Transformative Principal

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Implementing Distributive Leadership with Jack Arend Transformative Principal 531 May 01, 2023

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Jack Arend joined the AWSP team in July 2019. He has served in education since 1989 as an elementary, middle and high school music teacher. He began his building leadership career in the fall of 2006 as the principal of Peter G. Schmidt Elementary in the Tumwater School District. After eleven years in the principalship, he served two years at the Central Office level overseeing multiple content areas and mentoring first year teachers.

Jack and his wife are both graduates of Washington State University. Jack received his Masters Degree from Western Washington University and his Administrative credentials from Seattle Pacific University.

Jack and his wife Brenda enjoy living in the Olympia area and love spending time with their three children, Amanda, Emily, and Thomas.

The Move Up Workshop online version is now closed, but if you are interested, you can join the waitlist at my web site

Move Up workshop
Do you see your school vision in your classroom observations
Professional Learning is self-care for the school leader.
Self-care is how you get your power back.
From aspiring to retiring
School Leadership matters
Are there systems set up that allow you to leave?
Can you schedule an in-person event and not feel guilty.
Distributive leadership
Saddened when people can’t go
There’s no “coverage for my building” so I can’t go.
Learning is a part of our job.
Schools are big machines to keep running.
It’s no small job that schools run efficiently every day.
Every moving part is not contingent on moving the wheel.
It doesn’t always have to be the school leader.
I thought I was there to take things off their plates.
Delegation
Giving people opportunities for others enables me to do other things
Trust can take so long to develop and take split second to break
Trust is like walking on a glass tabletop.
Start with honesty and clarity
Not taking things off my plate that should be on my plate.
Let it happen, and don’t micromanage.
“How’d it go?”
Drafting a master schedule example
What are their parameters, and what is out of bounds?
Importance of understanding the task.
People want to have a voice
How to be a transformative principal? Get to know your people. It’s 100% relational.

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How to Make Today a Win with Ryan Henton Transformative Principal 530 Apr 26, 2023

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Ryan Henton is the Assistant Principal at 450-student Castle Rock High School. He’s in his 15th year as an educator and his first year as an administrator. Previous to administration, he was an English teacher teaching everything from 6th grade to English AP, in California and now in Castle Rock.

In this episode, we talk about Ryan’s experience at the Move Up workshop which you can join virtually starting next week!

Worksheet hanging on his wall.
Helped me focus more learning on the job is so fast and furious.
Show up Lead Up, Level Up
Ryan’s one thing is “How to make today a WIN.”
Moving from Prevention to Promotion mindset.
Focusing on his destination.
Did I make the right move?
So many hats to wear and so many things to do.
I always went home feeling not successful.
The workshop helped me see things in a different way.
Connecting with other assistant principals.
Format | Calendar | popped up | | ———– | ———————- | | Podcast | bullying investigation | | JV Practice | Meet with parents |
This workshop was an upgrade in my thinking!
Making me think and reflect day-to-day
Forces me to reassess my goals for that day.
How the one thing has impacted his leadership
The principal has seen it, but he isn’t sure if the staff sees it.
My world was my classroom
Your classroom is your priority. I’ve become more attentive, more focused
Important to you, but not important to the whole
How to be a transformative principal? Lean into your strengths!

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We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

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Save teachers’ time
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An Interview With Jethro and Lynn Hardin from the Principal Purpose Podcast Apr 25, 2023

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In this interview, Jethro talks with Lynn Hardin about the Move Up Workshop.

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Every Teacher an Intervention Expert with Shaun Cornwall Transformative Principal 529 Apr 17, 2023

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On this episode we talk about the Move Up Workshop, where you will learn how to show up, lead up and level up so you can move up. Are you ready to move up? Take the 2-minute assessment here and see for yourself.

Shaun Cornwall is a seasoned educator and administrator dedicated to delivering top-notch education to all learners. Shaun embraces a well-rounded approach to education, focusing on academic, engineering, artistic, wellness, and social-emotional aspects. With a 20-year background in education, he has served as an Assistant Principal, Dean of Students, and elementary-level classroom teacher. He is currently serving as an assistant principal in the issaquah school district.

Shaun has a knack for incorporating technology into learning environments and has successfully developed STEM programs during his career. With a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and a principal’s license, he is also an active member of ASCD and AWSEP, and has contributed to STEM conferences and the NSTA’s Science Scope journal.

Apart from his professional life, Shaun is a devoted husband and father to four wonderful children, aged between 7 and 17. In his spare time, he loves designing and playing board games, crafting delicious sourdough bread, and catching the latest films at the movies.

