Have a Good Life

Tom Braddock is the principal of Evergreen Elementary in Woodbury, New Jersey.

• Planning to go into politics, changed to education
• Alternative Routes to Education licensure.
• Alternatives to Violence
• School Without Walls
• World peace starts with me
• Me -> Community -> Country -> World
• What can I do on a daily basis to be more positive productive and peaceful?
• Nonviolent protests
• Practicality of the class
• World hunger simulation
• The Wave - Book about “the classroom experiment that went too far.“
• Ed Leadership Sims
• How to deal with negative aspects - build the support structure long beforehand.
• 4 simple classroom rules: 1. Keep it Disney 2. Be prepared 3. Be active 4. Be here
• You can’t teach them until you reach them.

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!

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Red Rohl is a veteran elementary and middle school teacher who works to find ways to connect with kids via sketch noting and writing graphic novels. See his web site at http://heavysketches.com. Check out his Facebook page.

• How to help kids become part of your lesson.
• Jotting the ideas down quickly, but then adding more for effect.
• Importance of creativity.
• Not comparing to kids next to them.
• How to help kids get started with sketch noting.
• Start with lined paper and use it.
• Put a little more effort into the visuals.
• Reaching young men and boys and teaching them to be strong men.
• How to be a transformative principal? Listen to the teachers. Let teachers’ lights shine through.

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!

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Jon Harper is the host of the My Bad Podcast on BAM Radio Network and an Assistant Principal. You can find him on Twitter at @jonharper70bd.

• Why Jon’s school calls their classrooms families.

• Meetings are meant to build trust, loves, and empathy.

• Activities with kids to build trust, show vulnerability.

• QTIP - Quit Taking it Personally

• Learn people’s stories.

• You can’t feel what they feel, but you have an understanding of who they are.

• Lead by example.

• How to be a transformative principal? Share some of your flaws with a teacher or a student.

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!

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My Bad with Jon Harper Transformative Principal 169
Split at 18:55 when I ask, what are you most excited about at your school?
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The QTIP Strategy with Jon Harper Transformative Principal 170

Jon Harper is the host of the My Bad Podcast on BAM Radio Network and an Assistant Principal. You can find him on Twitter at @jonharper70bd.

• Why he started his podcast.

• The power of mistakes.

• Powerful episode with Maggie Bolado

• Strengths-based leadership

• Listen

• Treat people as people first and teachers second.

• Education is what we do, not who we are.

• Restorative Practices

• You might lose minutes in Math or ELA, but you gain learning in the social emotional area.

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!

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Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Bringing a Calming Influence with Daniel Bauer Transformative Principal Special
Who you are matters

Daniel Bauer is the host of the Better Leaders Better Schools Podcast, and a dear friend. He started his first year as building principal this last year and takes some time to reflect on what he has learned about it.

• Better Leadership Sprint with Daniel Bauer use the word transform! Or use the code Jethro for $30
• “You brought a calming influence to the campus.”
• Best gift ever. 3 year journal
• Who you are matters.
• The power of being self-aware.
• The Go Giver Leader
• The Morning Miracle
• Tips for bringing a calming influence.
• Don’t forget rule #6
• How to be a transformative principal? check out the Leadership Sprint and give mindfulness a chance. Download the Headspace app

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!

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Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.

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Scott Johns is a former high school CTE teacher, and now works for Education Elements, former educators and administrators who are passionate about education.

• Student Reflection and Ownership

• Students need to understand their role in their learning.

• The power of setting goals.

• Self-directed learning.

• Small structured choices.

• Integrated Digital Content

• Computers/tablets/screen time is not all this is.

• Lily pad, too much on one corner causes you to drop.

• Integrated digital content allows personalized learning to scale.

• Digital tools can increase ability to perform at higher levels.

• Newsela.com and achieve3000

• How to not meet just the needs of the middle.

• How to meet the needs of the high and low.

• How to be a transformative Principal? Design thinking process. Empathy. Get students’ input.

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!

Join my group coaching program

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.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal