James Anderson is a educator, author, and speaker and a master of mindset work. Today we are talking about Learner Agency.

• Anders Ericson - purposeful practice.
• Agile Learner - capable of growth, but also knows how to go about achieving the growth.
• What it means to achieve the growth in life.
• Growth mindset is how much you see yourself as a learner.
• How do I get really good at achieving that growth.
• What it looks like to be a good learner.
• Five areas: challenge, habits of mind, mistakes, feedback, time and energy.
• We don’t talk a lot about being a skillful learner.
• Seeks to find out what students can do rather than defining their abilities.
• Performance learners avoid going to their best level. Stay in performance zone, but don’t go beyond their best.
• Challenges will come and go, but behaviors stay with them.
• Agile learner is proactive.
• What does it mean to be fragile.
• Anti-Fragile means drop me, it helps.
• VUCA World
• Post traumatic growth
• Black Swan Events - you cannot predict the future, but you can prepare for it.
• Look to the shite space in between.
• How to be a transformative principal? Ask yourself what are you currently doing that is deliberately focused on helping students become better learners. We don’t get

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Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/. Learn more about some of the newest titles:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. 

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.