Dr. Jorge Valenzuela
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Dr. Jorge Valenzuela
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Creator of Instructional Innovation+, PBL+, & The Blueprint for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership—helping educators and leaders integrate AI, innovation, and heart-centered leadership 🇺🇸.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
AI can support learning, but it shouldn’t replace the thinking that builds real confidence. When students understand and evaluate AI with intention, they grow in judgment and creativity —not dependency.

#EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #LifelongLearningDefined #Education #PBLplus #JorgeDoesPBL
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
3 ways to deal with self-centered people

Praising them, but it’s a survival strategy—especially with a boss or caregiver.

Arguing only feeds their need to frustrate you.

Be brief and direct: “Good morning.” “I got to go.”

Full article: bit.ly/3X1liQR

#Leadership #jorgedoespbl
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Self-centered behavior is predictable.
They give just enough to keep you hopeful, but never enough for stability.

Emotional intelligence helps you recognize the pattern and respond with clarity.

Full article → bit.ly/3X1liQR

#EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #HealBeforeYouReveal #Leadership
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Leadership is strongest when it stays close to the classroom.
Lauren Kaufman explains why staying grounded in real instruction matters for culture, clarity, and meaningful growth.

#InstructionalLeadership #LifelongLearningDefined #JorgeDoesPBL #LLDpodcast
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Honoring the courage, sacrifice, and service of all who have worn the uniform. Thank you for protecting our freedom.
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Arguing to win costs more than it gives.

Leaders don’t need louder voices—they need deeper understanding.
When emotions lead, listening leaves.

Communicate to connect. That’s how real leadership shows up.

#EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #HealBeforeYouReveal #JorgeDoesPBL
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We don’t prepare students for the real world by protecting them from it—we teach them how to move through it.

Real learning connects what students learn to how they’ll live. That’s what PBL+ is all about. Let’s build creators & problem solvers.

#PBLplus #JorgeDoesPBL

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November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The AI Mindset — with Steven Iglesias

In this new episode of the LLD Podcast we talk about how
AI is reshaping leadership, teaching & the future of schools!

🎙 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEQ...

🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/2hGi...

#AIMindset #InstructionalLeadership ##JorgeDoesPBL
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Real PBL isn’t about the project — it’s about the process.
If students aren’t learning to collaborate, communicate, and think critically, the project failed before it started.

That’s where PBL+ changes the game.

#PBLplus #InstructionalInnovationPlus #TeachingAndLearning #Education
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Conflict is inevitable. What matters is how we teach students to move through it.

In my latest Edutopia article, I share a 3-step protocol for guiding students toward empathy, reflection, and resolution.
bit.ly/47It8E3

#EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #HealBeforeYouReveal #JorgeDoesPBL
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Every teacher should teach literacy and numeracy—no matter the subject.

This message hit home during my keynote at Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ RISE Conference.

#InstructionalInnovationPlus #LifelongLearningDefined #JorgeDoesPBL
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not every session needs a suit—just honest dialogue, a marker & educators willing to rethink instruction.

In Iowa, we dug into what makes instructional innovation the main thing, not an add-on.
Always inspired by teachers ready to put in the work!

#InstructionalInnovationPlus #JorgeDoesPBL
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New on the Lifelong Learning Defined Podcast — Rochelle Wilson joins me to talk purpose, authenticity & emotional intelligence

🎧 Listen on Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/0MlJ...

📺 Watch on YouTube → youtube.com/watch?v=wkvi3-tFTQI

#EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership #JorgeDoesPBL
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🎙 New Episode Premiering Now!
S4 E4: Purpose Over Popularity — EQ and Digital Wisdom with Rochelle Wilson

Watch on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvi...

Listen on Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/0MlJ...

#LLDPodcast #EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #DigitalWisdom #JorgeDoesPBL
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Instructional Innovation+ helps schools strengthen teaching, integrate literacy and math, and build future-ready classrooms.

📘 lifelonglearningdefined.com/contact
📖 corwin.com/books/instructional-innovation-293674

#InstructionalInnovationPlus #InstructionalLeadership #JorgeDoesPBL #Literacy #Math
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If someone can push your buttons and make you react, they’re in charge—not you.

📖 Read the full article: bit.ly/4gFpbEb
🎓 Book the workshop: bit.ly/42pHTtf

#HealBeforeYouReveal #JorgeDoesPBL #EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #instructionalleadership #instructionalinnovationplus
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Before you can lead others, you must learn to lead yourself—with honesty.

Grateful to Tuba City Schools for joining me in Heal Before You Reveal: The Blueprint for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership.

#HealBeforeYouReveal #EmotionallyIntelligentLeadership #JorgeDoesPBL #InstructionalLeadership
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Real leaders don’t hit the ground running — they hit the ground listening.
It starts with belief, not control.

Instructional leadership matters!

🎧 Watch: youtu.be/6YGrHUx59K4
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7zOz...

#InstructionalLeadership #Education #LifelongLearningDefined #JorgeDoesPBL
October 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Leadership falls apart without communication.
Communication fails without listening. Real leadership demands both.

🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7zOz...

📺 YouTube: youtu.be/6YGrHUx59K4

#InstructionalLeadership #Leadership #Communication #LifelongLearningDefined #LLDPodcast #JorgeDoesPBL
October 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New episode of the LLD Podcast is out now.
I sit down with Coach Tony Kimble to talk leadership, communication, and purpose-driven impact.

🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7zOz...
📺 Watch: youtu.be/6YGrHUx59K4

#Leadership #Education #LifelongLearningDefined #JorgeDoesPBL
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
AI has a hidden price tag.
Every prompt uses energy, water, and carbon — costs most never think about.

Teach students to see the cost behind the convenience.
The goal isn’t to fear AI — it’s to use it with wisdom.

#AILiteracy #PBLPlus #TechTuesday #Education #FutureReady #JorgeDoesPBL
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
AI won’t kill creativity—misuse will.

Teaching AI literacy correctly, students don’t lose their voice—they amplify it.

Download the rubric: bit.ly/4nJlcsQ

Read the framework: bit.ly/3I1gmHm

#AILiteracy #PBLPlus #TechTuesday #Education #JorgeDoesPBL #EdTech #TeachingStrategies #AIinClassrooms
October 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Every AI prompt has a hidden cost — energy, water, and carbon.

In PBL+, students calculate those impacts so AI isn’t just “magic,” it’s responsibility. That’s real-world learning.

Bring a PBL+ with AI workshop to your school: bit.ly/42pHTtf

#AILiteracy #PBLPlus #Education #JorgeDoesPBL
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Instructional innovation in action.

Today in Tuba City Schools, two teaching teams—Junior High and Elementary—dug into learning walks on strengthening instructional practice through collective teacher efficacy.

#InstructionalInnovationPlus #InstructionalLeadership #JorgeDoesPBL
October 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM