Transformative Principal
768 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 100 ratingsJethro 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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Cybertraps for Educators with Frederick Lane Transformative Principal 110
February 07, 2016 10:30 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBFrederick Lane is an author, attorney, educational consultant, and lecturer based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of cybersafety, digital misconduct, personal privacy, and other topics at the intersection of law, technology, and society. Lane has appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, the BBC, and MSNBC. He has written eight books, including most recently Cybertraps for Educators (Mathom Press 2015). All of his books are...
Honoring Native American Culture with Kara Four Bear Transformative Principal 109
January 31, 2016 07:30 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBKara is an assistant principal at Edwin Lowe Elementary in New Town North Dakota. Her generation doesn’t feel that people are coming in to take away their culture. There’s nothing we can’t learn from each other. How to help kids choose to be in education: Be that outstanding teacher! Having authentic conversations. History of Indian Education in America. Boarding schools were opened up. Goal was to assimilate the natives. Have to be willing to learn to respect their culture. ...
From Dropout to Doctor with Kara Four Bear Transformative Principal 108
January 24, 2016 07:30 - 20 minutes - 9.32 MBKara is an assistant principal at Edwin Lowe Elementary in New Town North Dakota. Grew up Cheyenne-Sioux South Dakota. Foster education. Emancipated as a young adult. Knew what it took to survive in life. Dropped out of High School. Started school again in her 20s. Life on the reservation due to socio-economic and other issues. She saw the world starting to pass her by. Writing a paragraph sounds so simple to most people, but it is very difficult if you haven’t done it in 1...
Teacher Led Professional Development with Nathan Adams Transformative Principal 107
January 17, 2016 13:30 - 30 minutes - 14 MBTeacher-led Professional Development with Nathan Adams Transformative Principal 107 Nathan has been a special education teacher for 8 years. He has taught in middle, high, and elementary levels. Teacher led professional development Sponsored by the local teacher’s union. Joined the union that has supported him, in an effort to give back. Idea of helping general education teachers and special education teachers understand the needs of each other. Brotherhood of professionals. ...
Chasing Your Dreams with Kristin Bentley Transformative Principal 106
January 10, 2016 19:30 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MBKristin Bentley is a 2nd grade teacher in a Title I school. She created an awesome app that helps manage classroom behavior: Color My Day Introductory Video Why use this rather than Class Dojo. Think Time forms and Office Discipline Referrals are built-in to the app. Shoutout to Tricia Skyles ODRs going down means nothing if teacher morale is going up. The process of creating an app from the ground up. Crayons and paper Lucidchart Found a graphic designer. Found a progra...
Color My Day with Kristin Bentley Transformative Principal 105
January 03, 2016 21:30 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBKristin Bentley is a 2nd grade teacher in a Title I school. She created an awesome app that helps manage classroom behavior: Color My Day [Introductory Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4IrMJpInOk&feature=youtu.be) Using card pulls is not very effective. Clip charts use separate clips to show that positive and negative behavior. The two clips gave the ’93naughty’94 kids a chance to have a good day. Goal for card pulls is to stay positive. Card pulls don’92t give chances...
Celebrating the Holidays with Rob Carroll Transformative Principal 104
December 27, 2015 19:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBPrincipal of South Heights Elementary in his 20th year. Rob doesn’t just look at his students currently, he has a much bigger vision of what they can accomplish and how they can make life better forever. Rob keeps in contact with kids who went to The 1199 many years ago and makes sure that they can still find ways to be successful. Special things you do during Christmas for your schools You can be an awesome combination of tradition and innovation. We celebrate all of our holiday...
Build, Don’t Copy with Rob Carroll Transformative Principal 103
December 20, 2015 19:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBRob Carroll Principal of South Heights Elementary in his 20th year. Rob doesn’t just look at his students currently, he has a much bigger vision of what they can accomplish and how they can make life better forever. Rob keeps in contact with kids who went to The 1199 many years ago and makes sure that they can still find ways to be successful. Man cave show on home and garden channel gave them at Own version of Harlem Children’s Zone Timeline of success milestone From conceptio...
