Transformative Principal

Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey Follow @TrnFrmPrincipal on twitter! Like Transformative Principal on Facebook Show Notes Andy Greene is a transformative principal at Candlewood Middle School. We talk mostly about professional practice and professional development. Andy is a master at these two things. I learned so much from Andy, and I am so thankful he took the time to speak with me. Here are some bullet points from our discussion: How he ensures that teachers are continuous learners How he ensures that faculty meetings are like miniature college courses. How he uses backwards design for his faculty meetings. How he ensures that teachers come to faculty meeting and make sure that they all get something out of it. Mission and Vision Document Professional Expectations Document How he helps everyone see they are a member of a team. What it means to bow low. This: How he has hard conversations with t

  Sponsor: Sanebox      Transformative Principal on Stitcher   Refer A Principal   Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   In this second part interview, Sharyle and I discuss the following:   Community helping out those who need it. What the best parts are of having a new intern every year. She answers the question of how to be a transformative principal. Look at the big picture. She answers the question of what is in her office that inspires her. Then we talk about all the great ways she has involved her community in her travels, and how she gets them to see the big picture of helping others. Because she is so involved in her community, she knows what skills and Partnership with Apa Sherpa Foundation and Healthy Draper. Article about Apa Sherpa’s retirement Going to Peru and involving the whole school. Going to Africa and involving the community and school. How she convinces parents and her community to get on board with her ideas. How she connected Meet the Masters art program with music and dance.

Sponsor: Sanebox, erase email insanity!  Sharyle Karren has been a principal for the last 22 years! She has a lot of experience and this interview is a really great opportunity to learn from a great principal about how much she has helped students over the years. In this interview, we talk about the following: Her history as a principal and some of the trials she went through. The common theme through her experiences is that she had a positive attitude and knew that the people she worked with were amazing individuals. How she opened a new school, her current school. Establishing positive community relationships. How she went to each local organization and “dug her roots into the community”. How she established walking field trips to further establish a positive community relationship. How she manages intern principals. She has a great balance of allowing interns to make decisions, but making sure that they know that they need to talk to her. She gives them an opportunity to learn, but allows them the authori

Sponsor: Sanebox Avoid email insanity. Start saving time by using Sanebox which acts as a personal secretary, keeping all the unimportant emails from interrupting my day. I get an email digest of all the emails that I missed during the day at a time when I choose. I love Sanebox and I think you will, too! I’m really excited about this interview with Eric Sheninger@NMHS_Principal. Eric goes over the 7 pillars of Digital Leadership in his new book: Communication Public Relations Branding Student Engagement/Learning Professional Growth/Development Reenvisioning Learning Spaces and Environments Opportunity Eric talks about how his school’s journey and how that can be a template for changing from a mandate-driven school to one of empowerment. Our conversation includes the following: How social media has changed and pushed his view of the world. What we don’t know we fear. Why it is important to give students a voice. How to get students to be the focus on the essential skill sets. How to make learning for stude

In this episode I have the great opportunity to interview Melinda Miller (@mmiller7571). I have followed her for a long time on Twitter, and I loved the podcast she did with @ScottElias called Practical Principals. That great podcast partly inspired me to start this podcast. I still haven't found a podcast that talks about the real issues that are facing to Our conversation covers these topics: Positive intentions - how she approaches teachers who need to be corrected. Turnover and how she gets great people to come to her school. Her quick-start personality and how she shares results of her evaluations with the teachers. Adaptive schools trainings were conducted at her school, and here is more information about it. How she uses Twitter for her own learning and how she teaches others, she is a Twitter grandmother according toSpike Cook. How she uses Pinterest to help her teachers. Using a Voxer group of principals to talk a little more privately about topics that are Jethro's Twitter failure when he was a te

