Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Transformative Principal is 

Oct 29, 2017

Dr. Drew Williams started teaching in Las Vegas and ended up as the principal of Tuacahn High School in Southern Utah, where he shares a facility with Tuacahn Center for the Arts

  • First High School charter in the state of Utah - focused on the performing arts.
  • Working to partner more with the Center for the...


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...