Classroom Community World Tour with Brian Costello Transformative Principal 102
December 13, 2015 14:00 - 20 minutes - 9.31 MBBrian Costello is in his 7th year of teaching in Southern New Jersey. Brian started his career as an instructional aide before going on to teach Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades. He is an avid writer, blogger, and Twitter user that has published his first children’s novel: Will McGill and the Magic Hat. Brian speaks at Educational conferences on topics including educational technology, leadership, communication, and professional development. See Brian’s previous posts for CUE. ...
How to Deal with Teacher Bullies with Brian Costello Transformative Principal 101
December 06, 2015 12:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBBrian Costello is in his 7th year of teaching in Southern New Jersey. Brian started his career as an instructional aide before going on to teach Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades. He is an avid writer, blogger, and Twitter user that has published his first children’s novel: Will McGill and the Magic Hat. Brian speaks at Educational conferences on topics including educational technology, leadership, communication, and professional development. See Brian’s previous posts for CUE. ...
RTI scheduling with Jethro Jones Transformative Principal 100
November 29, 2015 17:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBToday, Damon Hargraves, host of the WorkflowED podcast turned the mic on me and interviewed me for the 100th episode of the Transformative Principal Podcast. I can’t believe I have done 100 episodes of this podcast. Thank you so much for listening to this and helping me make it better. RTI idea was in place, but we needed a little kick in the pants. Value of getting away from the day-to-day issues at school. How to keep it going when you come back from conferences: hang up the po...
How a Kindergarten Center is Amazing with Jessica Cabeen Transformative Principal 099
November 22, 2015 10:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBOverview: Woodson has been an all-day everyday Kindergarten Center for the past 11 years. In the past 4 years enrollment has fluctuated between 360–425 students (currently about 385 with our preschool class). 51% of our students are students of color, and we have a 61% free and reduced lunch student population. We have 16 sections of kindergarten this year–13 on the traditional school calendar and 3 on the modified (year long) calendar as they feed into the modified calendar ele...
DOK Instructional Rounds with Doug Timm Transformative Principal 098
November 15, 2015 19:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBDoug Timm is the principal of Carrie Downie Elementary School First principalship - innovative technology, focus on standards. Modern Teacher, Instructional Rounds. Cognitive growth targets (Bloom’s taxonomy) Think beyond comprehension and recall. What is the teacher doing and assigning? 6 different centers, but all 6 focused on retrieving and comprehending. How can we focus on more than the two basic levels? Charlotte’s Web in the city takes it up a level. Not all we are lo...
Being an Outsider with Amy Locke Transformative Principal 097
November 08, 2015 19:00 - 19 minutes - 8.99 MBAmy Locke graduated from the University of North Florida with a BA in Special Education: Deaf Studies and an M.Ed in Special Education: Deaf Education. She has been working in the field of Deaf Education for 7 years, beginning her career as an itinerant teacher for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students in central Florida, then moving to Houston, TX to teach in a self-contained 3rd/4th grade class with DHH students. About 4 ½ years ago, she moved to Alabama to work as a reading teacher i...
School for the Deaf with Amy Locke Transformative Principal 096
November 01, 2015 19:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBAmy Locke graduated from the University of North Florida with a BA in Special Education: Deaf Studies and an M.Ed in Special Education: Deaf Education. She has been working in the field of Deaf Education for 7 years, beginning her career as an itinerant teacher for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students in central Florida, then moving to Houston, TX to teach in a self-contained 3rd/4th grade class with DHH students. About 4 ½ years ago, she moved to Alabama to work as a reading teacher i...
Dignity with John Hope Bryant Transformative Principal Bonus
October 28, 2015 13:37 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBJohn Hope Bryant came to Alaska for the Alaska Principals Conference. He spoke to us about how he hopes to inspire corporations to partner with schools to prepare our students for the future. I bought both of his books mentioned below. I am excited to read them. John Hope Bryant on Twitter. Learn more about Operation Hope. Learn more about Global Dignity Day. John has two books out. The first is Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World. “Summary from the publish...
