Have a Good Life: Expanding on the Seed with Meredith Allen Transformative Principal 208

Expanding on the Seed with Meredith Allen Transformative Principal 208

Sunday, January 7, 2018 by jethrojones

Meredith Allen, music educator and Iowa AEA instructional technology coordinator, and account manager for Soundtrap.

Music is very powerful.
Traditional music education.
Giving kids an opportunity to expand on the seed in their head.
Expand on the seed.
Jon Churchville in Michigan.
“Let’s make a song!“
Guide kids by pulling out what is inside them.
How to coach teachers - Don’t tell teachers to do something different.
Students to take control of their learning.
How to benefit from the kids compiling information.
I was the teacher who did things the way I did them because that is how we did them for 50 years.
Junk Funk
Help teachers have that moment where they see the value.
Be connected - I go on Twitter and there’s always somebody doing it better.
SAMR - Using technology and getting to R.
trudacot
On Twitter, people often show what their doing and share the steps so that you can do too.
I didn’t know what I was clicking and two minutes later, I was bawling.
GarageBand and Google Docs had a baby, and it is called SoundTrap.
Non music educators use the tool as well.
Using it for group projects so kids can create it at home.
Collaborate with students without being in the same space.
Minnesota and Haiti connection.
Collaboration all across the globe.
How to be a transformative principal? Have great conversations with the best teachers!

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!