034 - Keeping a Curious Mindset

Dagan currently works as the K-8 Capstone Coordinator at Hawai’i Preparatory Academy in Waimea on Hawai’i Island with additional experience in music, digital media, and mathematics instruction. A strong believer in developing student agency and supporting skills for a “future curriculum”, he is an advocate for using design, futures, and music thinking to support productive collaboration among educators. Dagan is also a musician who loves writing, recording, and performing at farmer’s markets and coffee shops throughout Hawai’i Island.

Key Takeaways:

Leadership is a skill We need to model leadership for our students Leadership is not about a title so anybody can become a leader if given the opportunity Get to know your teachers for who they really are. Be intentional about getting to know people on a personal level It's important to give people safe spaces to express themselves as openly as possible You need to create the conditions for people to feel as if they can take risks and speak up We need to have and model a curious mindset Flatter models of the leadership structure need to make their way into education Work on keeping your own personal creativity alive Non conformity is often a valuable resource Plinko is a bad model for leadership

Get in Touch:

Twitter @daganbernstein

Instagram @dagan.blog

website at http://dagan.blog

Music www.daganmusic.com or look him up on Spotify.

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