Learning Now with Jamie Tewksbury and Ashley Drill Transformative Principal 095
October 25, 2015 18:00 - 21 minutes - 9.97 MBAshley: Ashley teaches 3rd grade in Plymouth, Minnesota at Greenwood Elementary School. She received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Miami University in Ohio. She then completed her Masters of Arts in Education with an endorsement in K - 8 writing from St. Mary University in Minnesota. Jamie: Jamie enjoys seeing students complete learning independently. Jamie teaches 3rd grade at Greenwood Elementary School in Plymouth, Minnesota. She received her und...
Reflecting on the #AKPrincipals Conference with Mary McMahon and Rod Morrison Transformative Principal 063
October 23, 2015 05:56 - 16 minutes - 7.53 MBJust before the #AKPrincipals conference ended, I had a chance to catch up the minds behind it all, Mary McMahon and Rod Morrison. They did a great job planning the event and will do an even better job next year. Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. Please follow me on Twitter: @jethro...
Reflecting on the #AKPrincipals Conference with Mary McMahon and Rod Morrison Transformative Principal Bonus 22
October 23, 2015 05:56 - 15 minutes - 7.12 MBJust before the #AKPrincipals conference ended, I had a chance to catch up the minds behind it all, Mary McMahon and Rod Morrison. They did a great job planning the event and will do an even better job next year. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones ...
How to Reach Every At-Risk Student with Baruti Kafele Transformative Principal BONUS
October 20, 2015 14:53 - 15 minutes - 7.2 MBHere is a little bonus episode with Principal Kafele. We talk about how to reach those that are hardest to reach. Principal Kafele spoke at the Alaska Principals conference in Anchorage on October 18th. If this is your first time listening to Transformative Principal, please subscribe. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites spec...
How to Reach Every At-Risk Student with Baruti Kafele Transformative Principal 062
October 20, 2015 14:53 - 16 minutes - 7.61 MBHere is a little bonus episode with Principal Kafele. We talk about how to reach those that are hardest to reach. Principal Kafele spoke at the Alaska Principals conference in Anchorage on October 18th. If this is your first time listening to Transformative Principal, please subscribe. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Word...
PICE Learning with Ashley Drill and Jamie Tewksbury Transformative Principal 094
October 18, 2015 18:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBJamie: Jamie enjoys seeing students complete learning independently. Jamie teaches 3rd grade at Greenwood Elementary School in Plymouth, Minnesota. She received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from University of Iowa. She completed her Masters in Education from Hamline University in Minnesota. Both Jamie and Ashley feel that learning should be meaningful and authentic for their students. PICE Learning is a new and improved way of teaching comprehension skill...
Giving Up Control with Michael Shapiro Transformative Principal 093
October 11, 2015 18:00 - 18 minutes - 8.6 MBMichael Shapiro is serving in his second year as the principal of Highland Tech Charter School in Anchorage School District. A recent transplant from the Chicago area, he previously served as principal of Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Illinois for seven years, during which time the school earned a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award. Prior to that he served as an assistant principal for five years in two different schools. Mr. Shapiro began his educational career as...
Student Mastery Learning with Michael Sharpiro Transformative Principal 092
October 04, 2015 18:00 - 21 minutes - 10 MBMichael Shapiro is serving in his second year as the principal of Highland Tech Charter School in Anchorage School District. A recent transplant from the Chicago area, he previously served as principal of Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Illinois for seven years, during which time the school earned a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award. Prior to that he served as an assistant principal for five years in two different schools. Mr. Shapiro began his educational career as...
Good Teaching on Steriods with Piper Riddle Transformative Principal 091
September 27, 2015 18:00 - 19 minutes - 8.96 MBPiper is the principal of Draper Elementary in Draper, UT. She has been a long-time friend and mentor to me, personally, and has helped me learn so much over the last few years. ELA in English and Math in target language Teachers more intentional in working together on content between languages. MobyMax to supplement schoolwork. Reflex Math to focus on computation skills. What she’s doing is working because Draper Elementary ranked 22 in the state in math. How you ensure good i...
