Gregory Leavitt's guest appearances

Gregory Leavitt

Transformative Principal

David Smith

Seth Godin

William Parker

Cory Doctorow

Jethro Jones

Liz Wiseman

Kat Howard

Derek Sivers

Michael Robinson

Geoff Woods

Aaron Walker

Shelly Morgan

Jessica Johnson

David Wood

John Hope Bryant

OwlTail

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit schoolai.com to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Mr. Gregory Leavitt is the principal of Draper Park Middle School in Draper, UT. Draper Park has experienced some great success recently as a top-scoring school in the state in Math, ELA, and Science. He was the 2013 Canyons District Administrator of the Year Award Winner. In this episode we talk about the following: Cross Curricular Teaming and PLCs.  Agenda consists of activities, common vocabulary, student problem solving, and team activities and celebrations Vocabulary is a powerful way to connect content areas. How he reviews all 9 PLC teams’ notes. Consistency as key to long-term success. How they use a Friday late start collaboration time.  Subject Area Teaming and PLCs  Large focus on data Common Formative Assessments Bringing everybody up, instead of comparing for comparison sake. Easy to take big end-of-year test when you are assessing for mastery to the standards all throughout the year. No need for a big push at the end. Nothing fancy, just some Google Docs that are shared between the team.  Standards-Based Grading  100% of grades are based on assessments, what the kids can actually demonstrate as mastery. Rick Wormeli - “Fair Isn’t Always Equal”  Objective Tracker, student-reported grades, and success.  How you can be a transformative principal: Pick one thing that you can sustain for the next 5–7 years and stick with it. 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.   SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with SchoolAI. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to SchoolAI.com/tpWe're so grateful to our sponsor AI Coach by Edthena. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers here.

We are excited to have SchoolAI as a sponsor for the Summer of AI Series on Transformative Principal. Please visit <a href="https://schoolai.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">schoolai.com</a> to save your teachers 10 hours per week. Mr. Gregory Leavitt is the principal of Draper Park Middle School in Draper, UT. Draper Park has experienced some great success recently <a href="http://www.canyonsdistrict.org/headlines/item/3109-headlines-monday-oct-27-2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">as a top-scoring school in the state in Math, ELA, and Science</a>. He was the <a href="http://www.canyonsdistrict.org/schools/item/2490-2013-canyons-school-administrator-of-the-year-greg-leavitt-draper-park-middle-school" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2013 Canyons District Administrator of the Year Award Winner</a>. In this episode we talk about the following: Cross Curricular Teaming and PLCs. <ul> <li>Agenda consists of activities, common vocabulary, student problem solving, and team activities and celebrations</li> <li>Vocabulary is a powerful way to connect content areas.</li> <li>How he reviews all 9 PLC teams’ notes.</li> <li>Consistency as key to long-term success.</li> <li>How they use a Friday late start collaboration time.</li> </ul> Subject Area Teaming and PLCs <ul> <li>Large focus on data</li> <li>Common Formative Assessments</li> <li>Bringing everybody up, instead of comparing for comparison sake.</li> <li>Easy to take big end-of-year test when you are assessing for mastery to the standards all throughout the year.</li> <li>No need for a big push at the end.</li> <li>Nothing fancy, just some Google Docs that are shared between the team.</li> </ul> Standards-Based Grading <ul> <li>100% of grades are based on assessments, what the kids can actually demonstrate as mastery.</li> <li>Rick Wormeli - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1571104240/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1571104240&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=jethrojonesco-20&amp;linkId=JIMK4E2TOELM4EA5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Fair Isn’t Always Equal”</a> </li> <li>Objective Tracker, student-reported grades, and success.</li> </ul> How you can be a transformative principal: Pick one thing that you can sustain for the next 5–7 years and stick with it. Please take a moment to rate this podcast in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/transformative-principal/id770942472?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or on <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jethro-jones/transformative-principals?refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>.  Please follow me on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/jethrojones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jethrojones </a>for the host and <a href="http://twitter.com/trnfrmprincipal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@TrnFrmPrincipal</a> for the show. <a href="http://www.jethrojones.com/new-products/communication-cards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy Communication Cards</a> Show notes on <a href="http://jethrojones.com/gregory-leavitt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TransformativePrincipal.com</a> Download <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/paperless-principal/id558201943?ls=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paperless Principal</a>.   SponsorsSave your teachers hours per week with <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI</a>. It's not just a tool, it's a partner in the classroom. With school AI teachers can plan courses in minutes. Get realtime learning data and provide one-on-one tutor tutoring. Plus it's free for teachers. Go to <a href="https://schoolai.com/tp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SchoolAI.com/tp</a>We're so grateful to our sponsor <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AI Coach by Edthena</a>. AI Coach enables your teachers to go through coaching cycles based on their own needs. The virtual coach guides teachers to reflect on their teaching, set a goal, and create an action plan… all based on gathering classroom evidence. It gives support between PD days  and other coaching cycles.Get a free trial for your teachers <a href="https://edthena.com/bepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

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