Most valuable from the workshop was around evaluations and aligning myself around her values
Our staff will be intervention experts is our vision.
Rubric-based observations vs. a conversational approach
Robotic and not super focused or helpful for teachers?
Feedback is more authentic
Teachers want to be better teachers and my feedback actually helps them now.
One thing: going to be in one lunch every day.
Put it on the calendar and told people they can expect to see me.
Having a paraprofessional out there with me observing how I was handling it.
Why you should attend the workshop.
You are in charge of your own professional growth.
What has made Shaun a great principal? Other principals.
A great principal: Mary Kay Summers
More about being intervention experts: meeting students where they need and what they need
How to support teachers in that realm.
How to be a transformative principal? Get out of your office. Be with kids. Connect with kids that don’t see you as much.

Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

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.

Be the Head Coach of a School with Ben Ziegler Transformative Principal 528 Apr 09, 2023

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Ben Ziegler started his teaching career in SW Washington back in 2009. For a decade now, he has been a part of the Battle Ground School District, and for the past four years, he has been serving as an administrator. Throughout his tenure, Ben has held various positions, including a Dean for Students at the high school level, three years as an elementary AP, and currently, he is an AP at the middle school level.

What was most valuable from the workshop you attended with Jethro?
Getting our mission/vision statements into our observations.
How we are aligning in our vision and mission
Coherence - aligning academics and social emotional. TPEP
What is your one thing? Being aware 2x a day, ask myself if I’m aware.
Helping teachers be more willing to try new things and do different things.
How has your one thing impacted you in ways you didn’t expect?
Had a really good conversation with a staff member here and made some suggestions to a staff member.
Believe in myself more and slow down in moments in dealing with people.
Strategic vs. Tactical approaches.
Perspective
Surprised in a good way with how much it aligned with what I already believe.
Inventory of gratitude
If someone is considering attending this workshop, what advice would you give them?
What is your vision for your career?
Started coaching middle school sports at 19 years old. Loved teaching and coaching.
Be the head coach of a school.
You work with people to improve their schools but help them be the best they can be.
Knowing when to pull back and when to push.
It comes down to relationships.
It often comes down to the right question at the right time.
Let people sit there.
How to be a transformative Principal? Figure out your one thing for yourself - go out and observe and listen.

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The Long Game of Recruiting and Retaining Teachers with Jethro Jones and Eric Makelky Transformative Principal 527 Apr 02, 2023

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Take our free quiz to see if you’re ready to become a principal! Get personalized feedback and actionable steps for improvement. Start your journey to educational leadership success today!

In this episode, we are continuing our coaching conversations with Eric. Please check in our previous episodes 523 519 514, 510, 506, and 501

We are talking about how we finally met in person! We have known each other for years, but haven't met yet! Here's the outline of the rest of what we talk about:

Schoolai.com
Chapter on hiring from How to be a Transformative Principal
Recruiting and hiring
What do we need to do differently to be more flexible
Knowing how few applicants there are, how can we recruit differently?
What is good?
Easy to fill out applications
Vacancies open sooner
Early for traditional
What do you not feel good about?
Don’t know how much difference teacher fairs make or not
Like having a presence at a job fair.
Very few graduates in programs
Internet has changed the application process
How much schools social media helps?
Suggestions for Improving
Attract people to come to your school.
Get on the phone and talk to them about what you offer at the school.
“We need a body”
Worried to non-renew a teacher because they’re not going to get any applicants.
Always be recruiting
Look for talent everywhere
Build a pipeline and keep in touch.
Letter of intent for returning to their home district and get a bonus.
Build a longer district pipeline.

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The Authority: Culture Rules with Mark Miller, WSJ Best-Selling Author and Chick-Fil-A VP Mar 28, 2023

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In this episode, we’re bringing you a conversation from The Authority Podcast, part of the Be Podcast Network.

Today’s guest is international best-selling author and business leader Mark Miller, Vice President of High Performance Leadership for Chick-Fil-A.

Culture Rules: The Leader's Guide to Creating the Ultimate Competitive Advantage is Mark’s 11th book. He currently has over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages.

