Dwight Carter is an award-winning school leader from Central Ohio. He believes reflection is at the heart of our practice and encourages principals, teachers, and students to focus on personal skill development to create the optimal conditions for learning to take place. Because of his collaborative and innovative leadership as a principal, he inducted into the Jostens Renaissance Educator Hall of Fame in 2010, he was named a 2013 National Association of Secondary School Principals Digital Principal of the Year, the 2014 Academy of Arts and Science Education High School Principal of the Year, and the 2015 Ohio Alliance of Black School Educators Principal of the Year. Register for the Future of Educational Technology conference here. Teaching in disruptive times. Mark Wright - coauthor of book. reforms are occurring in a shorter amount of time. How to handle disruptions 3–5 years for an initiative to stick but turnover is huge. How to deal with disruptive events? Cope Adjust Transform So many pathways to graduation and high school credit. Moving beyond credit recovery to credit acceleration. Schools are taking opportunity to remove barriers. Simply start by asking the question and have the conversation. What else can students take in place of ___ required learning? Kids have so much more opportunity today because of their access to opportunity. Negative impact of technology on their social emotional health. Both/and Generation Z - It’s all about choice. Work-based learning students doing amazing things The kids became teachers to me. How to be a transformative principal? Gather a group of students for an hour and ask them about how to improve their learning experience Jethro 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

My Grandma’s Kitchen with Dr. A. Katrise Perera and Dr. Kimberly Miles Transformative Principal 307 Social Media: Learning should be joyful. - @afewthingsworth Dr. A. Katrise Perera peers acknowledge her commitment, her dedication, her courageous leadership and for being an “equity warriorette.” In 2015, the National Association of School Superintendents (NASS) named her the National Superintendent of the Year. Before being recruited and hired by the Gresham-Barlow School District (Oregon) in May of 2017, she served in a variety of school leadership positions in Virginia, Texas, and as an executive leader with McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. Dr. Kimberly Miles is principal of East Gresham elementary, a turnaround principal and voracious reader. In this episode we will discuss equity in leadership and how to have joyful moments. Be determined. Perspectives of many other experiences. Equity in a school system is that it involves more than just a student and a teacher. Giving kids what they need when they need. In the kitchen with my grandmother. To have equity, you have to look at what kids are actually in need of. Look at policies, practices, systems, and more. what little things should we focus on? Is my approach helping them thrive? The foundation is culture. Need to know social and political response as well. Community Success Act We’re all going to get what we need. how to change the culture of putting the newest teachers with the most challenging situations? New teachers to the profession, because I can partner them with a collaborative team. Mentor teacher leaders. Benefit for new teachers to be supported by master teachers. Starts with professional development. How to be a transformative principal? Kimberly: Share the responsibility of change with someone else. Bring along your community together. Katrise: commitments—commit to reducing disproportionate suspension rates, early college, cultural competencies - commit to one! 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

Katie Novak, Ed.D. is an internationally renowned education consultant as well as a practicing leader in education as an Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Massachusetts. With 15 years of experience in teaching and administration, an earned doctorate in curriculum and teaching, and 3 books published by CAST Professional Publications, Katie designs and presents workshops both nationally and internationally focusing on implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and universally designed leadership. Today we talk about her book with George Couros, Innovate Inside the Box. UDL what is it? Multiple means of engagement multiple means of representation multiple means of action and expression Universal design stolen from architecture. The traditional model of education is there is “one way to do it.” We’re making content accessible as retrofits for really inaccessible lessons. Dinner party. Engagement is equal parts commitment and attention. Enrollment vs. engagement. When things get touch, I know how to manage it. Macro success looks like little bits of attention. Application for students with disabilities. If we want kids to be learners, we are much better slated to help kids create their own journeys to get there. How do we scaffold up to make it accessible and engaging. In my loyalty to that ____, I am excluding students. How do we teach empathy through these multiple means lenses? What do I have to do so every single student can do that? General ed teachers started referring to kids with special needs as their kids. When we see growth, it’s because of the teachers. How to be a transformative principal? In a classroom I believe in cocreation. Work with teachers to co-create professional learning and school improvement plans. 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

In this Jolt episode, Sarah Johnson shares about the transformative power of practicing gratitude for ourselves as well a those around us. She shares research alignment, stories, and illustrates points from stories features during the month of November on the In AWE Podcast.  Check out the The In AWE Podcast or In AWE Website Engage with Sarah at Sarah’s Website Resources for Gratitude: The Transformative Power of Gratitude Huffington Post Four Gratitude Strategies Berkeley The It’s Worth It Box 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

