• Owning vs. leading
• Pushed change a little too fast.
• Get teachers to drive initiatives.
• Can’t own it. The teachers have to.
• Biggest change - using grades for compliance
• It takes a lot of time to have the conversations relating to grading.
• Using alternative ways of assessing kids.
• NASSP’s mission and goals as a national support organization.
• Non-profit boards are struggling to have members.
• Mentor told Dan he needed to join NASSP for the insurance.
• Have to change the member benefit.
• We need to be more than just insurance.
• Advocacy - need to have someone there to advocate for the needs of schools and principals.
• Opportunities for advancing leadership. McKinsey Management Program for School Leaders
• 19,000 members in NASSP. 100% of Rhode Island principals are involved in NASSP
• Grading and assessment is the biggest conversation.
• NASSP Conference in Chicago
• How to be a transformative principal? Expand your network and get out of the little silos that we are in.

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