Ross and Mark discuss:

71% of U.S. leaders believe culture is their #1 most powerful tool to drive performance, but enhancing culture ranks low on their priority list — why the gap?
First move: decide and declare what you're trying to create. Culture needs to be explicit.
The 3 Culture Rules: Aspire, Amplify, Adapt
What does culture mean to your customers?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wanted to shift the company from being “know-it-alls” to “learn-it-alls” — what did Mark learn while working on the book?
The “magic circle” of game design and how it explains culture.
What Mark learned about innovation and purpose.
Measuring culture

Culture Rules is now available for purchase, with a number of bonuses available for individual and bulk orders. Learn about them here: https://www.leadeveryday.com

The Authority is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with leading authors from the education world and beyond. Host Ross Romano, a leadership coach, storytelling strategist and edtech advisor, draws out their invaluable insights on leadership, culture-building, transformation, and student & educator success.

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Mark Miller is a business leader, best-selling author, and communicator. He began writing almost twenty years ago, and with over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages, Mark’s global impact continues to grow. Connect with him:

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education

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Tackling the Teacher Shortage Problem with Michael Horn, Charles Fournier and Kevin Stoller Transformative Principal 525 Mar 23, 2023

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This week on Transformative Principal, Jethro Jones shares a special episode where he was on a panel to discuss the current teacher shortage and what can be done. This was recorded for the Better Learning Podcast

In this podcast, we discussed the following: - teachers that are leaving or doing really well. - How education has been a pink collar job and the impact that has on our day today - Empowering individuals - Addressing mentorship - Policy change vs. leadership decisions - Public Impact in North Carolina - Teacher Buy-in - Teachers want to connect - Playing with Teaching - Motivation - Leadership & culture - A discussion of money

About the Panel:ists Michael Horn is the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of Blended and Disrupting Class, and the new book coming out this week called “Choosing College!”, which is the book we are talking about today!

Charles Fournier is a High school English teacher and freelance podcaster at Wyoming Public Radio. Worked as an associate producer on the award-winning podcast HumaNature. Currently working as a sound designer on award-winning podcast, The Modern West, and host The Mountain Time Podcast Hour on WPR. Recently, have been producing the narrative podcast Those Who Can’t Teach

Jethro Jones, 2017 Digital Principal of the Year, is a former principal and founder of the BE Podcast Network. He is also the author of the books How to be a Transformative Principal and SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves! Jethro currently consults schools and districts on redesign efforts that don’t seem like another program. Jethro has worked as a principal at all K–12 levels, including a prison school, a district coach, distance learning team lead, and English teacher.

The Better Learning Podcast is hosted by Kevin Stoller, CEO of Kay-Twelve and author of Creating Better Learning Environments. The podcast is also associated with other organizations that are focused on improving education including the Education Leaders’ Organization (ELO) and the Second Class Foundation

Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

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.

Building Skills in Executive Functioning with Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan Transformative Principal 524 Mar 14, 2023

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Dr. Karen Dudek Brannan spent 14 years as a school speech-language pathologist (SLP) while working on her doctorate in special education and Director of Special Education credential. In 2015, she launched a business focused on helping IEP teams design services that support language, literacy, and executive functioning, as well as helping all team members be better leaders. She brings a valuable perspective from both the service-provider and leadership ends of special education.

Dr. Karen is also the host of De Facto Leaders on the Be Podcast Network. The show is designed for teachers, aspiring school leaders, and pediatric therapists who want to gain new strategies for success in their sessions and classrooms, and become more effective leaders. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or visit Karen's website to find the link to your preferred podcast app.

Summary:

In today’s episode we dive into the world of executive functioning. Dr. Dudek-Brannan explains what effective work should look like beyond the traditional model of students working on skill deficiencies in isolation with a counselor or therapist. She describes how a team can focus on building these skills in students and what practice in the classroom includes.

Best way for listeners to reach out to Karen:

https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/

Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

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.

How to Prioritize Problems with Eric Makelky and Jethro Jones Transformative Principal 523 Mar 05, 2023

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How Eric Taught a student to write a better email.
Write better emails
How to prioritize problems.
Keeping a focus
What’s keeping you from focusing on your 1 thing in your school?
1 thing: getting into classrooms.
Master schedule -
Is this even in the top ten list?
Got into his 1 thing within a month every year.
Priorities - getting prepared for state testing, getting prepared for next year’s scheduling, graduation, staffing for next year.
Are your priorities your todo list?
Big idea behind state testing
- reflect the efforts of our kids
What makes or breaks a great school.
Why isn’t your past experiences translating to the current situation.
Graduation rate was 85%, wasn’t meeting our goals.
Goal of learning 1 thing each day.
I’ve learned something new every day.
What is the 1 thing that if you
What was most valuable? Reframing how I prioritize

Sponsors Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

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.

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