Dual Immersion Chinese with Piper Riddle Transformative Principal 090
September 20, 2015 18:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBPiper is the principal of Draper Elementary in Draper, UT. She has been a long-time friend and mentor to me, personally, and has helped me learn so much over the last few years. Dual immersion schools - what is the process, and what challenges are unique to you? 200 dual immersion schools in the state, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French What barriers are there to having native speakers come teach in America? A/B schedule at elementary level. Teachers come from mainland China ...
Facing History in Ourselves with Henry Turner Transformative Principal 089
September 13, 2015 18:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBHenry Turner is a fantastic principal doing some great things at Bedford High School outside Boston. He blogs at Leadingtolearn. Implementing iPad initiative. Focus on creating iPad content. Fundraising Upstander anti-bullying program. Facing History in Ourselves. Asking curious questions. Kids create public service announcements with their iPads. Achievement gap strategies. Data teams Putting kids in levels, but not tracking them. Conversations and district support. The ...
SIte Vists with Henry Turner Transformative Principal 088
September 06, 2015 18:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBHenry Turner - Principal of Bedford High School outside Boston. Site visits is where the interview teams comes to the school to meet with the teams that work with the principal. Tips to prepare. Choose a diverse group of people. Avoid some pitfalls: lack of preparation, only asking rockstars. How to prepare people for the visit: Announce early to community. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your scho...
Establishing PLCs with Geri Parscale Transformative Principal 087
August 30, 2015 21:51 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week Geri Parscale came to visit us in Kodiak and teach us about PLCs. The teachers walked away energized and excited. On Twitter she is @ParscaleG. In this episode she talks about PLCs and culture. PLCs are a way of life, not a program, and that is what I have always enjoyed about the PLC approach. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high qualit...
Establishing PLCs with Geri Parscale Transformative Principal 087
August 30, 2015 21:51 - 37 minutes - 57.7 MBThis week Geri Parscale came to visit us in Kodiak and teach us about PLCs. The teachers walked away energized and excited. On Twitter she is @ParscaleG. In this episode she talks about PLCs and culture. PLCs are a way of life, not a program, and that is what I have always enjoyed about the PLC approach. Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher. Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpre...
Ditching Grading Periods with Mike Kelly Transformative Principal 086
August 24, 2015 14:36 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBMike Kelly - Principal Eyer Middle School. East Penn School District. Mike on Twitter: @principalmkelly Mike’s Blog The importance of blogging and reflection, sharing learning. Personal growth mindset post. The end of marking periods. Starting removal of marking periods in 6th grade! Arbitrary dates to complete learning on certain topics. Extended learning program greatly reduces academic failures. Many additional clubs and activities are offered. “Required” extended learnin...
Breaking out of Isolation with Theresa Stager and Jessica Johnson Transformative Principal 085
August 16, 2015 18:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBToday I am joined by Theresa Stager and Jessica Johnson who talk about their book “Breaking out of Isolation”. After the sad end of the Practical Principals podcast with Melinda Miller, Theresa and Jessica and Jethro all started a podcast at the same time. Being connected sometimes makes you feel isolated. On being a student again. Fixed vs. growth mindset. We are still in the middle of learning how to be connected. You must always watch what you are saying and be cautious of ...
How do You Contribute to Education with Dr. Robert Dillon Transformative Principal 084
August 09, 2015 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBBob Dillon Twitter Web Site is the Director of Technology and Innovation for Afton School District. He has been a middle school principal for 15 years in three different places and currently helps many other principals improve their practices. Join the PrincipalPLN Voxer group 1st order change - simple, fixit types of problems, typically exciting that help people feel good about things, but don’t really move the needle in improving a school. 2nd order change - moving from managem...
Orders of Change with Dr. Robert Dillon Transformative Principal 083
August 02, 2015 18:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBBob Dillon Twitter Web Site is the Director of Technology and Innovation for Afton School District. He has been a middle school principal for 15 years in three different places and currently helps many other principals improve their practices. Join the PrincipalPLN Voxer group 1st order change - simple, fixit types of problems, typically exciting that help people feel good about things, but don’t really move the needle in improving a school. 2nd order change - moving from managem...
