Jason Glass is the superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools 85,000 students on the west side of Denver, Colorado. Lots of great people in the district. Community is politically divided 1/3 democrats, 1/3 independent, 1/3 republican When it comes to our kids, it should be an area where everyone can work together. PBS Documentary about the Jeffco recall Things that disturb the balance here get noticed How do we prepare the students for the right future. Green Mountain Youtube Video Changing the student experience through changing the student task Information is really easy to acquire. Problem and project-based learning across the entire organization Three categories of practitioners: those who have always taught in authentic: Allow those teachers to be influencers. Second group is those who see the changes and are willing to engage but don’t know how: provide lots of opportunities for them to see what it looks like. Third group: waiting to see if this is a fad. How do you inspire your leadership to do these things as well? This is simultaneously the easiest and most difficult change to make. “This is exactly why I got into education” Really hard because this is not a technical change Much deeper and more meaningful change approach. Have the changes really changed what students experience how to be a transformative principal? Principals can support, encourage and help a teacher take a risk to create an authentic meaningful approach for a student. @cojasonglass Jason.glass@jeffco.k12.co.us Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

Greg Goins is a former superintendent, principal, teacher and coach who is now the host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast In our Simulcast we talk about the K12 Magnet. Here is the 1 Pager and here is the infographic and here is the video. Sign up for updates about the K12 Magnet school here Reimagine Schools Twitter opened my eyes greatly. Find some life skills. Someone has dealt with a similar problem. School Leadership can be a very isolating profession. Have the courage to have some really difficult conversations. Ask why we are doing the things we are doing. Nothing wrong with starting slow When I was in school. Stop looking at kids as part of groups. Change is the most feared word in education, but we need to embrace it. Being highly innovative is a scary proposition for many people. How to implement change: We’re going to try something new and see how it goes. Henry Ford, “Those who have never made a mistake work for those who have.“ Create a culture of Yes. How to be a transformative principal? Be a connected educator. Learn as much as you can. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Jeremy Williams is the principal of Manor Hall International School in United Arab Emirates 600 students from 46 countries Bitcoin and blockchain Bitcoin made it speculation. At its core, it is a ledger. A record of transactions and accounts. Eliminate Higher ed from being the sole guarantor of credentials. Blockchain seeks to destroy intermediaries. Blockchain verifies information and can’t be hacked. Blockchain authenticated vs university degree. What it would look like in the K-12 system. If we had the ability for authentic assessments that were performance oriented and we attached blockchain credential instead of a grade. It’s not just about getting the A. How to know it is good enough. You can store as much as you want on the transaction. Tasks have to be structured in a way that are binary. Publicly declare purpose and passion. Tie to the credential where people could see the work. Assess where the viability would be for you. For the teacher who wants kids to be motivated intrinsically. You have to have a low barrier to entry. Upskilling people who are already working. Blockchain is not bitcoin. Technology is going to impact the future of jobs. Discerning passion and purpose vs. understanding what jobs are possible with that. Parents exposed her to a lot of things when she was younger. It’s our opportunity to expose kids to things to see what they like. Genius hour model. How to be a transformative principal? Spend time with yourself and figure out what it is that you love about the work you do. Help 1 kid learn about what they love. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   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.

