Transformative Principal

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  Be the One with Ryan Sheehy Transformative Principal 233 Social media: Work doesn’t always have to be done in the traditional space. Ryan Sheehy is an educator, speaker, author and Elementary Principal @HighlandsMDUSD, Professor at @stmarysca Lifelong Learner, Father, Husband, Author of Be The One For Kids. Following a principal that was not well received. Kids are running to us, not running away. I’m a culture guy, so I was excited for the opportunity. I look at everything as an opportunity. I’m a principal of action. Excited to build a culture around the idea of being in classrooms. There’s no reason for me to be stuck in my office. Work doesn’t always have to be done in the traditional space. Being in the classroom allows me to have those conversations. Locked down in meetings before and after school when teachers are available. Too often we think the problem is with the kids. Getting bogged down by teachers slow to change. Be the one for kids: Stories about Ryan’s educational experiences. Be the one w

Can Do U with Jeff Becker Transformative Principal 232 Social Media: A vision is a filter you make decisions through. Jeff Becker is a former motivational speaker who is now working on making a real impact on students he works with. Learn more at http://candou.us. Motivational Speaker vs. Can Do U. We help busy school leaders create the school they dream of. Character education programs don’t really work. Programs are incomplete - Pumps them up, but now what? Work Sets with teachers that make it easy for teachers to do. A vision is a filter you make decisions through. Curriculum needs to speak “student.” How to speak the same language as an adult. Something powerful is going to happen when we can bridge the gap between generations. How to figure out your own strength? Once I founded out who I was much more excited to take that on! Myers-briggs and DISC Best part of CandoU.us is alumni retreat. Strategic goal setting. Empowering students to make their own strategic plan for the school. Focus on Key Results

  Andrew Burnett is a veteran teacher of Math who took a few years to do research, and is back in the classroom making a big splash with going gradeless. Study measuring the effect of immediate feedback and whether it helps kids learn. It does. Change is hard. How to help educators change. Why Andrew made the change when he came back to the classroom. Teachers going Gradeless. Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler Student Self-assessments, engaging math. Isn’t every kid going to say they deserve an A? Show me what you can do - low stakes, no grade. We spend a lot more time on student “show me what you can do’s“ Give specific details on what they did well and what they did not do well. Not grading assignments, but giving feedback on learning. No grades go on the papers. They were no longer looking for a grade. Evidence vs. completion Seesaw online portfolio Workload decreased in some areas and increased in other areas. Worst-case scenario is I could go through all their work and give them a grade if I needed t

  Amy McDonald helps kids have a strong web of support The goal is for youth to have a strong enough web that they can come back. The Survey that kids take at Phlight Club. The other side of the report card. It’s their score card - others don’t see it. Youth get a kaleidoscope bar graph. Focus Declaration - the kind of person that they want to be. Start with the strongest. Kids come to Phlight Club because it is fun. The reason she stayed in this district is because of Phlight Club. Different people come. Application process for kids to come. How to get started. Brightwayslearning web site and send an email to get started. People say these events are only for small balloons. But Jill said this is not just for “at-risk” kids. Kids leave with their stack. 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 l

  Amy McDonald helps kids have a strong web of support Working with kids vs doing work for kids. Developmental ecology of a youth Strengths-based Lots of training for teachers and youth. Prince Wales Island in Alaska Eat sleep and work in gyms. 70 kids and 20 adults. 3 day lock in events Brightways Learning runs Phlight Club. Descriptions of the ROYGBIV story from the link above. Red – The Rule of Five: The foundation for a personal village for each youth by five caring adults (or more,) having high expectations and providing opportunities, teaching skills, and celebrating relative best in appropriate ways. Orange – Tangible Strings: Measurable supports provided through the anchors that shape the home, school, and community environment of each youth. Yellow – Intangible Strings: Important, yet difficult to measure, beliefs, values, and behaviors that are being taught to and caught by the youth. Green – Resiliency/Growing the Balloon: These DNA based characteristics and talents that increase the likelihood

Join me for the Transformative Leadership Summit Vision Mission Strategic Goals Strategic goals line up with the district’s strategic goals. Our vision for Tanana is “give people what they need, when they need it.” This vision applies to staff, students, parents, and other community members as needed.   Our vision for the future of Tanana is clear and has been reviewed throughout the year. Here is the updated 4 year plan. At two times this year, I have met with each teacher individually to discuss the vision for the school and ensure that we are able to make collaborative decisions about the future. Additionally, the Leadership Team Running Agenda reviews and gives information about the trajectory of our school, as well as our Faculty Meeting Running Agenda and our PLC Session Board.   Data for Informed Decision Making While academic success is surely one of our goals at Tanana, in this building year, there has not been a lot of focus on traditional school data. While we have certainly analyzed and review

  Robyn Bagley is a former principal of Career Path High. She is now consulting now and working with Heather Staker on a project for Acton Academy. She is also chair of Parents for Choice in Education, located in Utah. You can email her here Acton Academy is an amazing model. Over 8,000 applications to start their own. How do we replicate that? How to approve partners and facilitate the success of their schools. How do you help kids not blow everything off? In a traditional model, we’ve removed all the opportunities to have kids lead. The first thing to think about is how to empower students. It kills their love for learning. You need to empower students. The second thing is to set up processes for accountability. It’s ok to fail as long as you are failing forward. Every student had a success coach with whom they met every week. Accountability: consequences like losing freedom and stopping college courses. Support: You must have good support systems in place. Lots of processes in place to help them stay on p