Start Book Clubs with David Long Transformative Principal 082
July 26, 2015 18:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBDavid Long, CEO of My Employees. Started the company from Author of Built to Lead: 7 Management R.E.W.A.R.D.S Principles for Becoming a Top 10% Manager.. This book is amazing, and I learned a ton from talking to David. He is a businessman, and not an educator, but he is really on point here. Top 1% in all three industries he has participated in, so topics relatable to all industries. Employee recognition programs. It’s not just plaques for employee recognition. It is normal to p...
Recognizing Your Teachers with David Long Transformative Principal 081
July 19, 2015 18:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBDavid Long, CEO of My Employees. Started the company from Author of Built to Lead: 7 Management R.E.W.A.R.D.S Principles for Becoming a Top 10% Manager.. This book is amazing, and I learned a ton from talking to David. He is a businessman, and not an educator, but he is really on point here. Top 1% in all three industries he has participated in, so topics relatable to all industries. Employee recognition programs. It’s not just plaques for employee recognition. It is normal to p...
Standards-Based Grading with Brian Edmister Transformative Principal 080
July 12, 2015 18:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBBrian Edmister is the principal of Genesee Valley Elementary School in Genesee Valley New York. Brian was a fellow participant of the Model Schools Conference. Attended many different colleges to complete his degree. Design your own session. Standards based grading. Must create your culture before you change anything. When you create a grade, you create a label. Giving the kids a chance to be in charge of their own learning. Schools Attuned Giving teachers permission to fai...
Focus on People not Programs with Kyle Palmer Transformative Principal 079
July 05, 2015 18:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBKyle Palmer is the principal of Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Liberty, MO. Kyle was a presenter at the Model Schools Conference in Atlanta, GA. Here are the handouts from his session: Presentation and PDF It’s about relationships, not programs. Transformed school in last year. Competition with others helps him be better. Let’s not change the world, let’s just do our best. Fostering belief in staff. Growth mindset. Katie Lawson, principal extraordinaire. Need to know t...
Ramping Up Real PBL with Ron Fortunato Transformative Principal 078
June 28, 2015 18:00 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MBToday I am speaking with Ron Fortunato, President of Trillium Learning and employee of NASA AMES research center. Listen to learn how you can get more information about to get your students more engaged in REAL projects! Project-based vs activity-based projects. Coupling students with real-life working projects. If students are able to keep up with the real-world work, they are given an opportunity to be at the table. Relationships with NOAA, NASA, and other institutions. Ident...
Predicting Earthquakes with Ron Fortunato Transformative Principal 077
June 21, 2015 18:00 - 28 minutes - 13 MBToday I am speaking with Ron Fortunato, President of Trillium Learning and employee of NASA AMES research center. Listen to learn how you can get more information about to get your students more engaged in REAL projects! Project-based vs activity-based projects. Coupling students with real-life working projects. If students are able to keep up with the real-world work, they are given an opportunity to be at the table. Relationships with NOAA, NASA, and other institutions. Ident...
Dealing with Difficult People with William Parker Transformative Principal 076
June 14, 2015 18:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBThis is my second interview with Will Parker. Will wrote a book called Principal Matters: the motivation, courage, action, and teamwork needed for school leadership, and so we talk about his wisdom that is contained therein. Go ahead and buy it. I interviewed Will in Episode 24 of Transformative Principal. A little discussion about technology. Some information on his book. How to make decisions. Write things down when they are still fresh so you know how to do it next time. Wr...
Principal Matters with Will Parker Transformative Principal 075
June 07, 2015 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBThis is my second interview with Will Parker. Will wrote a book called Principal Matters: the motivation, courage, action, and teamwork needed for school leadership, and so we talk about his wisdom that is contained therein. Go ahead and buy it. I interviewed Will in Episode 24 of Transformative Principal. A little discussion about technology. Some information on his book. How to make decisions. Write things down when they are still fresh so you know how to do it next time. ...
