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Fridays in Fairbanks with Dana Evans Transformative Principal 151 Nov 27, 2016

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Dana Evans Twitter is the principal of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks, AK.

Students sign up for dance, tai kwon doe and other physical activities throughout the week.
Friday in Fairbanks activity. See a schedule here
extra prep time for teachers on Friday.
How to schedule things for Fairbanks.
Excursions cost about 20,000 a year.
Go with the flow is a very important characteristic to have for teachers and students.
Students with disabilities are thriving in this environment.
Could this work at a typical school?
How we could change the typical school to meet individual student needs?
Core is grade specific.
Start small with afternoon science and a couple
How to be a transformative principal? Think of the possibilities.

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Core in the Morning Explorations in the Afternoon with Dana Evans Transformative Principal 150 Nov 20, 2016

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Dana Evans Twitter is the principal of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks, AK.

3 hours of uninterrupted core math and ELA.
explorations in the afternoon.
Science, social studies, math, spanish, technology fine arts, extended learning program, etc.
Explorations Class Catalog
Explorations classes are 9 weeks for three each. Some are year long, some are semester long.
Student choice enhances student engagement.
Relationships deepen because of looping.
Afternoon can be something that students really engage in because they choose it.
Magnet school using the same
Magnet is the explorations that bring students and families to the school.
Lottery system to determine who goes to Barnette.
Envision Math and GoMath.
Explorations are multi-age in bands.
Science and social studies checklists to make sure they get what they need.
416 students, 20 part time students. Have an additional secretary who does all the scheduling.
How to deal with endorsements for teachers teaching explorations.
How to deal with contractural obligations like prep time.
How are class sizes affected by this schedule?
Students each lunch in their rooms.
Each teacher has 2 explorations to teach in the afternoon.
Class sizes are 20–25 for core classes. Class sizes are a little smaller in explorations

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The Power of Storytelling in Flipped Classrooms with James Sturtevant Transformative Principal 149 Nov 13, 2016

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James Sturtevant (Twitter @jamessturtevant Website) is an obscure social studies teacher from Central Ohio who is in his 32nd year.

Storytelling, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink.
Empower the kids to find the stories.
Fireplace app Chromebooks iOS.
Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds.
Delivering content in a flipped manner.
The benefits of flipping your classroom.
How to be a transformative leader? Check your ego.

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Leadership is Hard with Jimmy Casas Transformative Principal Special Nov 07, 2016

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Jimmy Casas Twitter is in his 22nd year of administrative leadership. He received his BA in Spanish and Master’s in Teaching from the University of Iowa and his Master’s in Administrative Leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. Jimmy is currently working on his ED.S and serves as an adjunct professor for Drake University, teaching a graduate course on Educational Leadership. Jimmy has served as principal at Bettendorf High School in Bettendorf, Iowa for the last 14 years. Jimmy’s core purpose lies in serving others. He was named the 2012 Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year and was selected as one of three finalists for NASSP 2013 National Secondary Principal of the Year. In 2014, Jimmy was invited to the White House to speak on the Future Ready Schools pledge. In 2015, he was named the Bammy National Principal of the Year. Jimmy is the Co-Founder of EdCampIowa and also the Co-Founder of #IAedchat, a popular online chat that takes place every Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. CST. Finally, Jimmy is the co-author of a book with Todd Whitaker and Jeff Zoul entitled, “What Connected Educators Do Differently.”

What Great Educators Do Differently conference
Leadership is lonely, but doesn’t have to be as lonely.
Why it is meaningful to bring experts in to help us learn.
How to create a network of excellence.
How to create a mindset of excellence.
How vulnerability impacts school leaders.
People who take their jobs seriously want good things to happen for others.
Surround yourself with excellence.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
How pride can be a benefit and a detriment
How to define a problem clearly.
When you surround yourself with a team, others will be there to protect and support you.
Why it is important to make those who lead you look good.
People who do good things, good things come back to them.
Never blame someone above you for a decision made.
Take on the hard issues privately.
Your personal excellence starts over today. Your personal excellence starts over today with Jimmy Casas Transformative Principal special
How to be a transformative principal? Spend time with kids, relationships matter, know peoples’ story.

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Hacking Engagement with James Sturtevant Transformative Principal 148 Nov 06, 2016

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James Sturtevant (Twitter @jamessturtevant Website) is an obscure social studies teacher from Central Ohio who is in his 32nd year.

Hacking Engagement Book and Podcast
Need to make engagement a priority.
It doesn’t matter how important or cool your topic is if the kids aren’t engaged.
A lot of people confuse engagement with compliance.
Grab your students by the virtual lapels
Tackle problem of engagement on three fronts: technology, teacher strategies, and relationships.
Talking for more than 10 minutes is not going to work!

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The Power of Desmos with Michael Fenton Transformative Principal 147 Oct 30, 2016

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Michael Fenton is the Lead Instructional Designer at Desmos. Check out learn.desmos.com.

Bundles vs. one-off activities.
Progression of units for teacher use.
View of assessments.
Using Desmos for testing
Interview with Carl Hooker
Challenges with using Desmos.
Nature of assessments and challenging the status quo.
How can teachers get started right now?

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Building Great Math Actvities with Michael Fenton Transformative Principal 146 Oct 23, 2016

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Michael Fenton is the Lead Instructional Designer at Desmos. Check out learn.desmos.com.

Activity Builder
How Michael got connected with Desmos.
How Desmos is different from a typical math site.
Arguments are more fun when there are people in the room.
Desmos Guide to Building Great (Digital) Math Activities (Dan Meyer’s Blog)
It’s about generating interesting discussions in class.
How long should activities in class be?
What makes a good activity? Desmos Blog.
WOSS (What Other Students Said), Pausing, & Anonymizing names to allow kids to focus on
How to get the conversation out of the machine and into the room.

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How to Set Up Project Based Learning with Ginger Lewman Transformative Principal 145 Oct 16, 2016

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Ginger Lewman is a keynoter and consultant in Kansas. Purchase her book about life-practice learning here.

Launch - how to set up PBL to be engaging.
How to deal with having learning goals posted when
The essential question to ask when starting Project Based Learning activities.
Culture of schools - we unintentionally group kids to create bullies.
Three ways to think about grouping.
Ability, interest, readiness
Good group-workers and bad group-workers
3 people in a group is optimal.
How to deal with friends in groups.
How to be a transformative principal? Know why you want to do it.

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Lessons for Life Practice Learning with Ginger Lewman Transformative Principal 144 Oct 09, 2016

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Ginger Lewman is a keynoter and consultant in Kansas.

The power of connecting with others
Campaign Trail Collaboration
These are the projects that we can do.
Lessons for Life Practice Learning <-Amazon link ESSDACK Link
What are the important elements of project-based learning?
Questions to ask as you start doing PBL.
Optimal Ambiguity - how to create an environment where kids want to make sense of their situation.
Be OK with every kid not being exactly the same.
Launch
Groupings
High expectations
Presentation
Preparing for PBL
Launch - how to set up PBL to be engaging.
How to deal with having learning goals posted when
The essential question to ask when starting Project Based Learning activities.
Culture of schools - we unintentionally group kids to create bullies.
Three ways to think about grouping.
Ability, interest, readiness
Good group-workers and bad group-workers
3 people in a group is optimal.
How to deal with friends in groups.
How to be a transformative principal? Know why you want to do it.

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Dealing with Toxic Staff with Randy Sprick Transformative Principal 143 Oct 02, 2016

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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

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