Have a Good Life

Joe Wehbe, 26 years old (I’ll be 27 by the time of this interview) and from Sydney Australia. 2016-2019 - Co-Director of a nonprofit building schools and providing employment in Nepal, called From the Ground Up. Author of 18 & Lost? So Were We with seven other co-authors. Co-founded the Constant Student Community in 2021 https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

• Friend started Nepal opportunity
• People never do step 1 so they won't do step 2,3,4.
• Gatekeepers are gone
• When you go out on your own, you become a leader.
• Momentum is seductive.
• Life wasn't bad enough that I wanted to change it.
• 1page summary of Atomic Habits
• how to deal with momentum.
• As of late 2021 we are also creating the beta of the ‘Intentional Gap Year’ https://drivenyoung.com/igy/
• Opportunity costs or the cost of inaction
• Prompt - makes you change
• Getting proactive when you have a break.
• Human potential is unknowable.
• Four tragedies.
• The third door book
• How to be a Transformative principal? Be open minded about what education can look like.

Sponsors

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Sini Ninkovic, who is today better known as “The Untethered Guy”, is a Berkeley MBA, and Silicon Valley professional turned digital wellness guru.

After a lifelong struggle with digital dependency, Sini quit his job at Apple to live in a van and untether from tech. Along the way he learned that the key to inner harmony wasn’t found in removing tech, but in redefining his relationship with it. The tools he discovered for himself were so transformative that sharing them with the world has become his personal mission.

After releasing his book Untethered, Sini started traveling globally as a speaker and digital wellness educator. In his engaging talks he teaches our tech dilemma and shares a long term future where we overcome distraction and truly embrace our devices without becoming tethered to them.

• How Sini arrived in Austria as a refugee.
• As an adult while still playing games roommates said there was something wrong.
• At 24, finally realized that he was addicted to technology.
• Games are no better now than they were, but they are better at sucking you in.
• Working at Apple - but not knowing what he’s doing afterwards.
• Silent meditation retreat.
• Redefining your relationship with technology.
• Inner voice told me what to do: 1. learn language. 2. write a book 3. combine those two.
• Huge financial loss
• How to have a healthy relationship with technology
• Mindset upgrade - what if the smartphone is our first relationship with a piece of technology?
• What would it be to be a 10!
• We are all seeking an emotional connection.
• Reduce the effects of algorithms.
• Mindset upgrades
• Smartphone is the average of our 5–10 most used apps.
• Drained of willpower by the end of the day.
• Use peers to help you do better.
• Tristan Harris - The Social Dilemna

Check out this episode!

• Some recent examples of school board cybertraps

• AZ – Google Drive with “dossiers” on parents
  • Great example of a classic cybertrap – unintended disclosure of Google Drive URL

• CA – Board president arrested for possession of child pornography

• MA – Hostile text messages

• NJ – Anti-Muslim Facebook posts

• TX – Alleged “doxxing” of parents

• VT – Sharing of sexist and racist memes

• WA – Transphobic comments by board member

• CA – School board mocks parents during COVID, entire board resigned

• Issues Raised

• Relationship with Constituents
  • Most boards have policies requiring board members to treat the public with dignity and respect.
• Relationship with Educators and Staff
  • Criticism of specific individuals is highly inappropriate, given board’s role in disciplinary proceedings
• First Amendment Issues
  • Board members have greater protection than school employees because of political process
  • At the same time, the social media comments of public officials are subject to greater scrutiny
  • Tension between supporting legally-adopted district policies and free speech
• Public Records Obligations
  • Board members should maintain a clear boundary between personal and board resources (i.e., devices, accounts, etc.)
  • Regardless of what platform or service is used, public officials have a duty to preserve communications regarding official business
• Understanding How Technology Works
  • Privacy Settings
  • Retweets and re-sharing inevitably will be seen as endorsements
• Discipline of Board Members
  • Can a board remove one of its members?
  • Generally, no.
  • However, board may take other actions, including:
    • Censure
    • Removal from positions of leadership
  • Even criminal arrest and conviction is not grounds for removal from office
  • However, access restrictions can be put in place
• Misuse of School Resources
  • Misconduct involving the use of school resources may raise legal issues for the district and possible criminal consequences for board member
• Cybertraps of Family Members
  • Generally not a legal concern for board members
  • May pose political liability

• Resources

- #2021–12–08 Protesters demand Salem-Keizer board member Danielle Bethell resign after Facebook post
“https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/education/2021/12/08/salem-keizer-lus-protesters-call-resignation-danielle-bethell-school-board-county-commission/6426974001/”
- #2021–12–06 Parents demand Hispanic Fort Worth school board member be fired after she ‘doxxed’ white parents who sued over COVID mask mandate and left abusive voicemails for one mother
“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–10280653/Hispanic-Fort-Worth-school-board-member-admits-doxxing-parents-sued-COVID-mask-mandate.html”
- #2021–12–02 Scottsdale Police determine no criminal conduct committed by school board member
“https://ktar.com/story/4792525/scottsdale-police-determine-no-criminal-conduct-committed-by-school-board-member/”
- #2021–11–09 The Greenburg files: Is there a file on you?
“https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/the-greenburg-files-is-there-a-file-on-you,270628”
- #2021–06–07 After sharing racially charged texts about West Roxbury families in October, a Boston school official has resigned
“https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/07/metro/boston-appears-have-illegally-withheld-inappropriate-texts-after-career-ending-school-committee-meeting/”](<Show Notes

• Some recent examples of school board cybertraps

• AZ – Google Drive with “dossiers” on parents
  • Great example of a classic cybertrap – unintended disclosure of Google Drive URL