  TJ Vari and Joe Jones are practicing Superintendents and coauthors of the book “Candid and Compassionate Feedback“. Result of fear of offending people is that it becomes offensive anyway. Ask questions to get them to see what they need to improve. The lack of candor can be what people are offended by. The candor is actually what is compassionate! TJ Turning the corner so your empathy is backed with concrete evidence backed with what to do better. Consistency is key. People are given that advice when they go into schools. Direct, sincere, accurate feedback. Identified the problem. Gave evidence. Provided a solution. Being clear does work. Learning walks are like formative assessments. Are the teachers using the “Goal” in their classroom? As teachers are teaching they’re often not aware of what they’re doing. Joe No way will a teacher ever grow through the formal observation process. We really should be getting into the mindset work among the staff. How to be a transformative principal? TJ: spend your time in the most important spaces in your school Joe: Disrupt your day. Speak to someone tomorrow that you haven’t spoken with this year. Bonus question: how to keep principals in the building? 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

Keara Mascareñaz Managing Partner, Organizational Design at Education Elements. She helps schools and districts focuses build and scale a culture of innovation through leadership development, team habits, and human-centered organizational design. Learning, meeting, projects How do you create the environment of psychological safety? the team that is more effective would be making less mistakes. more comfort to talk about mistakes Amy Edmondson TED talk I didn’t say “I don’t know what I’m doing!“ It can feel high stakes, even though it is not. Two types of leaders: one best ideas should strive - leaders are smarter and make fewer mistakes. Interrogating archetypes. Two books: Multipliers with Liz Wiseman As soon as a speaker starts speaking, everyone stops talking. Here’s my interview with Liz Wiseman. Talking about Failure is crucial for Growth Noticing it is the first step to change. It’s hard to make big shifts. What foundation have I laid and signal have I given to my team about this? “I’ve had good ideas before that haven’t worked out!” So much deference made to people in power and authority. Habit of talking about mistakes. The more people in power can model talking about mistakes the more you can model and give more power to your people. How to be a transformative principal? Next time you’re in front of your staff think about 1. Learning challenge, vulnerability, asking for advice.   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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

A Story about Fish with Danny Bauer and Dr. Kelly Crane Transformative Principal 302 Social media: All of us are better than any of us. Danny Bauer and Kelly Crane are co-conspirators of Better Leaders Better Schools What do principals need to know about being a superintendent. Legal, politics, finance. Network. How to start acting as if. All of us are better than any of us. When you’re so close to the situation, it is really hard to see. Instructional leadership knowledge. Following through. Being authentic. Empathy when visiting Vulnerability. Radical listening. The mastermind is a sacred space. You gotta learn from the mistakes of others. How to be a transformative principal? Danny: Join a PLN! Kelly: be vulnerable when it is necessary. We don’t know it all and we have to reach out to others.   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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

Adam Fachler has a proven process for planning amazing lessons. Take the  EMPOWER Method for planning amazing lessons. We are all searching! Little quality control Making inquiry method a little less messy. Envision - see the end in mind. Map - simplifies a complex process. Prime - prior knowledge, emotional aspect of learning Orient Walkthrough Explore Reflect Teachers’ time to plan is too little. Yes this does take time. Whether you win in your classroom is decided well before you enter the classroom. Do this at the unit level - a time investment. Crystalize your learning outcome in a GEM: goal, evidence, measure of success. You are envisioning a destination for them. Mapping the path to mastery. School in the Square How to be a transformative principal? Start from the beginning, what’s the GEM for your upcoming unit? 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

Here's some excitement: Episode 300! I give updates on my professional life, the podcast, and more! Tune in! Link to my speaking page 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.

Dr. Grayson Maas is the Director of Communications for the Art of Problem Solving, a unique solution to teaching math anytime, anywhere. Talking about dissertation - how we create scientific knowledge as a society - who can become a scientist and who cannot. Scientific knowledge and how it gets created. It’s no secret that there’s underrepresentation in science. What is funneling certain groups towards science and what is not? Science for all Tests measure what we value. Tests can be an unreliable indicator. It’s a common experience that the scores you got on classes and tests to tell you if you’re smart. All those tests are telling you, “are you good at that instrument on that day?” Extremely difficult to identify high-ability kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. Ability grouping is not a bad thing for the kids in the high group. Kids know who is in different groups. We need to reconfigure the labels we use. For us to lose sight of kids that don’t get extra opportunities is not working for those kids. It’s incumbent on us as a society to meet these kids where they’re at. Providing the “right” amount of challenge. We’re going to set the bar right above where you grasp it and help them reach the next level. You deserve to be challenged and we’re going to make sure you get that. Learning about the water cycle. Their version of learning about the water cycle was a youtube water cycle rap song. The kids in the low group developed low self-perception. Constantly reinforce these students and tell them they are capable and can accomplish the work before them. 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 technologySave teachers’ timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove 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.