Robyn Bagley is a former principal of Career Path High. She is now consulting now and working with Heather Staker on a project for Acton Academy. She is also chair of Parents for Choice in Education, located in Utah. You can email her here The power of Networking with so many other people Operating at 30,000 feet vs ground floor. Policy vs. working in schools Giving parents and kids options to have more control over their learning. Statewide online learning You don’t really understand the challenges until you are in the trenches. First opportunity writing a charter. How desperate parents are for control and choice in their education. So many hoops to jump through. There’s a lot of silliness out there that takes away your focus on the kids. Issues that exist on the ground floor. Administrative and clerical work to satisfy reporting. Having the information in the system. Kids not required to be there, and balancing what the law required and what was good for kids. When you start to run into problems, be vocal

Naphtali Hoff is an educational consultant and coach who helps school leaders solve their biggest problems. impacfulcoaching.com/epic Understaffing is a mindset issue. They work harder to make up for it. Underestimate their own leadership impact. We have so much power within us. Develop a sustainable process where they are leading through their Expect, Pull together, Influence, Communicate Expect - Set clear targets so that everyone is focused and engaged. Pull together - Pull your team together and connect them deeply to the mission. Influence - Influence and lead those around you. Communicate - Communicate clearly and openly.   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

Matt Shea is the Matt portion of Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney, a podcast about, well, personalized learning. It is one of my favorite new podcasts and you can find it at plearnmc.com or in your favorite podcast player of choice! Matt is a district administrator in Maine Courtney is an instructional coach in Maine Worked in Maine for his whole career 10 schools in five communities Goal: set up same systems in schools - it didn’t work tenets of learning: applied learning How do we design that culture so that there’s a balance between kids taking advantage of their own learning and teachers providing a range of options? What teachers can provide in their place What works for you? District administrator as more of a support role Talk about the tenets a lot. “Cultivating hope in all learners” Culture is a number 1 thing for all of us. Designing a culture that involves the learners in their learning Progression of learning Social grade levels not academic grade levels Place students on an academic

  Tom Hoerr retired after leading the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, for 34 years and is now the emeritus head of school. He teaches at the University of Missouri St. Louis and holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis he has written four books more than 100 articles including the “Principal Connection” column in ASCD’s Educational Leadership. Multiple intelligences school Formative five as interpersonal and intrapersonal. Developing it within themselves. The schoolhouse at midnight Trophy case - Plaque, most improved attendance. How does what you have on your wall recognize all the students in your school? Jethro’s attendance improvement TED talk Multiple levels of recognition. Level 1: Talk about it. Joyful Learning. Level 2: Ask kids about how they used these skills over the weekend. Level 3: Create rubrics by which we can measure kids’ success skills. Teachers choose their own groups. Teachers can quickly create rubrics for measuring these success skills. It helps kids reflect on the

  @AllysonApsey is the author of the book “The Path To Serendipity” This book is my heart poured out onto paper. Embracing all of the things we go through. Stumbling on the fortunes of all the experiences we go through. William Glasser’s Choice theory Need language to figure out how to communicate about that. This book for all people. Serendipity - The three princes of serendip There are beautiful things in every experience we go through. How to be a transformative principal? Be right where you are.   We're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

  Tom Hoerr retired after leading the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, for 34 years and is now the emeritus head of school. He teaches at the University of Missouri St. Louis and holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis he has written four books more than 100 articles including the “Principal Connection” column in ASCD’s Educational Leadership. 14 years principal connection column in Educational Leadership. The principal job is so hard. There’s always more to be done, no matter how good we do it. Who you are is more important than what you know. Prepare kids for success in life, not just success in school. Been a principal long enough to see who kids became as adults There are five qualities we need to develop in students: Empathy, Self-control, integrity, embracing diversity, and grit. But how am I going to get my students’ kids to embrace this? At back to school nights and parent meetings throughout the year. 8:20: Write down the initials of people you know who you consider to be successf

I’ve got three big announcements this week! My AP is moving away! So sad. That means there is a job opening at my school to be an Assistant Principal! Check it out here! The post closes May 6th. Transformative Leadership Summit 2018! Get your ticket here! Tons of interviews! Our focus is empowerment. Announcing the research of a K–12 magnet. If you want more information and want to be part of the conversation, enter your email here. We're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

  Brad Shreffler is the host of Planning Period Podcast, Teacher, and Tech Coach in Orlando, Florida. He is also an author and his web site is here. Thanks to our sponsor: candou.us/jethro Planning period podcast - How do we fix problems? What is the biggest problem facing education today? Truly a challenge to answer, and many different answers. Recognize that it could be better, but still work in what it is. What teachers need in professional development. Modeling. Why is modeling so difficult for leaders of professional development? Leaders haven’t been in the classroom for many years, so they are out of practice. Different skill set to do the same strategies. PD has become a dirty word. The first time you do an innovative model, it will fail miserably. Classroom management vs. engaging learners. I refuse to lecture to my teachers about the importance of not lecturing to kids. Flipped PD model - record what you need to tell them, then meet face-to-face. “This is the next thing and it will be gone.” Inheren

  Leslie Goodrum is the principal of General Tommy Franks Elementary in Midland, Texas. Her school is a pilot school for the Midland Values project, where they are attempting to improve their culture by adopting values based on authenticity, service, awareness, purpose, vision, enthusiasm, perseverance, courage, faith, focus, leadership, integrity. This is through Joe Tye’s Values Coach System Brand new campus and so setting the culture from the beginning. Crockett elementary - having accountability issues, so they were shut down. It’s not the building that makes kids successful. District wide initiative for adults, but General Tommy Franks Elementary is the first one doing it with kids as well. Every morning doing announcements, self-empowerment pledge. Pickle pledge. Each student gets a bracelet for the value of the month. Vision is the core value for January, so they try to pull it in everywhere. Encouraging parents to attend trainings as well. Pickle Pledge. Authenticity is the first value and kids are u