• CA – Board president arrested for possession of child pornography

• MA – Hostile text messages about parents during public meeting

• NJ – Anti-Muslim Facebook posts

• TX – Alleged “doxxing” of parents

• VT – Sharing of sexist and racist memes

• WA – Transphobic comments by board member

• Ethics Quote from Stephen M.R. Covey’s Speed of Trust

• The problem in organizations, however, is that many “ethics” solutions focus on compliance. The compliance definition of “ethics” is not one of integrity or integratedness; it is a watered-down, devalued definition that essentially means “follow the rules.” Ethics training, therefore, is often focused exclusively on conformity to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory and rules-based legislation—and not on clarifying values and fostering integrity to those values and to enduring principles. As a result, companies have huge, complex policy manuals. In addition, people can be duplicitous or even brutal in how they treat others, but unless they’re caught fudging on an expense account or violating some other measurable rule, as long as they’re getting results, most companies typically won’t do anything about it.

• The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything (p. 63). Free Press. Kindle Edition.

• Issues Raised

• Relationship with Constituents
  • Most boards have policies requiring board members to treat the public with dignity and respect.
• Relationship with Educators and Staff
  • Criticism of specific individuals is highly inappropriate, given board’s role in disciplinary proceedings
• First Amendment Issues
  • Board members have greater protection than school employees because of political process
  • At the same time, the social media comments of public officials are subject to greater scrutiny
  • Tension between supporting legally-adopted district policies and free speech
• Public Records Obligations
  • Board members should maintain a clear boundary between personal and board resources (i.e., devices, accounts, etc.)
  • Regardless of what platform or service is used, public officials have a duty to preserve communications regarding official business
• Understanding How Technology Works
  • Privacy Settings
  • Retweets and re-sharing inevitably will be seen as endorsements
• Discipline of Board Members
  • Can a board remove one of its members?
  • Generally, no.
  • However, board may take other actions, including:
    • Censure
    • Removal from positions of leadership
  • Even criminal arrest and conviction is not grounds for removal from office
  • However, access restrictions can be put in place
• Misuse of School Resources
  • Misconduct involving the use of school resources may raise legal issues for the district and possible criminal consequences for board member
• Cybertraps of Family Members
  • Generally not a legal concern for board members
  • May pose political liability

• Resources

- #2021–12–08 Protesters demand Salem-Keizer board member Danielle Bethell resign after Facebook post
“https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/education/2021/12/08/salem-keizer-lus-protesters-call-resignation-danielle-bethell-school-board-county-commission/6426974001/”
- #2021–12–06 Parents demand Hispanic Fort Worth school board member be fired after she ‘doxxed’ white parents who sued over COVID mask mandate and left abusive voicemails for one mother
“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–10280653/Hispanic-Fort-Worth-school-board-member-admits-doxxing-parents-sued-COVID-mask-mandate.html”
- #2021–12–02 Scottsdale Police determine no criminal conduct committed by school board member
“https://ktar.com/story/4792525/scottsdale-police-determine-no-criminal-conduct-committed-by-school-board-member/”
- #2021–11–09 The Greenburg files: Is there a file on you?
“https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/the-greenburg-files-is-there-a-file-on-you,270628”
- #2021–06–07 After sharing racially charged texts about West Roxbury families in October, a Boston school official has resigned
“https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/07/metro/boston-appears-have-illegally-withheld-inappropriate-texts-after-career-ending-school-committee-meeting/”
- #2021–02–19 Entire California school board out after disparaging parents on accidental Zoom broadcast
“https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-school-board-members-caught-disparaging-parents-accidental-zoom-broadcast-n1258351”
- #2016–11–11 Burlington School Board Rips Member’s Racist, Sexist Posts
“https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2016–11–11/burlington-school-board-rips-members-racist-sexist-posts”
- #2010–09–20 Utah Board member censured for making disparaging remarks toward an employee
"https://www.deseret.com/2011/9/21/20387657/member-of-canyons-school-district-board-of-education-member-issued-censure-by-fellow-board-members](<Show Notes

• Some recent examples of school board cybertraps

• AZ – Google Drive with “dossiers” on parents
  • Great example of a classic cybertrap – unintended disclosure of Google Drive URL

• CA – Board president arrested for possession of child pornography

• MA – Hostile text messages about parents during public meeting

• NJ – Anti-Muslim Facebook posts

• TX – Alleged “doxxing” of parents

• VT – Sharing of sexist and racist memes

• WA – Transphobic comments by board member

• Ethics Quote from Stephen M.R. Covey’s Speed of Trust

• The problem in organizations, however, is that many “ethics” solutions focus on compliance. The compliance definition of “ethics” is not one of integrity or integratedness; it is a watered-down, devalued definition that essentially means “follow the rules.” Ethics training, therefore, is often focused exclusively on conformity to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory and rules-based legislation—and not on clarifying values and fostering integrity to those values and to enduring principles. As a result, companies have huge, complex policy manuals. In addition, people can be duplicitous or even brutal in how they treat others, but unless they’re caught fudging on an expense account or violating some other measurable rule, as long as they’re getting results, most companies typically won’t do anything about it.

• The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything (p. 63). Free Press. Kindle Edition.

