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Eric Hieser

Transformative Principal

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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

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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. A continuation of my discussion with Eric Heiser, Exectuve direction or Sturgis Public Charter school in Mass.  Teachers go above and beyond often. Teachers who join us are into teaching students, not content. Students thrive on feedback, and if they feel they are going to get it, they are going to go to teachers for it more often. Teachers mindset has to be, I’m going to do everything I can to help kids be successful. How do you tease out that mindset? If I took over your class, and I had no clue about what you were teaching, what words and phrases would your students have about you? How does the teacher see their role and connection? Tell me something that went really well in the last week and why it went well. Tell me something that didn’t go well and why didn’t it? How did you choose your university? Tell me about your favorite class at university and why they were your favorite? How do you connect outside the classroom and why do you do that? Student discipline is not about the consequence, but it is about the opportunity to build a connection with the student after a situation and help the student see what they could have done. Should be about the student growing, not about consequences. Professional development focused on three areas: 1. Differentiation 2. Habits of mind 3. IB-specific training Helping all faculty integrate Theory of Knowledge questions. Preparing students well for assessments, but helping faculty collaborate daily. Guiding principle is helping each student maximize their potential. Recruited 5 people over the past month and a half who are the best. Build passion and enthusiasm in their class, because it is about student learning. We want every teacher to be at the top of their game every year. If you’re really really careful about who you hire, you can be successful. Tell faculty to recommend those who are great. Only recommend top 15%. We want our kids to experience a star, each and every day. Start with Why Simon Sinek TED Talk Don’t measure student success on a specific score on a specific assessment. It is different for each student. It’s not about a number, it is about them.   Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox 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 continuation of my discussion with Eric Heiser, Exectuve direction or Sturgis Public Charter school in Mass. <ul> <li>Teachers go above and beyond often.</li> <li>Teachers who join us are into teaching students, not content.</li> <li>Students thrive on feedback, and if they feel they are going to get it, they are going to go to teachers for it more often.</li> <li>Teachers mindset has to be, I’m going to do everything I can to help kids be successful.</li> <li>How do you tease out that mindset?</li> <li>If I took over your class, and I had no clue about what you were teaching, what words and phrases would your students have about you? How does the teacher see their role and connection?</li> <li>Tell me something that went really well in the last week and why it went well.</li> <li>Tell me something that didn’t go well and why didn’t it?</li> <li>How did you choose your university? Tell me about your favorite class at university and why they were your favorite?</li> <li>How do you connect outside the classroom and why do you do that?</li> <li>Student discipline is not about the consequence, but it is about the opportunity to build a connection with the student after a situation and help the student see what they could have done.</li> <li>Should be about the student growing, not about consequences.</li> <li>Professional development focused on three areas: 1. Differentiation 2. Habits of mind 3. IB-specific training</li> <li>Helping all faculty integrate Theory of Knowledge questions.</li> <li>Preparing students well for assessments, but helping faculty collaborate daily.</li> <li>Guiding principle is helping each student maximize their potential.</li> <li>Recruited 5 people over the past month and a half who are the best.</li> <li>Build passion and enthusiasm in their class, because it is about student learning.</li> <li>We want every teacher to be at the top of their game every year.</li> <li>If you’re really really careful about who you hire, you can be successful.</li> <li>Tell faculty to recommend those who are great. Only recommend top 15%.</li> <li>We want our kids to experience a star, each and every day.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start with Why Simon Sinek TED Talk</a></li> <li>Don’t measure student success on a specific score on a specific assessment. It is different for each student.</li> <li>It’s not about a number, it is about them.</li> </ul> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/transformative-principal/id770942472?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Loading… 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>.  Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? <a href="http://jethrojones.com/simpleschoolsites" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simple School Sites</a> is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. 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/episodebonus-" 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="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1mLVUtj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sponsor: Sanebox</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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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. Eric Heiser is the Exective Director of Sturgis Public Charter School in Massachusetts, where students have a 20% chance of getting in if you don’t have a sibling  International Baccalaureate has programs from K–12 and early college. IB Diploma program the best preparation for College. IB Program is a whole conception of a program. Rigorous courses and also character building. Theory of knowledge, Creative action and service activities. Gain points for what they know, rather than losing points for what they don’t. Very few multiple choice tests in the assessments given. IB for All - no non-IB courses for grades 11 and 12. 9th and 10th grade IB Prep. Students challenge themselves, and grow into their commitment of becoming all they can be. Special Needs at Sturgis on the web site  Guiding points on vision: 1. Help each student maximize their own individual potential. 2. Student learning is why we are here and should drive every decision we make. Moving away from the word teach and saying “How do we create learning?” 3 Rs - Rigor, Relevance, Relationships IB provides external accountability for Rigor. Help students see how what they are learning is relevant to their life. Relationships are enhanced with smaller numbers (2 campuses with 400 students each). School culture has a deep impact on the students’ learning. Don’t do ranking, valedictorians, etc. Want students to be their own personal best. To help students be successful, they need a lot of support, counseling, and care. Schools can unintentionally create systems and events that detract from student learning. Recruiting outstanding faculty is the most important thing I do. Relationship is the most important thing about school. 23"37’   Loading… Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. 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.    Sponsor: Sanebox 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. Eric Heiser is the Exective Director of Sturgis Public Charter School in Massachusetts, where students have a 20% chance of getting in if you don’t have a sibling <ul> <li>International Baccalaureate has programs from K–12 and early college.</li> <li>IB Diploma program the best preparation for College.</li> <li>IB Program is a whole conception of a program. Rigorous courses and also character building.</li> <li>Theory of knowledge, Creative action and service activities.</li> <li>Gain points for what they know, rather than losing points for what they don’t.</li> <li>Very few multiple choice tests in the assessments given.</li> <li>IB for All - no non-IB courses for grades 11 and 12. 9th and 10th grade IB Prep.</li> <li>Students challenge themselves, and grow into their commitment of becoming all they can be.</li> <li>Special Needs at Sturgis on the <a href="http://sturgischarterschool.com/about/SpecialEducationOverview.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web site</a> </li> <li>Guiding points on vision: 1. Help each student maximize their own individual potential. 2. Student learning is why we are here and should drive every decision we make.</li> <li>Moving away from the word teach and saying “How do we create learning?”</li> <li>3 Rs - Rigor, Relevance, Relationships</li> <li>IB provides external accountability for Rigor.</li> <li>Help students see how what they are learning is relevant to their life.</li> <li>Relationships are enhanced with smaller numbers (2 campuses with 400 students each).</li> <li>School culture has a deep impact on the students’ learning.</li> <li>Don’t do ranking, valedictorians, etc. Want students to be their own personal best.</li> <li>To help students be successful, they need a lot of support, counseling, and care.</li> <li>Schools can unintentionally create systems and events that detract from student learning.</li> <li>Recruiting outstanding faculty is the most important thing I do.</li> <li>Relationship is the most important thing about school. 23"37’</li> </ul> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/transformative-principal/id770942472?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Loading… 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>.  Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? <a href="http://jethrojones.com/simpleschoolsites" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simple School Sites</a> is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools. 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/episodebonus-" 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="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1mLVUtj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sponsor: Sanebox</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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