  Claude Charron is a Teacher in Miami Florida and director of STEM program in Gulliver Florida. Claude@conradawards.org Empowering students to make change Sports has it right in being able to expose kids at a young age to become an athlete. Things that will not work. Keeping kids safe doesn’t inspire. Kids have to choose something they are interested in. Empathy is vital. When students are inspired by seeing someone challenged by something, they have a purpose for working hard. Designing something that matters is what inspires kids. How designing something that matters inspires kids. Getting kids to agree on something is an art. How do you get kids to engage and go down the path where they want to design something that matters. You do learn things through projects. Design process since 1997! What is the art? We don’t have to reinvent the wheel. How do you go from an idea to a working prototype? Google Sprint method. Book Modules that would help teachers. How to select a challenge. Visualize everything on a board. No Box Toolbox - Collaborate with someone visually. It’s our responsibility to engage kids If kids aren’t engaged it’s a personal failure on me as the teacher Shows that kids can each communicate in an effective way to give everyone a voice. Haven’t reinvented the process. The difference is they are not working in silos. Once you have the clarity within a team, you have the power to do what the team wants to do. How to be a transformative principal? Ask faculty, how can we work together in a way where we are going deeper with kids. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Jennifer Hogan is an assistant principal in Hoover, Alabama. Her web site is The Compelled Educator Rising Tide Radio Focused on women in ed leadership. Guide on the side for PD with her teachers School goals take the learning outside the classroom walls. First session wasn’t about the technology, but about gathering courage and thinking differently about how they thought of their classroom in the past. Jump-start ideas. Connect with an expert in their content areas. Walked around and listened is all Jennifer did. Decide on something, then figure out technology. Timeline Skype and blog with experts Connections with other classrooms. What is holding principals back from doing things this way. How do we want to go about doing that? Think of as many ideas as possible. Not many challenges. School has three goals for learning How to be a transformative principal? Get into classrooms. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Kelly Young is the Executive Director at Education Reimagined, where they seek to help educators create a learner-centered learning environment. What happens when kids don’t learn the same thing!? It is a myth that just because things are being taught that all students are all learning the same thing. Kids are not learning the same things now even though we may be teaching the same thing now. What are the competencies that kids need to have? Once kids get over the fear, they realize they have a lot to say. All of your learning is not going to be in K12 Inspire life-long learning Equity issues Examining what bias we might be bringing. This process of education is incredibly liberating for educators. How to be a transformative principal? 2 things: 1. Listening and being a team with the educators 2. Actually asking 5 young people and five teachers what it is like for them in the school. * Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Kelly Young is the Executive Director at Education Reimagined, where they seek to help educators create a learner-centered learning environment. Non profit in Washington, D.C. that figures out how we can accelerate the transition from school-centered to student-centered All kids and outcomes that are actually relevant. A whole new way of seeing education. Learning is a natural phenomenon. Unfurl students’ unique potential. Shifting from the transfer of knowledge to the investigation of unknown knowledge Einstein National Geographic. Asking teachers about passionate learning experiences that they had. Had people that cared about them and what they learned. Great learning experiences rarely happen in a classroom setting. Relevant to what kids need to learn. Why is it so hard for educators to let this go? It’s what we experienced and what we know. Maybe there is something wrong with me. When you’re really struggling with a student, ask what might I do differently and what role can the kids take in fixing the problem. It always feels risky to invite kids into the conversation. Iowa BIG - architecture project. He didn’t have the words to describe what he was missing. Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Jeff Kubiak is a principal in Davis, California. Didn’t really like school growing up. Pushed to be an administrator by his now-superintendent. One of the most diverse counties in the United States. MAP assessment closely related to state test. Much more small group instruction and intervention. MAP skills tied in with Khan Academy. Reclaiming our child by Brad Gustafson. Technology makes it possible It might be a little bit loud, but I can still have my kids in the back, and we can be rocking! Have a hard time having videos to show my teachers. Encourage teachers to go check out other teachers’ classrooms. Students set goals with teachers. Start with why. Then add the what. How to help teachers change Lots of PD - how to have a MAP goal setting conference with students. Approach each teacher with how it will work for them. We ask 800 kids to change every day! Why can’t we as adults make one little adjustment? We don’t gossip. How to be a transformative principal? Get into all the classrooms. Gotta get out of the office! Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

  Bridget Belcastro is the principal of Johnnsburg Elementary School. Principal of every grade level in K-12 Why Bridget joined the mastermind. I’m always just starting out, even in my 12th year. Makes me reflect on things that I have experienced. I can give recommendations or experiences that helped me. I do have some very specific goals for my career, and I get those through the mastermind. Intimacy of it, we all have time each week to share what we are doing. GRIT Program - Greatness Requires Internal Toughness. A team of 10 teachers developed the lessons. There is a new series of lessons for each grade level. We talk about Goal Setting, Perseverance, Overcoming Obstacles, Reflection, Growth Mindset, Etc. Talk about brain research and famous failures. Teachers buy into it more when we create it. Year 1 was very easy, all the lessons look the same. Year 2 was a little more challenging with fresh approach and different topics. Year 3 is really challenging. Teachers have t-shirts Got GRIT? If I fail, I’ll be OK. I’ll just try it a different way! Restorative practices - Problem-solving skills Working through frustrations with kids. Make sure our practice matches what we’re preaching. Are we giving kids chances to show that the “Yet” part? How to be a transformative principal? Reminding yourself that you’re all in this together. Making sure that your staff believes it! Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.

Social Media 259: Students choose a topic they want to study, and ask the teacher to help them understand that culture’s values. Joel Lavin is the principal of River Road / El Camino Del Rio Teachers that put up welcome signs that were edgy. Opinion piece following the vandalism. Discussing racism head-on. Being inclusive not exclusive Equity committee that meets to discuss culture, morale, language barriers, etc. Support students that are not documented immigrants, but make sure that their rights are preserved. Students choose a topic they want to study, and ask the teacher to help them understand that culture’s values. How the mastermind benefits Joel. How to be a transformative principal? Get in a lot of steps to be out in your school! Dual Language Principal Katherine Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey     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.