• Issues Raised

• Relationship with Constituents
  • Most boards have policies requiring board members to treat the public with dignity and respect.
• Relationship with Educators and Staff
  • Criticism of specific individuals is highly inappropriate, given board’s role in disciplinary proceedings
• First Amendment Issues
  • Board members have greater protection than school employees because of political process
  • At the same time, the social media comments of public officials are subject to greater scrutiny
  • Tension between supporting legally-adopted district policies and free speech
• Public Records Obligations
  • Board members should maintain a clear boundary between personal and board resources (i.e., devices, accounts, etc.)
  • Regardless of what platform or service is used, public officials have a duty to preserve communications regarding official business
• Understanding How Technology Works
  • Privacy Settings
  • Retweets and re-sharing inevitably will be seen as endorsements
• Discipline of Board Members
  • Can a board remove one of its members?
  • Generally, no.
  • However, board may take other actions, including:
    • Censure
    • Removal from positions of leadership
  • Even criminal arrest and conviction is not grounds for removal from office
  • However, access restrictions can be put in place
• Misuse of School Resources
  • Misconduct involving the use of school resources may raise legal issues for the district and possible criminal consequences for board member
• Cybertraps of Family Members
  • Generally not a legal concern for board members
  • May pose political liability

• Resources

- #2021–12–08 Protesters demand Salem-Keizer board member Danielle Bethell resign after Facebook post
“https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/education/2021/12/08/salem-keizer-lus-protesters-call-resignation-danielle-bethell-school-board-county-commission/6426974001/”
- #2021–12–06 Parents demand Hispanic Fort Worth school board member be fired after she ‘doxxed’ white parents who sued over COVID mask mandate and left abusive voicemails for one mother
“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–10280653/Hispanic-Fort-Worth-school-board-member-admits-doxxing-parents-sued-COVID-mask-mandate.html”
- #2021–12–02 Scottsdale Police determine no criminal conduct committed by school board member
“https://ktar.com/story/4792525/scottsdale-police-determine-no-criminal-conduct-committed-by-school-board-member/”
- #2021–11–09 The Greenburg files: Is there a file on you?
“https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/the-greenburg-files-is-there-a-file-on-you,270628”
- #2021–06–07 After sharing racially charged texts about West Roxbury families in October, a Boston school official has resigned
“https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/07/metro/boston-appears-have-illegally-withheld-inappropriate-texts-after-career-ending-school-committee-meeting/”
- #2021–02–19 Entire California school board out after disparaging parents on accidental Zoom broadcast
“https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-school-board-members-caught-disparaging-parents-accidental-zoom-broadcast-n1258351”
- #2016–11–11 Burlington School Board Rips Member’s Racist, Sexist Posts
“https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2016–11–11/burlington-school-board-rips-members-racist-sexist-posts”
- #2010–09–20 Utah Board member censured for making disparaging remarks toward an employee
"https://www.deseret.com/2011/9/21/20387657/member-of-canyons-school-district-board-of-education-member-issued-censure-by-fellow-board-members

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John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

Check out this episode!

Michael Vargas is an international facilitator with nearly 10 years of experience.  Utilizing his Master in Clinical Psychology, improv and design thinking background Michael facilitates workshops and speaks to organizations on developing collaborative and productive team cultures.  Supporting teams to develop psychological safety, building trust, and effective communication.  He has worked with a variety of organizations like Dropbox, Salesforce, Kaiser Permanente, ACLU, Evergreen Middle School, the County of San Diego and many more.

• How a history of improv, substance abuse hospitals, and College got him to where he is.
• Psychological safety is when we can challenge each other without divisiveness.
• Toxic positivity
• Internal resilience.
• Find others who feel the same way.
• How to lead to more productivity.
• How to not get caught in the gripe session.
• Yes, And
• How to be a transformative principal? Be vulnerable recognizing how the space is not safe. Ask for their thoughts in a way that feels safe.

Sponsors

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Not only is Dr. Joaquina Kankam an expert in youth protection compliance and risk management, but her practical experience has made her a leader in understanding the needs of youth serving organizations. In addition to being an educator (K–12 & Higher Education), Joaquina has presented at several national association conferences and participated as a panelist in several discussions regarding youth. She is the founder of the School of Solutions.

• First week of University - preparing for youth coming to campus.
• All I saw were a bunch of liabilities.
• Why cybersafety is so important right now.
• Encouraging our employees on social media and interact with people.
• Issues of accountability and transparency
• Policies on any form of communication outside of educational programming.
• Checks and balances in place
• It’s important to involve our human element.
• Parents should still be involved, as well.
• Parents don’t abdicate responsibility to watch over child communication.
• How to have proactive conversations.
• Address school boards, becuase they have the power
• Lifelong skills in dealing with online activity.

Check out this episode!

Show Notes

• Item – November closed with the news of a terrible tragedy in Michigan, as 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley used a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun to kill four of his schoolmates

• This incident is remarkable for the role that social media and digital evidence should have played in its prevention, and the importance both will play in the subsequent investigation and trial of not only Crumbley but his parents as well.

• Litigation is also likely against the school district and various school officials

• Questionable Parenting

• Black Friday present for dad or kid?

• Stoking (or allowing unchecked) fetishism

• Warning Signs

• Instagram Posts
  • Lots of Instagram images attributed to Ethan Crumbley (some probably spurious)
  • Generally agreed that 4 days before shooting, he posted a photo of a gun on Instagram with the caption “Just got my new beauty today SIG SAUER 9mm. Ask any questions I will answer.”
• Rumors Circulating Among Students (Some Stayed Home)
  • Some number of students told their parents that they did not want to be in school because “something was going down.”
  • This will require more investigation.
  • How did they know?
  • Where did they see the information or threats?
  • What did they hear?
  • Who posted it?
• In-School Searches for Ammunition
  • Crumbley told the teacher that he and his family like to visit shooting ranges and that was why he was looking at ammunition. The parents confirmed that shooting is a hobby.
• Threatening drawing
  • Crumbley told his teacher and counselors that he made the drawing for a video game he was designing.

