This great interview with Bernardo Villar is broken up over two episodes. I hope you enjoy it. It was a great interview for me.  Bernardo Villar is the principal of the Title I school Vae View Elementary in Layton, UT. In this interview, you will learn about the following ways Dr. Villar is a transformative principal: Word of the year: rigor How to get teachers to ask for help How to not be defensive How to ask for help and thus generate buy-in How to run data team meetings How to create an environment that invites students and parents to be a part of the school community.  Thanks again to my sponsor: Paperless Principal 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.

Jethro interviews Sondra Jolovich-Motes, principal of Dee Elementary in Ogden School District.  Here is some background information about Dee Elementary:  Dee Elementary, formerly dead last, sees huge gains in reading scores Ogden schools see dramatic spike in student proficiency scores Dee Elementary school grade Links that JM talks about:  Teaching Channel is one way JM helps teachers identify where they can use some help.   Annette Brinkman did some work with JM and Dee Elementary.  University of Virginia Turnaround School Program.  Books:  Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Sponsor:  http://paperlessprincipal.com learn how to be a paperless principal. Remove clutter, streamline your processes.  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.

Jethro interviews Sondra Jolovich-Motes, principal of Dee Elementary in Ogden School District.  Here is some background information about Dee Elementary:  Dee Elementary, formerly dead last, sees huge gains in reading scores Ogden schools see dramatic spike in student proficiency scores Dee Elementary school grade Links that JM talks about:  Teaching Channel is one way JM helps teachers identify where they can use some help.   Annette Brinkman did some work with JM and Dee Elementary.  University of Virginia Turnaround School Program.  Books:  Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Sponsor:  http://paperlessprincipal.com learn how to be a paperless principal. Remove clutter, streamline your processes.  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.

Welcome to the Transformative Principal. In this first episode, I share my TEDxCSDTeachers talk from November about increasing our average daily attendance to 96% by doing one simple thing!  Enjoy.  Have a Good Life. 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.