No Better Gift to Give a Human with Brendan Hufford Transformative Principal 074
May 31, 2015 18:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBToday I am interviewing Assistant Principal, Entrepreneur, Father, and Hot Mess Brendan Hufford (Twitter). Thea Bowman Leadership Academy - only successful school in Gary, Indiana. OKkimonos.com and Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast are a couple side gigs that Brendan has going on. * Gary, Indiana is a struggling city, but full of amazing people. * Showing trust to students * Leading with trust - people want to give back trust when you give it to them. * It’s not as easy to build r...
Trusting Students with Brendan Hufford Transformative Principal 073
May 25, 2015 18:18 - 21 minutes - 9.83 MBToday I am interviewing Assistant Principal, Entreprenuer, Father, and Hot Mess, Brendan Hufford (Twitter)! Thea Bowman Leadership Academy - only successful school in Gary, Indiana. OKkimonos.com and Entrepreneurs and Coffee Podcast are a couple side gigs that Brendan has going on. * Gary, Indiana is a struggling city, but full of amazing people. * Showing trust to students * Leading with trust - people want to give back trust when you give it to them. * It’s not as easy to build ...
9 Models of CoTeaching with Anne Beninghof Transformative Principal 072
May 17, 2015 18:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBToday, I am honored to interview Anne Beninghof Twitter. Anne is an expert at coteaching and consults with districts about it. In this episode, we talk about the following: What is coteaching? How little things become problematic Paraprofessionals in the classroom Resources on her web site How to introduce teachers to the idea of coteaching Choosing partners Youtube Channel Needs for teachers working together: Flexible personalities, common planning time, common philosophie...
Co Teaching with Anne Beninghof Transformative Principal 071
May 10, 2015 18:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBToday, I am honored to interview Anne Beninghof Twitter. Anne is an expert at coteaching and consults with districts about it. In this episode, we talk about the following: What is coteaching? How little things become problematic Paraprofessionals in the classroom Resources on her web site How to introduce teachers to the idea of coteaching Choosing partners Youtube Channel Needs for teachers working together: Flexible personalities, common planning time, common philosophie...
Personalized PD with Brad Gustafson Transformative Principal 070
May 03, 2015 14:41 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBToday, I am talking with Brad Gustafson @GustafsonBrad, principal of Greenwood Elementary School #GWGreats. I’ve been a follower of Brad’s blog for a long time. He is inspiring and helps me want to be a better principal. I hope you learn a ton from him, just like I have. In this episode we talk about: Mobile makerspaces Sphero balls - Draw and Drive Working on the Work (Buy the current book: Engaging Students: The Next Level of Working on the Work) Passport to Passion ClickToT...
Mobile Makerspaces with Brad Gustafson Transformative Principal 069
April 26, 2015 18:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBToday, I am talking with Brad Gustafson @GustafsonBrad, principal of Greenwood Elementary School #GWGreats. I’ve been a follower of Brad’s blog for a long time. He is inspiring and helps me want to be a better principal. I hope you learn a ton from him, just like I have. In this episode we talk about: Mobile makerspaces Sphero balls - Draw and Drive Working on the Work (Buy the current book: Engaging Students: The Next Level of Working on the Work) Passport to Passion ClickToT...
Building a Better Life out of Prison with Michael Santos Transformative Principal 068
April 19, 2015 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBI had the great opportunity to interview Michael Santos this week. He is a former convict who spent 26 years in prison for running drugs. He says he never touched the drugs, but organized other people to do it. Pretty amazing story. Michael has a podcast out, now as well. He pipes it into the prison system to help people learn to change. You can learn a little bit more about Michael here: • PBS NewsHour (7-minute profile) • NBC Bay Area Proud (5-minute profile) • San Francisco Chro...
26 Years in Prison with Michael Santos Transformative Principal 067
April 12, 2015 18:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBI had the great opportunity to interview Michael Santos this week. He is a former convict who spent 26 years in prison for running drugs. He says he never touched the drugs, but organized other people to do it. Pretty amazing story. Michael has a podcast out, now as well. He pipes it into the prison system to help people learn to change. You can learn a little bit more about Michael here: • PBS NewsHour (7-minute profile) • NBC Bay Area Proud (5-minute profile) • San Francisco Chro...