• Terrible Miscalculations

• Earlier Warnings
  • On two separate occasions in early November, the school sent out warnings regarding threats of violence. Not clear if one or both were related in any way to Crumbley but people were on edge.
• School-Parent Conference
  • The school met with all of the Crumbleys following the discovery of the teen’s drawing.
  • Parents refused to take Ethan home.
• Failure to Search
  • Despite having clear reasonable cause, the school did not search Ethan’s backpack or locker.
• Failure to Separate or Isolate
  • A good argument can be made that there was sufficient evidence to isolate or suspend Ethan until a proper psych evaluation could be conducted

• Digital Documentation of Tragedy

• Surveillance Videos
  • Investigators have been able to document Ethan’s actions using school video surveillance footage.
• Witness Videos and Text Messages
  • Increasingly, students in these situations are documenting what takes place using their mobile devices
  • One chilling video shows students responding to a knock at the door. They believed that it was Ethan, although local law enforcement says it was one of their officers.

• Digital Investigations

• Devices
  • Investigators have already discovered videos recorded on Ethan’s phone the night before the killings in which he talks about shooting students
• Social Media
  • Investigators have promised a “deep dive” into Ethan’s social media to look for planning, possible motives, etc.
  • “Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said the shooting was “not just an impulsive act.” She said investigators had uncovered a “mountain” of evidence showing that the attack was premeditated.”

• Potential Liability

• Will the school or district employees be sued?
  • Almost certainly.
  • Michigan law may provide immunity to the school district if the school officials were “engaged in a governmental function”
  • Individuals have immunity unless their actions constituted “gross negligence”
• Will they be found liable?
  • That’s a tougher question.
  • Were all applicable procedures followed?
  • If yes, then they made a judgment call that had a terrible outcome. That’s not the same as being “grossly negligent.”

• Just two months ago, the Broward County school district settled 52 lawsuits in the Parkland shooting for a total of $25 million

• Policy and Procedure Changes

• “The challenge for administrators is properly identifying the one student who might act violently amid far more who display warning signs but never do any harm.”

• School officials warn that pandemic stress and time away from school “has led to a surge in behavior problems and violence in schools, including a huge spike in gun incidents.”

• Fallout

• Fake Social Media Accounts

• Copycat Threats against Schools

• Resources

- #2021–12–05 After Michigan school shooting, experts question what could have prevented it
“https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/05/michigan-school-shooting/”
- #2021–12–04 In the Michigan Shooting, What Is the School’s Responsibility?
“https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/us/oxford-high-school-responsibility-legal.html”
- #2021–12–02 Oxford High School shooting: Everything we know about deadly Michigan attack and suspect Ethan Crumbley
“https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/oxford-school-shooting-what-happened-b1968122.html”
- #2021–12–01 Michigan suspect recorded video about killing students night before shooting, officials say
“https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-suspect-discussed-killing-students-video-phone-authorities-sa-rcna7328”
- #2021–11–30 4 dead, 7 injured in Oxford High School shooting; suspect is 15-year-old student
“https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/11/30/oxford-high-school-active-shooter-victims/8810588002/”
- #2021–10–20 Parkland victims’ families reach $25 million settlement with school district 3 years after massacre
“https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/20/parkland-massacre-families-settlement-cruz/ ”
- [n.d.] Principal Recovery Network, a project of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, which helps support education leaders who face these tragedies.
“https://www.nassp.org/community/principal-recovery-network/”
- [n.d.] Safe Havens International
“https://safehavensinternational.org/”

Check out this episode!

Learning Executive and coach for 30 years. Fabulous Learning Nerds podcast

• Why everyone should have a blog, podcast, newsletter.
• Ego is at the root of all adult learning excuses.
• Here’s my idea, will you poke holes in it?
• Extreme Ownership
• Vulnerability
• podcast nerdiness
• How to be transformative principal? It goes back to your people. Gallup 12 pyramid - Recognize everyone this week.

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John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Clarence Tan (Co-Founder) is the Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder of Boddle Learning— a gaming platform for education. Clarence Tan graduated from the University of Missouri Kansas City with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. He started his entrepreneurial journey into educational games during his junior year at the university when he started a game development company in Colombia, South America in 2011. Clarence is a veteran in the games industry with over 10+ years of game design experience. He has designed engaging interactive experiences for schools, government institutions, and large corporations. He is also a speaker on classroom gamification at educational conferences such as KCPT(PBS), LearnFest (formerly iPadpalooza), and ISTE.

• Developing games in Colombia
• Game-based learning vs. gamification
• Games are the best medium to reach kids.
• Clear goal, know steps to get there. Strong feedback loop.
• Kinds of games that work well.
• Rewards
• Hogwarts competition
• Gaming drives certain behaviors.
• Leaderboard works poorly for kids on bottom half.
• Use of random draws for raffle tickets.
• Actionable Gamification
• What actions will cause kids to be more motivated?
• The process can always be painful.
• Gamification lets you as the user know and track your progress.
• My performance increased because I could see the improvement.
• Why gamification is better and more scalable.
• Dragonbox
• Obviously, we got kicked out of all the schools for that!

