Oct 22, 2017

• Owning vs. leading
• Pushed change a little too fast.
• Get teachers to drive initiatives.
• Can’t own it. The teachers have to.
• Biggest change - using grades for compliance
• It takes a lot of time to have the conversations relating to grading.
• Using alternative ways of assessing kids.
• NASSP’s mission and goals as a...

Oct 15, 2017

NASSP President Dan Kelley talks about school change and the need for NASSP to have a real impact in principals’ lives.

• Special education background.
• President of NASSP.
• Archaic way of teaching
• The role of the school needs to change.
• 5:45 minutes.
• Schools can become hubs.
• Changing schools structurally and...

Oct 12, 2017

Justin Baeder, of the Principal Center

• As instructional leaders there is no better way to lead than to be in classrooms.

• It is tough to find time and make it into classrooms.

• Being in classrooms that much sounds ridiculous and impossible.

• Start small.

• Just show up.

* #everyclassroom challenge, be in every...

Oct 8, 2017

Prevailing, Not Relishing with Rebecca Coda and Rick Jetter Transformative Principal 195

Proactive paranoia is good paranoia Call people to the carpet in a professional way.

Rebecca Coda and Rick Jetter are the authors of Escaping the School Leaders Dunk Tank: How to Prevail When Others Want To See You Drown.

• How to...

Oct 1, 2017

Proactive paranoia is good paranoia.

Rebecca Coda and Rick Jetter are the authors of Escaping the School Leaders Dunk Tank: How to Prevail When Others Want To See You Drown.

• How to tell if you are being sabotaged.
• Proactive paranoia - inner voice where you know it is not right, but you
• It comes down to...