa on LinkedIn

💻 Jornéa’s Website

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