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Show Notes The Problem The K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, tracked 408 cybersecurity incidents that hit K–12 institutions over the past year, an 18 percent increase from 2019 and an average of two cyberattacks per school day aimed at the nation’s education system. The most widespread cyber incidents were ransomware attacks, in which a hacker infiltrates a network and hold it for ransom, along with data breaches of student and staff personal data that included everything from bullying reports to Social Security numbers. Class invasions were also a significant trend, with these incidents involving a malicious actor gaining access to an online video conferencing system and disrupting it, often with inappropriate images or words. This trend was seen particularly at the beginning of the pandemic, and was used to interrupt classes on video conferencing platform Zoom in so many situations that the term “Zoombombing” was coined. News Items Passage of $1 Billion Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity grant program While the grants will technically be administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has long been DHS’s main grant-making unit, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act calls on CISA to serve in an advisory capacity — work that Wales said has already started. The infrastructure law requires each state to develop a comprehensive cybersecurity plan to qualify for the grants, and about 80% of the total funds will eventually make their way to local jurisdictions. Wales told Clarke that leaves CISA with several questions to answer before the money begins flowing, which is expected in 2022. Goal is development of “common baseline” – That’s likely to include some cybersecurity steps that are commonly described as fundamental — multi-factor authentication, limiting the number of privileged user accounts on a government network, patching vulnerabilities as soon as they’re identified and running regular risk assessments. But those are sometimes unaffordable for the small, local governments that stand to benefit from the new grant program. Signature of K–12 Cybersecurity Act requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to create cybersecurity recommendations and tools for schools to use to defend themselves against hackers after conducting a study on the cybersecurity risks facing K–12 institutions. What Should Schools Be Doing Now? Educate themselves about the grant process and information needed Educate teachers, students, and parents about the importance of cybersecurity Cultivate a culture of cybersecurity For K–12 IT Departments Check CISA Web site regularly Review lists of potential threats [from Ikon Business Group] Advanced Persistent Threat Attack [APT]: a network attack in which an unauthorized person gains access to a network and stays there undetected for a long period. Brute-force Cracking: a trial and error method used by application programs to decode encrypted data such as passwords or Data Encryption Standard (DES) keys, through exhaustive effort (using brute force) rather than employing intellectual strategies. Credential Reuse: Once attackers have a collection of usernames and passwords from a breached website or service (easily acquired on any number of black market websites on the internet), they know that if they use these same credentials on other websites there’s a chance they’ll be able to log in. Distributed Denial of Services [DDoS]: an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. Drive-by Download: a program that is automatically downloaded to your computer without your consent or even your knowledge. Malware: refers to various forms of harmful software, such as viruses and ransomware. Once malware is in your computer, it can wreak all sorts of havoc, from taking control of your machine, to monitoring your actions and keystrokes, to silently sending all sorts of confidential data from your computer or network to the attacker’s home base. Network-probe: a probe is an attempt to gain access to a computer and its files through a known or probable weak point in the computer system. Phishing: When internet fraudsters impersonate a business to trick you into giving out your personal information. Phishing Attacks are the primary vector for malware attacks and are usually comprised of a malicious e-mail attachment or an e-mail with an embedded, malicious link. Ransomware: a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. Session Hijacking and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks: The session between your computer and the remote web server is given a unique session ID, which should stay private between the two parties; however, an attacker can hijack the session by capturing the session ID and posing as the computer making a request, allowing them to log in as an unsuspecting user and gain access to unauthorized information on the web server. SQL Injection Attack: uses malicious code to get a server to divulge information it normally wouldn’t. This is especially problematic if the server stores private customer information from the website, such as credit card numbers, usernames and passwords (credentials), or other personally identifiable information, which are tempting and lucrative targets for an attacker. 7 Steps for Better Cybersecurity [from Ikon Business Group] Get buy in from top administration – A good cybersecurity plan requires line items in the budget for people, hardware, and software – which means getting the principal, CIO, Operations Manager, and any other top-level decision makers on board. Perform live simulations and training exercises with students and staff – The best training today is one in which users undergo a simulated attack specific to their job or role. Follow up any training by testing how well the lesson was learned. Send out occasional phony phishing emails to check how many employees still fail to recognize the threat. Conduct evaluations – Don’t be afraid to perform evaluations of both employees and systems to find out how vulnerable your organization is to attack. Present users with a realistic type of cyber-attack and include a follow-up meeting for end users and IT personnel to discuss the results of the campaign and how to avoid scams in the future. Communicate – Don’t opt for scare tactics. The goal is to build a culture of cyber awareness. Start small with a few videos or infographics to kick things off. Don’t waste time sending out long memos that will only get ignored. Keep it fun, keep it short. Create a formal plan – IT teams should develop a formal, documented plan for cybersecurity training that is reviewed and updated often with the latest information on attack vectors and other risks. Stress the importance of security at school and at home – Tech leaders should help employees understand the importance of cyber hygiene not just in the workplace, but also at home, Pollard said. “Teach users about privacy, security, and how the lessons learned at work can apply at home and in their personal lives to give them a ‘what’s in it for me’ they can apply all the time, not just at work,” he added. Reward users – Reward users that find malicious emails, and share stories about how users helped thwart security issues. IT leaders should also empathize with people who make mistakes. Include posters, contests and other reminders to drive home an easy-to-understand message that security is everyone’s personal responsibility. Resources Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “https://www.cisa.gov/” A Guide to Cybersecurity for K–12 Schools “https://www.ikonbusinessgroup.com/a-guide-to-cybersecurity-for-k–12-schools/” - #2021–11–22 Schumer: LI school districts should get ready to apply for funding to fight off cyberattacks “https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/cyberattacks-school-districts-infrastructure-bill–1.50430756” - #2021–11–17 Cyber grants are a ‘game changer,’ CISA leader tells Congress “https://statescoop.com/cyber-grants-game-changer-cisa-leader-tells-congress/” - #2021–11–16 K–12 School Districts Failing at Cloud Security “https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/k12-school-districts-failing-at/” - #2021–10–31 FBI: K–12 schools a leading target for ransomware attacks. Are local districts secure? “https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/education/2021/10/31/ransomware-attacks-concern-school-districts/8543466002/” - #2021–10–22 The K–12 Cybersecurity Act Becomes Law “https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2021/10/k–12-cybersecurity-act-becomes-law” - #2021–10–08 Biden signs bill to strengthen K–12 school cybersecurity “https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/575957-biden-signs-bill-into-law-to-strengthen-k–12-school-cybersecurity?rl=1” - #2021–09–09 K–12 Cybersecurity Standards Released, Along with Free District Self-Assessment Tool “https://thejournal.com/articles/2021/09/09/k12-cybersecurity-standards-released-along-with-free-district-self-assessment-tool.aspx” - #2021–03–10 New research finds ‘record-breaking’ number of K–12 cyber incidents in 2020 “https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/542518-new-research-finds-record-breaking-number-of-k–12-cyber-incidents-in ” - #2021 The State of K–12 Cybersecurity: 2020 Year in Review “https://k12cybersecure.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/StateofK12Cybersecurity–2020.pdf”

