Jethro Jones

Transformative Principal

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Jethro Jones interviews instructional leaders from around the nation to learn and teach what it takes to become a transformative principal. Episodes address topics like Response to Intervention (RTI), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), the latest advances in educational research, standards-based grading, and interviews with industry leaders like Bill Daggett, Rick Wormeli, Todd Whitaker and even people outside the education like Seth Godin, JeVon McCormick, Liz Wiseman, and more.

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Jethro Jones

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Episode 006 - Jeff Paul 12.01.2014 21:32

Jethro is joined by Jeff Paul ( @okprincipal) , principal of Smith Elementary, where he had the unique opportunity to take over for a principal who had been there for the previous 25 years! In this part of the two-part interview, Jeff talks about the challenges and positives associated with his unique situation. He also talks about the evaluation system his district recently started. I hope you...

Episode 005 - Sandra Dahl-Houlihan 05.01.2014 26:57

Sandra is a great principal at Sandy Elementary. She has received numerous awards in her 7 years as an administrator: Community Leader of the Year Rookie of the Year Distinguished Principal of the Year CITES Recognition National Board Certified Teacher And, she is pretty much always being praised and recognized by her peers. I am fortunate to be able to work with her. Here is Sandy’s web site...

Transformative Principal 004 Bernardo Villar Part 2 29.12.2013 18:48

In this second part of the interview with Bernardo Villar, we will learn about the following: How Dr. Villar communicates with parents enough that they miss his communication when he leaves a school. Twitter and Facebook How Dr. Villar acknowledges the positve in every teacher and every student... ...which leads to improved student behavior. What you can do to be a transformative principal, acco...

Transformative Principal 003 Bernardo Villar Part 1 22.12.2013 25:11

This great interview with Bernardo Villar is broken up over two episodes. I hope you enjoy it. It was a great interview for me. Bernardo Villar is the principal of the Title I school Vae View Elementary in Layton, UT. In this interview, you will learn about the following ways Dr. Villar is a transformative principal: Word of the year: rigor How to get teachers to ask for help How to not be defens...

Transformative Principal 002 - Interview with Sondra Jolovich-Motes Part 2 15.12.2013 34:43

Jethro interviews Sondra Jolovich-Motes, principal of Dee Elementary in Ogden School District. Here is some background information about Dee Elementary: Dee Elementary, formerly dead last, sees huge gains in reading scores Ogden schools see dramatic spike in student proficiency scores Dee Elementary school grade Links that JM talks about: Teaching Channel is one way JM helps teachers identify...

Transformative Principal 001 - Interview with Sondra Jolovich-Motes Part 1 08.12.2013 36:23

Transformative Principal 000 01.12.2013 13:23

Welcome to the Transformative Principal. In this first episode, I share my TEDxCSDTeachers talk from November about increasing our average daily attendance to 96% by doing one simple thing! Enjoy. Have a Good Life. 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...