Transformative Principal

  Dan Kreiness is an aspiring administrator who hosts the Leader of Learning podcast. He focuses on educational leadership. dan@leaderoflearning.com. Challenges with becoming a principal. There is a lot of good to be done. What is your number 1 strength that you bring to a school leadership position? How did you find that strength out? Disrupting, changing, going away from the status quo. Our stud...

  Dan Kreiness is an aspiring administrator who hosts the Leader of Learning podcast. He focuses on educational leadership. dan@leaderoflearning.com. Aspiring administrator Mark Crowley Lead from the Heart Instructional coach is the sweetest gig in all of education. Tricky position to be a coach. Really hone in on the things they identify as what they need to be working on. How to get teachers to...

This is a cross-post for the PrincipalPLN podcast that I was on last week. I talked a lot about masterminds. Get started on that today. Give me a call! Here are the podcasts that I have been on lately: Planning Period Podcast with Brad Shreffler “Jethro and Brad talk about the importance of leaders being in classrooms and coaching teachers, that we need to ask “why” way more often, being reflectiv...

  Richard Kincaid Twitter is EcoRise’s Chief Innovation Officer and is the lead designer for project-based learning professional development program, which integrates sustainability & design thinking methodologies into the Buck Institute's PBL framework. Richard has extensive experienced in K-12 public education, as a former CTE director, campus leader, and teacher in Texas. Richard's linked i...

  Richard Kincaid Twitter is EcoRise’s Chief Innovation Officer and is the lead designer for project-based learning professional development program, which integrates sustainability & design thinking methodologies into the Buck Institute's PBL framework. Richard has extensive experienced in K-12 public education, as a former CTE director, campus leader, and teacher in Texas. Richard's linked i...

  Matt Miller is the Founder of School Spirit Vending. Top 10 school fundraising ideas . CASH! 4 Questions to Ask Before Your Next Fundraiser! Finding the right choice for school fundraising is challenging. schoolzonepodcast.com for the top fundraising ideas. School Spirit Vending - stickers placed in schools Different needs for school fundraising. checks come in monthly, varies based on how much...

Pedro Noguera is a sociologist by training and is a professor at UCLA. Center For The Transformation Of Schools. Once we have trust and respect, we can start having hard conversations. You can only have conversations like that that don’t come off as judgment if you have trust. We should ask parents to do things for which they have adequate resources. How do we find the kids that need the most help...

Pedro Noguera is a sociologist by training and is a professor at UCLA. Center For The Transformation Of Schools. Author of many books . If ideas are too abstract and we can’t address the practical needs of kids then academia is in trouble. Address both the academic and non-academic needs of kids. Equality vs. Equity. Equality is treating everyone the same. It makes no sense in education because we...

  Heather Staker is a former Mckenzie Consultant and coauthor of the book Blended Learning: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools. Download the “Getting Clear on Technology Purchases” guide. Questioning our own assumptions is a huge piece of opening up what learning can look like. Every child has their genius. There is value in finding the right path for each child. Some teachers can be g...

Heather Staker is a former Mckenzie Consultant and coauthor of the book Blended Learning: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools. Download the “Getting Clear on Technology Purchases” guide. Senior in High School as a state school board member Reasonable and balanced voice that represents the whole. Interested and well-versed in innovation Clayton Christensen Center for Disruptive Innovatio...

Amy Dujon is a Practice Leader at Learning Sciences International . Prior to joining the Learning Sciences team, Amy was the Director of Leadership Development at School District of Palm Beach County, FL, and principal of Acreage Pines Elementary School in Palm Beach, FL. Her current focus is on innovative school improvement through LSI’s Schools for Rigor initiative, where they embed within strug...

  Meredith Allen , music educator and Iowa AEA instructional technology coordinator, and account manager for Soundtrap . Music is very powerful. Traditional music education. Giving kids an opportunity to expand on the seed in their head. Expand on the seed. Jon Churchville in Michigan. “Let’s make a song!“ Guide kids by pulling out what is inside them. How to coach teachers - Don’t tell teachers t...

  Mary Wegner is the Superintendent of Sitka Schools 1250 students. League of Innovative Schools. Is there support for innovation at a district level? Is the superintendent someone who can contribute to the national pool of leaders. Make learning group, competency based education. Monthly meetings to share and collaborate together on what needs to be done well in the area of focus. How to narrow d...

  Mary Wegner is the Superintendent of Sitka Schools 1250 students. City school district Small community that knows excellence. Wonderful community partners. Great partnerships with local groups. Under 1/3 of staff are our graduates. 65% of elected officials are our graduates. Paris of the Pacific. They take a little bit of Sitka with them. Superintendent visits every single classroom. During the...

Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week , so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes  or on Stitcher .  Please follow me on Twitter: @jeth...

Jerry Snow is a District Administrator and former high school and middle school principal. piedmont.k12.al.us contact information is there. jsnow@piedmont.k12.al.us Team time, class time, my time Class time - social studies, math, etc. Show mastery - what does that look like. My time - 3 days a week, you work on the lowest area. Souped up study hall. If you’re caught up on pace, work on what you w...

Schedule a call with Jethro As a review for a year that has included a lot of changes for me professionally, I wanted to list some of the greatest events from the podcasts that I released this year. You can check out my current Top 10 podcasts here , but this list is going to talk about the top 10 things I implemented this year as a result of interviewing some amazing guests. Improving the school...

Jerry Snow is a District Administrator and former high school and middle school principal. piedmont.k12.al.us contact information is there. jsnow@piedmont.k12.al.us Part of a 1:1 initiative over 9 years ago. Many awards and recognitions. Trying to show kids that even though they are a small system, they can still do great things. NGLC planning grant Mastery based learning. Sometimes in a class you...

Joe Sanfelippo walks us through telling our own story.  Schedule a call with Jethro about the Mastermind Best Year Ever information. We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL .  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research...

  Michael Horn is the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of Blended and Disrupting Class . 4 year plan Look at it through a design process. What do we want that student experience to look like? Design process. What is the narrative arc for the school. Ask lots of questions to map back from the dream. Start as a leadership team. What would we like to be known for? Where are...

http://transformativeprincipal.org/bestyearever We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL .  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify a...

Michael Horn is the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of Blended and Disrupting Class . Create educational options is to help kids find their potential. Personalize to meet the needs of every student. Organizations follow systems or processes that become engrained in cultures. You get really good at the thing you’ve been doing. We’re not going to see schools disappear. Dis...

Tell a student you are grateful for them. Tell a teacher you are grateful for them.  We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL .  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you...

Lucas Miller is the author of Beyond Brilliance: The Blueprint for Learning Anything . Engineer, then neuroscience at UC Berkley. Moonwalking with Einstein - How to remember everything. Using brains more effectively and efficiently. New research holed up in labs across the country. Much is based on the foundation of memory. Memorized learning is just important as it has ever been. Research availab...

In this episode, host Jethro Jones is interviewed by his assistant principal Dr. Courtney Orr . Check out the new Chatbot for Transformative Principal 1)Culture First! 2)Love of Learning—never stop! 3)Focus—be in the moment, where ever that is, 4)Seth Godin—rules 5)Personalize Learning…shrink the classroom 6)Podcasting…continues to inspire 7)DeVos…interview wishlist 8)Admin….moving away from putti...