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Eric Makelky is the Pinedale Middle School principal in Pinedale, WY.  He earned a Bachelors and Master’s degree from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT.  Eric has worked as a middle school language arts and social studies teacher, football, wrestling, and track coach, 6–12 instructional facilitator, middle school assistant principal, and Skyline Academy (alternative high school) principal.

• Mastermind made a huge difference - Join us.
• Your book was based on my beliefs
• Three yearly goals:
• Target was always moving
• What can we do every year, year after year?
• 1. Every student who walks in the school can identify by name one trusted adult.
• 1. Beat state average at reading and math growth
• 1. Demonstrate beliefs behaviors and outcomes that create our school culture.
• Greeting kids by name and in the hall.
• What do you do with those kids that have negative experiences their whole school careers?
• Sticker chart was dumb.
• Staff love connecting with students.
• Strategies for school culture.
• Define the culture that you want in your school.
• The outcomes we want are driven by our behaviors, and our behaviors are driven by our beliefs.
• Anybody can make a poster, but making it happen is where it gets fun.
• You have to call out the behaviors that
• I ask for help, I give help, I care, listen, and communicate.
• Want people to know the culture before they apply.
• Keeping things simple.
• Common language.
• Staff appreciation/recognition
• I feel too appreciated - said no one ever
• You’ve got to help me give staff recognition and appreciation.
• Why teachers don’t get recognition awards.
• Nominate your teachers for awards.
• Have a way to recognize when people do something great.
• Trophy. Saul the saber-tooth tiger
• Growth mindset, stand up and own it, power of the team.
• How to be a transformative principal? Join the mastermind! Helps grow my confidence.

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John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Today Fred and Jethro talk all about WhatsApp, the background, how it’s used, and what to look out for.

• What Is It?
  • WhatsApp Messenger
• Who Built It?
  • Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former Yahoo! employees, wrote the first version in 2009
  • Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion
• Who Is Using It?
  • Lots and lots of people … Roughly 2 billion monthly users worldwide
  • WhatsApp has users in 109 countries
• How Are People Using It?
  • Group chats (up to 256 people)
  • Broadcast feature (message to multiple people, reply just to sender)
  • Video Calls (w/ filters)
  • Text Messages
  • Share Videos, Photos, and Audio Messages
• What Are the Risks Parents Should Consider?
  • No real enforcement of 16+ age rating
  • Potential contact from strangers (no verification of user identity)
  • Multiplatform service (kids can move from device to device)
  • Multiple tools to “hack” WhatsApp
  • Disappearing Messages (Status Feature)
  • Cyberbullying (particularly in group chats)
  • Grooming
  • Live Location
  • Access to Inappropriate Content – It only takes a few seconds to find links to public WhatsApp groups with
  • Hoaxes and Misinformation
    • Some limits on forwarding messages to groups
  • Malware (particularly on PCs and Macs)
  • Sharing of data between WhatsApp and Facebook
  • Multiple security breaches and software flaws
• Anecdotes and Headlines
  • 2021–08–15 Did America just lose Afghanistan because of WhatsApp?
    https://prestonbyrne.com/2021/08/15/did-america-just-lose-afghanistan-because-of-whatsapp/
  • 2021–08–07 WhatsApp CEO calls out Apple over Child Safety tools announcement
    https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/07/whatsapp-ceo-calls-out-apple-over-child-safety-tools-announcement/
  • 2021–08–04 Warning issued to anybody who uses WhatsApp as loophole could see strangers access your messages
    https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-urgent-warning-loophole-hackers–21220126
  • 2021–07–19 Biology teacher, 57, at £40,000-a-year boarding school is struck off after sending naked shower ‘selfie’ to an 18-year-old schoolgirl he told ‘aroused him’ over explicit WhatsApp texts
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9803385/Biology-teacher–57-struck-sending-naked-shower-selfie–18-year-old-schoolgirl.html
  • 2020–10–24 ‘She’s no longer hurting or afraid’: Devastated family say final farewell to girl, 12, who killed herself after being hounded with abuse on school laptop during lockdown by bullies who labelled her ‘lesbian emo freak’
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–8874807/Northumberland-suicide-Loved-ones-say-goodbyes-cheeky–12-year-old-schoolgirl.html
  • 2018–12–20 WhatsApp has an encrypted child porn problem
    https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/20/whatsapp-pornography/
  • 2018–09–26 The problem with ‘dark social’
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/09/26/whatsapp/
  • 2018–07–19 WhatsApp introduces new limits on message forwarding in an effort to stop deadly lynchings in India
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article–5971935/India-issues-fresh-warning-WhatsApp-lynching-deaths.html
  • 2015–06–15 Sexting, webcams and naked Whatsapp contests: The secret online lives of children
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11674931/Sexting-webcams-and-revenge-porn-Secret-online-lives-of-our-children.html
• Resources
  • 2021–06–24 Is WhatsApp Safe? 5 Scams, Threats, and Security Risks to Know About
    https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-security-threats-whatsapp-users-need-know/
  • 2021–05–10 15 phone apps parents should be aware of: Are any of these on your child’s phone?
    https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2021/05/10/pender-sheriffs-office-warns-parents-dangerous-phone-apps/4871525001/
  • 2020–11–16 Three most dangerous WhatsApp settings that could get you hacked, scammed or exposed
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/13211541/dangerous-whatsapp-settings-hacking/
  • 2020–03–07 Is WhatsApp Safe for Kids? Here’s What Parents Need to Know
    https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/consumer/family-safety/is-whatsapp-safe-for-kids-heres-what-parents-need-to-know/
  • n.d. WhatsApp
    https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/whatsapp/
  • n.d. WhatsApp: a guide for parents and carers
    https://parentinfo.org/article/whatsapp-a-guide-for-parents-and-carers
  • n.d. WhatsApp Messenger Common Sense Media
    https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/whatsapp-messenger

