Have a Good Life

 

Dr. Stephen Sroka (Twitter grew up in poverty and is now an educator and keynote speaker. Be sure to check out his great YouTube page.

• Steve describes his life growing up and the challenges he faced.
• Overcoming welfare to become a chemist and eventually a teacher.
• The Gift in a Toxic Society - the perfect gift you can give this year. PDF format.
• Dear …, I don’t want to die, but if I do, I want you to know that…. Tell that person what they mean to you.
• It will change the person you love for life.
• It matters because you put everything you have into it.
• Write the gift now because you don’t know when you won’t have a chance.
• The Power of One Speaker
• That time when Steve died.

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Christopher Kai (Twitter) has given over 1,000 speeches or workshops to a global audience from more than 30 countries. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies like American Express, New York Life, and Microsoft and notable non-profits like the Milken Family Foundation. Christopher has spoken alongside some of the most prominent global business leaders like Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s founder Nolan Bushnell, MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, and Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. His keynote experiences have been described as “life-changing,” “absolutely amazing” and a “breath of fresh air” because he consistently delivers actionable ideas and strategies based on research and experience all wrapped up in inspiring and insightful stories. Christopher also has an uncanny ability to customize his speeches for each of his unique clients.

Here he talks about how to create unique and powerful relationships with those you meet. 

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Derek Rhodenizer (Twitter Web site) is a principal in Ottawa Canada. He is also the host of the eduthoughts podcast.

 

• Whiteboard by the table

• Legowall 4’x3’ the video

• Modeling as administrators.

• Giving ownership of the office to other people models giving ownership of the classroom to the students.

• Audio/visual recording studio.

• Weekly updates, drawing

• Teaching parents to read with their kids.

• Empower parents to ask questions.

• Sometimes you have to jump and start building your wings on the way down.

• Start small.

• What am I good at? Start there.

• What can you do to be a transformative principal? Go into the hallway and give kids high fives! You don’t need a reason to give a high five!

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

This is a short episode where I talk about how I made the year 2016 as amazing as possible. If you want to make 2017 your best year ever, sign up for Michael Hyatt's program here. 

 

 

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

 

Derek Rhodenizer (Twitter Web site) is a principal in Ottawa Canada. He is also the host of the eduthoughts podcast.

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Dana Evans Twitter is the principal of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks, AK.

• Students sign up for dance, tai kwon doe and other physical activities throughout the week.
• Friday in Fairbanks activity. See a schedule here
• extra prep time for teachers on Friday.
• How to schedule things for Fairbanks.
• Excursions cost about 20,000 a year.
• Go with the flow is a very important characteristic to have for teachers and students.
• Students with disabilities are thriving in this environment.
• Could this work at a typical school?
• How we could change the typical school to meet individual student needs?
• Core is grade specific.
• Start small with afternoon science and a couple
• How to be a transformative principal? Think of the possibilities.

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Dana Evans Twitter is the principal of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks, AK.

• 3 hours of uninterrupted core math and ELA.
• explorations in the afternoon.
• Science, social studies, math, spanish, technology fine arts, extended learning program, etc.
• Explorations Class Catalog
• Explorations classes are 9 weeks for three each. Some are year long, some are semester long.
• Student choice enhances student engagement.
• Relationships deepen because of looping.
• Afternoon can be something that students really engage in because they choose it.
• Magnet school using the same
• Magnet is the explorations that bring students and families to the school.
• Lottery system to determine who goes to Barnette.
• Envision Math and GoMath.
• Explorations are multi-age in bands.
• Science and social studies checklists to make sure they get what they need.
• 416 students, 20 part time students. Have an additional secretary who does all the scheduling.
• How to deal with endorsements for teachers teaching explorations.
• How to deal with contractural obligations like prep time.
• How are class sizes affected by this schedule?
• Students each lunch in their rooms.
• Each teacher has 2 explorations to teach in the afternoon.
• Class sizes are 20–25 for core classes. Class sizes are a little smaller in explorations

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

James Sturtevant (Twitter @jamessturtevant Website) is an obscure social studies teacher from Central Ohio who is in his 32nd year.

• Storytelling, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink.

• Empower the kids to find the stories.

• Fireplace app Chromebooks iOS.

• Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds.

• Delivering content in a flipped manner.

• The benefits of flipping your classroom.

