Have a Good Life: Invitation Only Parent Teacher Conferences with Jay Posick Transformative Principal 254

Invitation Only Parent Teacher Conferences with Jay Posick Transformative Principal 254

Sunday, November 25, 2018 by jethrojones

Invitation Only Parent Teacher Conferences with Jay Posick Transformative Principal 254

Social Media: If you’re sitting in your office, trouble is going to come find you so you might as well go find it!

Jay Posick is principal of Merton Intermediate school in Merton Wisconsin

How our culture came to be here in Merton.
Weekly nuts and bolts emails “Good Morning Merton Family“
Take care of kids…
Connect with people face to face.
There aren’t silver bullets.
Get out of your office.
If you’re sitting in your office, trouble is going to come find you so you might as well go find it!
3 all-staff meetings each year that I’m in charge of.
First agenda item on grade level meetings is kids.
There are times as educators where we focus more on the negative than on the positive
Recognize kids that are going above and beyond.
Be kind, be safe, do your job.
Good news call of the day. #mertonproud
Finding ways to recognize kids.
Find a way for teachers to share more with others.
Mark French came up with the idea.
Have a positive phone call at the end of the week.
Ordinary to you, amazing to everyone else.
Invitation only conferences
Pat on the back or a kick in the butt!
Building Leadership Team.
More on invitation only conferences.
Great things, challenges, great things.
How to be a transformative principal? Get out of your office!

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!