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Richard Shell is a global thought leader and senior faculty member at one of the world’s leading business schools, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as Chair of Wharton’s Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, the largest department of its kind in the world. His forthcoming book, The Conscience Code: Lead with Your Values. Advance Your Career. addresses an increasingly urgent problem in today’s workplace: standing up for core values such as honesty, fairness, personal dignity, and justice when the pressure is on to look the other way.

• You’re not a bad person if you do a bad thing.
• Misconstrued or perverse incentives
• Deadlines, compensation, etc. are rewards for achieving a goal
• Doing it, and covering up from it.
• Rationalizations - People anchor their pride in their role and in moral identity
• We do a lot to avoid admitting making a mistake.
• No Child Left Behind forced people to cut corners.
• Change incentives or strengthen people to resist them?
• Incentives are creating a toxic culture
• If you label it as something wrong, you’ll stand to the side of it.
• You have to think of yourself as a person of conscience first?
• What would a person of conscience do?
• Violate your values or you quit.
• Your values are what you’re willing to pay for them.
• When people get to impasse, they get more creative.
• How to stand and fight instead of quitting.
• The five pressures: peer, authority pressure, incentives, role, systemic PAIRS.
• Easier to implement a conscience
• When people are arguing over their interests they are different than arguing over their beliefs.
• Incentives don’t work when talking about beliefs.
• George Washington story
• 3 sources for values: family, spiritual, education
• Competing aspects of conscience
• Move from person of conscience to process

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- Show Notes
- Social media and digital communication threats are a rising problem
- Every threat has to be taken seriously
- Incredibly disruptive
- Warning notices to parents – upsetting
- Lockdowns
- School closures / switch to remote learning
- Myriad vectors
- Email
- Text messages
- Social media apps
- Snapchat
- TikTok
- Instagram
- WhatsApp
- Facebook
- What Can Schools Do to Address the Problem?
- Short-Term
- Incident response plan
- Assessment of severity of threat (err on side of caution)
- Notification to the school community
- Cooperation with law enforcement to identify source
- Every incident is a teachable moment
- Spiderman – “With great power comes great responsibility”
- Long-Term
- Role of parents
- Cybersecurity measures
- Monitoring of social media
- Balancing resources and student privacy
- Creating a culture of awareness among students and staff
- Reluctance to get involved?
- Concern about being a “snitch”
- Relationship with law enforcement, including FBI
- Investigations
- Selfie-incrimination
- Mistaken belief in anonymity
- Digital investigations
- Computer forensics
- Penalties are serious
- Resources
- #2021–11–12 Photos from Oregon students’ social media pages taken, uploaded on site with ‘highly inappropriate content,’ district says
“https://www.channel3000.com/photos-from-oregon-students-social-media-pages-taken-uploaded-on-site-with-highly-inappropriate-content-district-says/”
- #2021–11–12 Ossining High School switches to full remote learning following social media threat
“https://bronx.news12.com/ossining-high-school-switches-to-full-remote-learning-following-social-media-threat”
- #2021–11–11 Hopewell superintendent addresses next steps after guns found in schools, social media threat
“https://www.nbc12.com/2021/11/11/hopewell-superintendent-addresses-next-steps-after-guns-found-schools-social-media-threat/”
- #2021–11–11 Maine East High School student facing charges for alleged threats, ‘hateful’ comments on social media
“https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-social-media-threats-tl–1118–20211111–7wwpot6yofc3hkpobh7mdytvcu-story.html”
- #2021–11–10 Helena schools, police prepared as social media threats target schools across the country
“https://www.ktvh.com/news/helena-schools-police-prepared-as-social-media-threats-target-schools-across-the-country”
- #2021–11–10 1 person arrested after social media threat made against Braden River High School
“https://www.mysuncoast.com/2021/11/10/1-person-arrested-after-social-media-threat-made-against-braden-river-high-school/”
- #2021–11–03 Parents Panic over unfounded social media rumor of planned Florence school shooting
“https://wpde.com/news/local/parents-panic-over-unfounded-social-media-rumor-of-planned-florence-school-shooting”
- #2021–11–01 Sheriff: No threat to schools from vague social media post
“https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/sheriff-no-threat-to-schools-from-vague-social-media-post”
- #2021–10–29 Social media trend leads to threats made at NorCal schools
“https://www.kcra.com/article/norcal-schools-social-media-trend-threats-made/38099339”
- #2021–10–25 Nationwide social media threat warning of school shootings hit several CNY districts; police say it’s not credible
“https://www.syracuse.com/schools/2021/10/nationwide-social-media-threat-warning-of-school-shootings-hit-several-cny-districts-police-say-its-not-credible.html”
- #2021–10–27 3 Savannah GA schools locked down after social media threat
“https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/10/27/savannah-chatham-georgia-schools-lockdown-social-media-threat/8564651002/”
- #2021–10–18 Four students at Peachtree Ridge High School facing charges after threatening social media posts
“cbs46.com](https://www.cbs46.com/news/four-students-at-peachtree-ridge-high-school-facing-charges-after-threatening-social-media-posts/article_24336e66–3033–11ec-aede–97973c7b12ee.html”
- #2021–11–01 Deputies: Juvenile responsible for social media threats against Colleton Co. schools taken into custody
“https://www.live5news.com/2021/11/01/2-colleton-county-schools-lockdown-after-weekend-threat-social-media/”

