

Transformative Principal
Jethro Jones
Jethro 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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Oct 2, 2016 • 28min
Dealing with Toxic Staff with Randy Sprick Transformative Principal 143
 Randy Sprick is an educational consultant and trainer in Eugene Oregon. He helps teachers, principals, and other staff set up schools that encourage student responsibility and motivation, and help students learn to behave in appropriate ways. He wrote the book CHAMPS and has lead numerous workshops, trainings, conferences, and much more.   Safe and Civil Schools background   CHAMPS   Attendance ideas   Top 3 musts for creating a safe school environment.   Systematic and planful supervision of the entire school.   If we don’t have enough adults in the halls, bullying is taking place.   Why you want all staff present and interacting with kids.   Presence of people in authority assists people in obeying the rules.   Adults who are actively creating a positive school climate.   The climate of the school is the daily behavior of the adults in the school.   5–10 adults who say hello to kids on the way to classroom.   High expectations that are clearly communicated to kids and overtly taught and consistently enforced.   Any infraction “please honor our school’s policy on ______”.   Communication Cards    Attributes of safe and unsafe school   How to deal with toxic teachers?   Messaging needs to come not just from administrators, but also teachers.   The Checklist Manifesto - the book from which Randy’s reminders about doctor’s washing hands come.   It is not the peer’s responsibility to call out their peers.   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”   The Diffusion of Innovations    Link for meeting peoples’ basic needs webinar   Communication Cards   What can a principal do to be a transformative principal? Be more visible.   Safeandcivilschools.com    Take the Fall Listener Survey    Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Sep 25, 2016 • 35min
Three Musts for a Safe School with Randy Sprick Transformative Principal 142
 Randy Sprick is an educational consultant and trainer in Eugene Oregon. He helps teachers, principals, and other staff set up schools that encourage student responsibility and motivation, and help students learn to behave in appropriate ways. He wrote the book CHAMPS and has lead numerous workshops, trainings, conferences, and much more.   Safe and Civil Schools background   CHAMPS   Attendance ideas   Top 3 musts for creating a safe school environment.   Systematic and planful supervision of the entire school.   If we don’t have enough adults in the halls, bullying is taking place.   Why you want all staff present and interacting with kids.   Presence of people in authority assists people in obeying the rules.   Adults who are actively creating a positive school climate.   The climate of the school is the daily behavior of the adults in the school.   5–10 adults who say hello to kids on the way to classroom.   High expectations that are clearly communicated to kids and overtly taught and consistently enforced.   Any infraction “please honor our school’s policy on ______”.   Communication Cards    Attributes of safe and unsafe school   How to deal with toxic teachers?   Messaging needs to come not just from administrators, but also teachers.   The Checklist Manifesto - the book from which Randy’s reminders about doctor’s washing hands come.   It is not the peer’s responsibility to call out their peers.   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”   The Diffusion of Innovations    Link for meeting peoples’ basic needs webinar   Communication Cards   What can a principal do to be a transformative principal? Be more visible.   Safeandcivilschools.com    Take the Fall Listener Survey    Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Sep 18, 2016 • 24min
How to Make Students Authors with Mark Cheverton Transformative Principal 141
 Mark Cheverton Twitter is an author, teacher, and physicist.  Why self-publish. Building self-confidence. Easy to do and very cheap. How to be a better writer. How to not get in trouble for infringing on trademarks and copyright. Minecraft for Teachers Spilling Ink - how to write for kids. Wattpad - start publishing your writing. NaNoWriMo - Structure to the writing time. How to be a transformative principal: give kids a place to write about what they want to write about. Being the content expert makes it easier to write.   Take the Fall Listener Survey    Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Sep 11, 2016 • 28min
How to Write a Book Every 60 Days with Mark Cheverton Transformative Principal 140
 Mark Cheverton Twitter is an author, teacher, and physicist.   Nerdy writing stuff.   How to be an author.   The process of writing a book.   Story Engineering <-amazon link   Scrivener   Starting writing projects with Excel   Different kinds of writers: Plotters and Pantsers   7 main scenes in a story   Hook   Plot point   Pinch point   Midpoint   Pinch point   Plot point   Resolution   How Mark came to write about Minecraft   Why the books have some valuable message in them.   What teachers can get from Mark’s web site.   Stories that kids shared.      Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Aug 28, 2016 • 32min
Planning Building Inservice with Jethro Jones Transformative Principal 139
 In this episode, I talk about how I ran building inservice. Here are a couple links mentioned in this podcast. Buy the Transformative Leadership Summit  Hacking Relevance with Dennis Sheerin Happy People are More Magnetic with Michael Hyatt      Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Aug 22, 2016 • 49min
Inspiring Big Change with Jon Laffoon Transformative Principal 138
 Today, I talk again with Jon Laffoon about the big changes you can make in a school and how to make them.    This was part of the Transformative Leadership Summit, which if you didn't get, it's not too late. Over 40 amazing educational leaders came together to teach you how to be an awesome leader. The Summit is over, but you can still get access by buying the All Access Pass.
