Episode 23

Episode 23: A Pattern of Behavior with Josh Tovar

Published on: 12th June, 2022

Josh Tovar is the proud son of Virginia and Jesus Tovar. Josh and Berenice are the proud parents to Matthew, Aaron and Josh II aka Cashew. Josh was born in Cd. Juarez, Mexico and immigrated with his family in the late 70’s to El Paso, Texas. After trouble years in high school, he joined the US Marines Corps as a 0811 artillery man. Proudly joining the Marines, it allowed him to serve his country and attend UTEP. Where he earned his degree in History and Minor in Education. As a public educator, he has been a member of 13 schools at the elementary, middle, high school level all the way to teaching Master level courses at a University. He has a Masters in School Counseling and Administration from Sul Ross State University. He also has a Masters in History from UTEP and he finished his Superintendent course work at Sul Ross. He was a middle school and high school teacher for 8 years, Assistant Principal for 13, worked in Operations for 2 years, and now he’s on his 6th year as Principal at Memorial Pathway Academy in Garland ISD, Texas.

Josh understands the power of Social Media and how our customers are deeply connected to these platforms. He understands that we need to meet our students where they are at and connect with them, as Ryan Scott says, “connections before content.” You can email Josh at federico.tovar@yahoo.com or catch up with him on social media at the following locations:

Twitter @MPA_GOJAGUARS 

FACEBOOK Mpa Jaguars

IG @mpajaguars 

Tik Tok @mpajags

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Leaning into Leadership
A Road to Awesome Podcast
We all want to see successes in both our personal and professional lives. Often, that requires strong leadership. In a time when leadership can be more challenging than ever, this podcast is dedicated to cultivating leaders by elevating the voices of leaders and promoting positivity. Join Dr. Darrin Peppard, lifelong educator and best-selling author, for this mixed platform podcast (some solo, some guest interview) for inspiration and insight, and some great leadership stories from those are living it, excelling at it, and celebrating it. Together, let's lean into leadership.

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Darrin Peppard

Darrin Peppard is an author, publisher, speaker, and consultant focused on what matters most in leadership and education. Darrin is an expert in school culture and climate, as well as coaching and growing emerging leaders, and is the author of the best selling book Road to Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game.

Darrin was named the 2016 Wyoming Secondary School Principal of the Year by WASSP/NASSP and was the 2015 Jostens Renaissance Educator of the Year. In 2017, Darrin earned his Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Wyoming. Darrin was inducted into the Jostens Renaissance Hall of Fame in 2019.

Darrin now shares his experiences from over 25 years in education, specifically those learned as an education leader during the past 13 years. As a ‘recovering’ high school principal, Darrin shares lessons learned and effective strategies from over 25 years in public education to help leaders (both adults and students) to become more effective and positively impact the world around them. Connect with Darrin at roadtoawesome.net