• How to be a transformative leader? Check your ego.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Jimmy Casas Twitter is in his 22nd year of administrative leadership.  He received his BA in Spanish and Master’s in Teaching from the University of Iowa and his Master’s in Administrative Leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.  Jimmy is currently working on his ED.S and serves as an adjunct professor for Drake University, teaching a graduate course on Educational Leadership.  Jimmy has served as principal at Bettendorf High School in Bettendorf, Iowa for the last 14 years.   Jimmy’s core purpose lies in serving others. He was named the 2012 Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year and was selected as one of three finalists for NASSP 2013 National Secondary Principal of the Year.  In 2014, Jimmy was invited to the White House to speak on the Future Ready Schools pledge.  In 2015, he was named the Bammy National Principal of the Year.  Jimmy is the Co-Founder of EdCampIowa and also the Co-Founder of #IAedchat, a popular online chat that takes place every Sunday evening at 8:00 p.m. CST.  Finally, Jimmy is the co-author of a book with Todd Whitaker and Jeff Zoul entitled, “What Connected Educators Do Differently.”

• What Great Educators Do Differently conference
• Leadership is lonely, but doesn’t have to be as lonely.
• Why it is meaningful to bring experts in to help us learn.
• How to create a network of excellence.
• How to create a mindset of excellence.
• How vulnerability impacts school leaders.
• People who take their jobs seriously want good things to happen for others.
• Surround yourself with excellence.
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
• How pride can be a benefit and a detriment
• How to define a problem clearly.
• When you surround yourself with a team, others will be there to protect and support you.
• Why it is important to make those who lead you look good.
• People who do good things, good things come back to them.
• Never blame someone above you for a decision made.
• Take on the hard issues privately.
• Your personal excellence starts over today. Your personal excellence starts over today with Jimmy Casas Transformative Principal special
• How to be a transformative principal? Spend time with kids, relationships matter, know peoples’ story.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

James Sturtevant (Twitter @jamessturtevant Website) is an obscure social studies teacher from Central Ohio who is in his 32nd year.

 

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Michael Fenton is the Lead Instructional Designer at Desmos. Check out learn.desmos.com.

• Bundles vs. one-off activities.

• Progression of units for teacher use.

• View of assessments.

• Using Desmos for testing

• Interview with Carl Hooker

• Challenges with using Desmos.

• Nature of assessments and challenging the status quo.

• How can teachers get started right now?

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Michael Fenton is the Lead Instructional Designer at Desmos. Check out learn.desmos.com.

• Activity Builder

• How Michael got connected with Desmos.

• How Desmos is different from a typical math site.

• Arguments are more fun when there are people in the room.

• Desmos Guide to Building Great (Digital) Math Activities (Dan Meyer’s Blog)

• It’s about generating interesting discussions in class.

• How long should activities in class be?

• What makes a good activity? Desmos Blog.

• WOSS (What Other Students Said), Pausing, & Anonymizing names to allow kids to focus on

• How to get the conversation out of the machine and into the room.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

 

Ginger Lewman is a keynoter and consultant in Kansas. Purchase her book about life-practice learning here.

• Launch - how to set up PBL to be engaging.

• How to deal with having learning goals posted when

• The essential question to ask when starting Project Based Learning activities.

• Culture of schools - we unintentionally group kids to create bullies.

• Three ways to think about grouping.

• Ability, interest, readiness

• Good group-workers and bad group-workers

• 3 people in a group is optimal.

• How to deal with friends in groups.

• How to be a transformative principal? Know why you want to do it.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

 

Ginger Lewman is a keynoter and consultant in Kansas.

• The power of connecting with others

• Campaign Trail Collaboration

• These are the projects that we can do.

• Lessons for Life Practice Learning <-Amazon link ESSDACK Link

• What are the important elements of project-based learning?

• Questions to ask as you start doing PBL.

• Optimal Ambiguity - how to create an environment where kids want to make sense of their situation.

• Be OK with every kid not being exactly the same.

• Launch

• Groupings

• High expectations

• Presentation

• Preparing for PBL

• Launch - how to set up PBL to be engaging.

• How to deal with having learning goals posted when

• The essential question to ask when starting Project Based Learning activities.

• Culture of schools - we unintentionally group kids to create bullies.

• Three ways to think about grouping.

