Amy Dujon's guest appearances

Amy Dujon

Transformative Principal

Principal Center Radio

Justin Thomas

Richard Kincaid

Emma Turner

Jessica Cabeen

Allison Zmuda

Kevin Stoller

Ken Spero

Anthony Kim

Rick Jetter

Rebecca Coda

Curtis Zimmerman

Don Wettrick

Daniel Bauer

Jessica Johnson

Richard Gerver

OwlTail

Interview Notes, Resources, &amp; LinksGet the book, The Gritty Truth of School Transformation: Eight Phases of Growth to Instructional Rigor Follow Amy on Twitter @AmyDujon Visit Amy's Learning Sciences author page Read Amy's blog post, Lesson Planning: 6 Steps for Aligning Student Tasks With Learning TargetsAbout Amy M. DujonAmy M. Dujon is a practice leader with Learning Sciences International and a former director for leadership development, principal, and teacher. Dujon led one of the first Schools for Rigor in Palm Beach County, Florida, which ignited her passion for student-centered, standards-based instruction. She experienced first-hand the power of a new vision to strengthen core instruction. As a result, she is relentless in her focus to grow professionally and personally, and works with districts and leaders across the country to support their transformation and implementation. Dujon holds an master's of education degree in educational leadership, a bachelor's degree in drama education, and is currently pursuing her doctorate.

Interview Notes, Resources, &amp; Links <a href="https://www.learningsciences.com/books/the-gritty-truth-of-school-transformation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get the book, The Gritty Truth of School Transformation: Eight Phases of Growth to Instructional Rigor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AmyDujon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Amy on Twitter @AmyDujon</a> <a href="https://www.learningsciences.com/authors/amy-dujon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Visit Amy's Learning Sciences author page</a> <a href="https://blog.learningsciences.com/2018/09/10/lesson-planning-6-steps-for-aligning-student-tasks-with-learning-targets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read Amy's blog post, Lesson Planning: 6 Steps for Aligning Student Tasks With Learning Targets</a>About Amy M. Dujon Amy M. Dujon is a practice leader with Learning Sciences International and a former director for leadership development, principal, and teacher. Dujon led one of the first Schools for Rigor in Palm Beach County, Florida, which ignited her passion for student-centered, standards-based instruction. She experienced first-hand the power of a new vision to strengthen core instruction. As a result, she is relentless in her focus to grow professionally and personally, and works with districts and leaders across the country to support their transformation and implementation. Dujon holds an master's of education degree in educational leadership, a bachelor's degree in drama education, and is currently pursuing her doctorate.

Amy Dujon—The Gritty Truth of School Transformation: Eight Phases of Growth to Instructional Rigor

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. Amy Dujon is a Practice Leader at Learning Sciences International. Prior to joining the Learning Sciences team, Amy was the Director of Leadership Development at School District of Palm Beach County, FL, and principal of Acreage Pines Elementary School in Palm Beach, FL. Her current focus is on innovative school improvement through LSI’s Schools for Rigor initiative, where they embed within struggling schools to provide professional development and other long-term guidance to help schools achieve success.  Through a partnership with Learning Sciences International, I changed instruction and skills at my school, and now I work with many leaders throughout the states. Main focus is a high school in Maryland, meeting weekly. Data cycles with teachers. I’m their lifeline. What stays the same and what is different in schools? Typical root causes. Instruction hasn’t really changed much in the last 100 years. Teacher is the gatekeeper of the learning. How to get kids to own their learning. Get teachers to identify learning targets and success criteria. Remove the teacher from the front of the classroom. Plan meaningful stops in their lesson. New leadership skills for principals. Second order change. Rewriting your script of a teacher. Teacher talks, take notes, do assignment. Selective abandonment Protection from initiative overload Push pull and nudge of change. The heavy lift for teachers is in planning. Strengthening core instruction and building capacity of my teachers was more important than focusing on Reader’s Workshop processes. Are we successful because of our instruction, or in spite of it? I’m going to give you permission to focus on other schools. Let the steam out so you can continue to function. Being able to help teachers see that your plate is core instruction. Shifted so much off my plate that wasn’t important. What are you noticing? Whisper coaching. How do you shift so much off your plate? Some things naturally shift of my plate because the students are cognitively engaged. How to be more proactive about what was happening in classrooms. Secretary can filter things out for you. School events. Started to empower support staff to use their gifts. Getting your secretary to chunk time for you. How to be a transformative principal? Be the lead learner on your campus.  Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life!   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.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher  Refer A Principal  Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey   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. <a href="https://twitter.com/amydujon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Dujon</a> is a Practice Leader at <a href="http://learningsciencesinternational.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning Sciences International</a>. Prior to joining the Learning Sciences team, Amy was the Director of Leadership Development at School District of Palm Beach County, FL, and principal of Acreage Pines Elementary School in Palm Beach, FL. Her current focus is on innovative school improvement through LSI’s Schools for Rigor initiative, where they embed within struggling schools to provide professional development and other long-term guidance to help schools achieve success. <ul> <li>Through a partnership with Learning Sciences International, I changed instruction and skills at my school, and now I work with many leaders throughout the states.</li> <li>Main focus is a high school in Maryland, meeting weekly.</li> <li>Data cycles with teachers.</li> <li>I’m their lifeline.</li> <li>What stays the same and what is different in schools?</li> <li>Typical root causes.</li> <li>Instruction hasn’t really changed much in the last 100 years.</li> <li>Teacher is the gatekeeper of the learning.</li> <li>How to get kids to own their learning.</li> <li>Get teachers to identify learning targets and success criteria.</li> <li>Remove the teacher from the front of the classroom.</li> <li>Plan meaningful stops in their lesson.</li> <li>New leadership skills for principals.</li> <li>Second order change.</li> <li>Rewriting your script of a teacher.</li> <li>Teacher talks, take notes, do assignment.</li> <li>Selective abandonment</li> <li>Protection from initiative overload</li> <li>Push pull and nudge of change.</li> <li>The heavy lift for teachers is in planning.</li> <li>Strengthening core instruction and building capacity of my teachers was more important than focusing on Reader’s Workshop processes.</li> <li>Are we successful because of our instruction, or in spite of it?</li> <li>I’m going to give you permission to focus on other schools.</li> <li>Let the steam out so you can continue to function.</li> <li>Being able to help teachers see that your plate is core instruction.</li> <li>Shifted so much off my plate that wasn’t important.</li> <li>What are you noticing?</li> <li>Whisper coaching.</li> <li>How do you shift so much off your plate?</li> <li>Some things naturally shift of my plate because the students are cognitively engaged.</li> <li>How to be more proactive about what was happening in classrooms.</li> <li>Secretary can filter things out for you.</li> <li>School events.</li> <li>Started to empower support staff to use their gifts.</li> <li>Getting your secretary to chunk time for you.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Be the lead learner on your campus.</li> </ul> <a href="http://transformativeprincipal.org/mastermind" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schedule a call with Jethro</a> Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: <a href="http://transformativeprincipal.org/idealweek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Create your ideal week</a>, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/transformative-principal/id770942472?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> 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://transformativeprincipal.org/" 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>.   <a href="http://mbsy.co/3jbnc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Take Control of your email</a> <a href="http://transformativeprincipal.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Web Site</a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=44392&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transformative Principal on Stitcher</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pI7a1e-rszZkDurFR2Jw9aXYjOX0XfCcJ-uTsgNiAmo/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Refer A Principal</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12nqS30m-7PQ5BhlGSGrXoQrYwZ33bgulQRaXfUagC08/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey</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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