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Aug 14, 2016 • 50min
Reflecting on the Transformative Leadership Summit with Jethro Jones Transformative Principal 137
 Listen as I reflect on the Transformative Leadership Summit, which ends August 15, 2016. This is in my mastermind, which you can contact me about joining.    It's not too late to catch some awesome videos. You can even get the All Access Pass.  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Aug 7, 2016 • 40min
Transformative Leadership Summit Q&A with Jethro Jones and Daniel Bauer Transformative Principal 136
 This episode is the Live Q&A that Daniel and I did for the Transformative Leadership Summit this week. I hope you enjoy it.  The Transformative Leadership Summit launched last Monday. Please, join me! Click HERE to register for Free Access to over 40 amazing education leaders who are ready to make your school the best ever! You don’t want to miss any of these amazing interviews. They’ll be online for 48 hours only! Get in here! You can even get college credit for your participation in the Summit!  Here's the schedule:  08/01/2016 Monday: Launch party, Will Parker, Brad Gustafson - Expired 08/02/2016 Tuesday: Kimberly Miles, Jeff Zoul, and Daniel Bauer - Expired 08/03/2016 Wednesday: Kendra Washington-Bass, Kyle Palmer, Robert Dillon - Expired 08/04/2016 Thursday: Live Q&A, Jennifer Abrams, Jonathon Wennstrom - Expired 08/05/2016 Friday: Amy Fast, Jethro Jones, Glenn Robbins - Expired 08/06/2016 Saturday: Geri Parscale, Anne Beninghof, Mike Kelly 08/07/2016 Sunday: Bill Ziegler, Clayton Reedie, Vicki Davis 08/08/2016 Monday: Mary McMahon, Doug Timm, Mark Modesti 08/09/2016 Tuesday: Justin Baeder, Neil Gupta, Mike Anderson 08/10/2016 Wednesday: Don Wettrick, Emily Drake, Damon Hargraves 08/11/2016 Thursday: Jen Gonzalez, Eric Connor, Paul Erickson 08/12/2016 Friday: Rob Carroll and Stacey Keown, Erika Mortensen and Christina Lufrano and Rosa Isiah 08/13/2016 Saturday: LaVonna Roth, Marlena Gross-Taylor and a surprise guest! 08/14/2016 Sunday: John Linney, Sean Gaillard and one other surprise guest to close out the conference! 08/15/2016 Closing Keynote with Jethro and Daniel This Summit is EPIC! Sign up today!  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Jul 31, 2016 • 24min
Failure is not an Option with Rachel Yanof Transformative Principal 135
 TOMORROW! The Transformative Leadership Summit launches. Please, join me! Click HERE to register for Free Access to over 40 amazing education leaders who are ready to make your school the best ever! You don't want to miss any of these amazing interviews. They'll be online for 48 hours only! Get in here!   Rachel Yanof started the Phoenix Collegiate Academy with the express intent to get all the students to college. I hope you enjoy this interview, as I sure did.  Set a huge goal so failure was not an option. The huge goal supported the day-to-day decisions. Pushed ourselves to see if we are on track. AP classes as freshman. Small School - individualized and small group instruction. Only inviting kids to Saturday school and after school who needed the specific skills. More time - 1 hour in school longer - if used well, can be a huge benefit for the students. NWEA MAP Assessment - research into college preparedness. 75th percentile is the goal. Saturday school - get as specific as possible while still managing numbers. Does cost extra money - spend the resources to make the maximum impact on our students. We know we need to offer X, we have the means to offer Y. Governing board sponsors teacher appreciation each month. Finding other ways to show teachers you appreciate them. Videos of kids thanking their teachers. Pay-for-performance fund Is this scalable? Haven’t figured out the challenge of hiring on mission in a larger setting. How to be a transformative principal? Find that thing that you’re willing to live and die for and then tell everyone!     Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey  
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 

Jul 25, 2016 • 23min
Every Student in College with Rachel Yanof Transformative Principal 134
 In just one week, the biggest and best leadership conference for educational leaders starts! Please join me to hear from over 30 experts in leadership and education as we set the stage for our best school year ever! CLICK HERE to sign up. Rachel Yanof started the Phoenix Collegiate Academy with the express intent to get all the students to college. I hope you enjoy this interview, as I sure did.  First time I confronted the idea that kids could go to a college or not. Trusting the system could make it so the kids don’t get what they need. Building Excellent Schools 97% receiving free and reduced lunch. 90%+ minority Find families through being in their area Every parent has dreams for their child. Homework Overcommunicate Parents need to be involved in education, active participant. Mandatory parent orientation, come to us or we will come to you because it is that important that you are part of the team. Homework is assigned every night. Not a secret what is happening in school. Perseverance, respect, integrity, discipline, endurance. PRIDE Report - Tracking positive and negative consequences at school. Parents come in every quarter for conferences. 100% participation in conferences. Flipped model in the high school. Communication-focus in lower grades.  Don't forget to sign up for the Transformative Leadership Summit which starts in just one week! Don't miss any of the awesome presenters including LaVonna Roth, Jennifer Abrams, Neil Gupta, Glenn Robbins, Vicki Davis, and many more! CLICK HERE to sign up!    Loading… 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey
LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.comWe’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. 