• Ability, interest, readiness

• Good group-workers and bad group-workers

• 3 people in a group is optimal.

• How to deal with friends in groups.

• How to be a transformative principal? Know why you want to do it.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Randy Sprick is an educational consultant and trainer in Eugene Oregon. He helps teachers, principals, and other staff set up schools that encourage student responsibility and motivation, and help students learn to behave in appropriate ways. He wrote the book CHAMPS and has lead numerous workshops, trainings, conferences, and much more.

• Safe and Civil Schools background

• CHAMPS

• Attendance ideas

• Top 3 musts for creating a safe school environment.

• Systematic and planful supervision of the entire school.

• If we don’t have enough adults in the halls, bullying is taking place.

• Why you want all staff present and interacting with kids.

• Presence of people in authority assists people in obeying the rules.

• Adults who are actively creating a positive school climate.

• The climate of the school is the daily behavior of the adults in the school.

• 5–10 adults who say hello to kids on the way to classroom.

• High expectations that are clearly communicated to kids and overtly taught and consistently enforced.

• Any infraction “please honor our school’s policy on ______”.

• Communication Cards

• Attributes of safe and unsafe school

• How to deal with toxic teachers?

• Messaging needs to come not just from administrators, but also teachers.

• The Checklist Manifesto - the book from which Randy’s reminders about doctor’s washing hands come.

• It is not the peer’s responsibility to call out their peers.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

• The Diffusion of Innovations

• Link for meeting peoples’ basic needs webinar

• Communication Cards

• What can a principal do to be a transformative principal? Be more visible.

• Safeandcivilschools.com

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Randy Sprick is an educational consultant and trainer in Eugene Oregon. He helps teachers, principals, and other staff set up schools that encourage student responsibility and motivation, and help students learn to behave in appropriate ways. He wrote the book CHAMPS and has lead numerous workshops, trainings, conferences, and much more.

• Safe and Civil Schools background

• CHAMPS

• Attendance ideas

• Top 3 musts for creating a safe school environment.

• Systematic and planful supervision of the entire school.

• If we don’t have enough adults in the halls, bullying is taking place.

• Why you want all staff present and interacting with kids.

• Presence of people in authority assists people in obeying the rules.

• Adults who are actively creating a positive school climate.

• The climate of the school is the daily behavior of the adults in the school.

• 5–10 adults who say hello to kids on the way to classroom.

• High expectations that are clearly communicated to kids and overtly taught and consistently enforced.

• Any infraction “please honor our school’s policy on ______”.

• Communication Cards

• Attributes of safe and unsafe school

• How to deal with toxic teachers?

• Messaging needs to come not just from administrators, but also teachers.

• The Checklist Manifesto - the book from which Randy’s reminders about doctor’s washing hands come.

• It is not the peer’s responsibility to call out their peers.

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

• The Diffusion of Innovations

• Link for meeting peoples’ basic needs webinar

• Communication Cards

• What can a principal do to be a transformative principal? Be more visible.

• Safeandcivilschools.com

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Mark Cheverton Twitter is an author, teacher, and physicist.

• Why self-publish.
• Building self-confidence.
• Easy to do and very cheap.
• How to be a better writer.
• How to not get in trouble for infringing on trademarks and copyright.
• Minecraft for Teachers
• Spilling Ink - how to write for kids.
• Wattpad - start publishing your writing.
• NaNoWriMo - Structure to the writing time.
• How to be a transformative principal: give kids a place to write about what they want to write about. Being the content expert makes it easier to write.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Mark Cheverton Twitter is an author, teacher, and physicist.

• Nerdy writing stuff.

• How to be an author.

• The process of writing a book.

• Story Engineering <-amazon link

• Scrivener

• Starting writing projects with Excel

• Different kinds of writers: Plotters and Pantsers

• 7 main scenes in a story

• Hook

• Plot point

• Pinch point

• Midpoint

• Pinch point

• Plot point

• Resolution

• How Mark came to write about Minecraft

• Why the books have some valuable message in them.

• What teachers can get from Mark’s web site.

• Stories that kids shared.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

In this episode, I talk about how I ran building inservice.

Here are a couple links mentioned in this podcast.

Buy the Transformative Leadership Summit

Hacking Relevance with Dennis Sheerin

Happy People are More Magnetic with Michael Hyatt

 

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