In this episode I have the great opportunity to interview Melinda Miller (@mmiller7571). I have followed her for a long time on Twitter, and I loved the podcast she did with @ScottElias called Practical Principals. That great podcast partly inspired me to start this podcast. I still haven't found a podcast that talks about the real issues that are facing to Our conversation covers these topics: How she gets teachers on board with technology. How she allows teachers to filter out what she says and when. She gives her thoughts on requirements for teacher's blogs, which are a requirement for her. How Melinda deals with the roadblocks of implementing new things (including technology). How she knows how hard to push her teachers, and what to focus on when she is pushing her teachers. How she allows her faculty to talk to her about when she is pushing too hard. How she implemented 1:1 Chromebooks in 4th grade when a bunch of other stuff was coming down the pike. How she prepares for the beginning of a new school y

In this second part of the interview, I am priveleged to talk with Doug Hallenbeck. Doug was recently named the Assistant Principal of the year from the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals. Doug has worked under four really great principals and he shares some great insight about how to be an amazing assistant principal. I wanted to interview Doug because he has a great story. He is a thoughtful, caring, and transformative leader. He has been a guiding force in our district since its inception. We are very fortunate to work with him. In this second part of the interview, Doug discusses: How to attract and retain great talent. A nice little side discussion about general trends in teaching hiring. His advice for an assistant principal to be a transformative assistant principal like him. What special thing he has in his office. His experience discussing education with Chinese educational leaders. How he makes parents feel good when their kids get in trouble. What he suggests APs should do to be trans

In this episode, I am priveleged to interview Doug Hallenbeck. Doug was recently named the Assistant Principal of the year from the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals. Doug has worked under four really great principals and he shares some great insight about how to be an amazing assistant principal. I wanted to interview Doug because he has a great story. He is a thoughtful, caring, and transformative leader. He has been a guiding force in our district since its inception. We are very fortunate to work with him. In this first part of the interview, Doug discusses: How he got to where he is. How he manages working under someone who has a different leadership style and may make different decisions than he. The mentors that have helped him become a better leader. Why he turned down a principalship and stayed as an assistant. Advice for new principals from his perspective as an Assistant Principal. You'll really enjoy this interview with Doug. He is amazing. Let's make sure to give him a few hundred

In this second part of the interview with Jeff Paul, we will learn about: How he handles the stress of being a principal How you can be a transformative principal Why you should follow the people below on Twitter The special thing in his office Jeff says these are the twitter accounts to follow: @williamparker, @KleinErin, @principalspage (MichaelSmithSupt), @ToddWhitaker, @educationweek, @NMHS_Principal (Eric Sheninger), @drjolly (Darin Jolly), @principalJ, @andyrgreene. 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.

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 enjoy this. Please tweet, post on facebook, or email to share it with your principal friends.  Also, if you have someone that you think is a transformative principal, please let me know who they are by emailing me at jethro.jones@gmail.com. Or you can hit me up on twitter @jethrojones.  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 coachin

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 and Twitter. Big Goals: Wants to make people feel like they are at home-that her school is a family. Wants to be with the children as much as possible. Wants to provide a holistic education, especially to her disadvantaged students. It is interesting to hear that she strives to really know her students, but is ok with not knowing every student’s name. I find this fascinating. In the last episode, Dr. Villar was very focused on knowing every student’s name. I don’t know that either way is the best method, but I do believe that their intent is the same. They both want their students to know that they are cared for an

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, according to Dr. Villar A focus on making sure every student feels comfortable in his school.  Thanks to our sponsor: Paperless Principal 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.

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 defensive How to ask for help and thus generate buy-in How to run data team meetings How to create an environment that invites students and parents to be a part of the school community.  Thanks again to my sponsor: Paperless Principal 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.

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 where they can use some help.   Annette Brinkman did some work with JM and Dee Elementary.  University of Virginia Turnaround School Program.  Books:  Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Sponsor:  http://paperlessprincipal.com learn how to be a paperless principal. Remove clutter, streamline your processes.  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

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 where they can use some help.   Annette Brinkman did some work with JM and Dee Elementary.  University of Virginia Turnaround School Program.  Books:  Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Sponsor:  http://paperlessprincipal.com learn how to be a paperless principal. Remove clutter, streamline your processes.  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

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 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.