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• Small community of states with a small focus.
• Clearinghouse benefits
• No automatic suspension in Connecticut
• Oklahoma
• How teachers are responding to technology generationally.
• Teachers rely on technology more.
• Teachers are always a role model.
• Coaches and boundaries
• Still lots of learning that needs to be done.

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In this episode, we are sharing Fred’s presentation at PPI in Oklahoma City.

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Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world.  She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. and most recently, [[Impact Players]]: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact

She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California.  Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter.  Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and in 2019 was recognized as the top leadership thinker in the world.

In every organization there are Impact Players – those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities.  Whether they are on center stage or behind the scenes, managers know who these top players are, understand their worth, and want more of them on their team.  While their impact is obvious, it’s not always clear what actually makes these professionals different from their peers.

In Impact Players, New York Times bestselling author and researcher Liz Wiseman reveals the secrets of these stellar professionals who play the game at a higher level.  Drawing on insights from leaders at top companies, Wiseman explains what the most influential players are doing differently, how small and seemingly insignificant differences in how we think and act can make an enormous impact, and why–with a little coaching–this mindset is available to everyone who wants to contribute at their highest level and do more meaningful work.

Based on a study of 170 top contributors, Wiseman identifies the mindsets that prevent otherwise smart, capable people from contributing to their full potential and the five practices that differentiate Impact Players:

• While others do their job, Impact Players figure out the real job to be done.

• While others wait for direction, Impact Players step up and lead.

• While others escalate problems, Impact Players move things across the finish line.

• While others attempt to minimize change, Impact Players are learning and adapting to change.

• While others add to the load, Impact Players make heavy demands feel lighter.

Wiseman makes clear that these practices—and the right mindset—can help any employee contribute at their fullest and shows leaders how they can raise the level of play for everyone on the team.  Impact Players is your playbook for the new workplace.

• Impact Players - a term borrowed from the sports world.
• How do you measure value of impact players.
• High impact, contributing, but playing below their potential.
• Impact player brings 3.5 greater than someone doing their job well.
• Work was so much better, people were doing the right kind of work!
• Mindset that people move in and out of.
• Some people who inhabit this mindset and some that never do.
• It rises above environment, leadership and culture.
• A lot of parts of being an impact player you can’t coach.
• MG100 - Marshall goldsmith 100
• If you are assembling a team, hire for the least coachable, and spend your time coaching on the most coachable things
• It’s hard to change a person’s knee-jerk reaction to a threat.
• Help people to stay long enough to have a second reaction.
• Hiring process: comfort level with situations out of their control.
• SOAR - Situation, Outlook, Action, Result
• How to be a transformative principal? Ability to see what problems and opportunities look like though other people’s perspective. Get out of your own head. They don’t spend their times stuck in their own heads, in their own thoughts.

Sponsors

InControl SEL for Middle School

In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at.

The videos are 5–6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level.

They’ve thought of everything– because it’s a group of award winning counselors, teachers, and principals that came up with this thing. It’ll help you save tons of time and headaches.

Take it from me, it’s time to check that social-emotional learning box, the empty one that’s been keeping you up at night–and it’s time to do it in a meaningful, measurable, magnetic way.

If you go to www.InControlSEL.com/jethro you can check out some of the videos and even receive 20% off if you pre-order for next school year

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

James Anderson is a educator, author, and speaker and a master of mindset work. Today we are talking about Learnership - the skill of learning.

• Learnership are the skills kids need to learn.
• Habits of mind
• Information
• Effort
• There are different ways to get better at learning
• You’re not going to teach the standards well if the students aren’t engaging in the learning process well.
• Schools develop performance culture.
• Rubrics - moving measuring stick problem.
• You don’t go from non learner to agile learner in one fell swoop.
• Daniel pink Autonomy,mastery purpose.
• Motivation calibration.
• How to be a transformative principal? Learn about learnership. and watch the video.

Sponsors

InControl SEL for Middle School

In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at.

The videos are 5–6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level.

They’ve thought of everything– because it’s a group of award winning counselors, teachers, and principals that came up with this thing. It’ll help you save tons of time and headaches.

Take it from me, it’s time to check that social-emotional learning box, the empty one that’s been keeping you up at night–and it’s time to do it in a meaningful, measurable, magnetic way.

If you go to www.InControlSEL.com/jethro you can check out some of the videos and even receive 20% off if you pre-order for next school year

John Catt

Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.

John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.

Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.
Learn more about some of the newest titles:
- The Coach’s Guide to Teaching by Doug Lemov

• The Feedback Pendulum: A manifesto for enhancing feedback in education by Michael Chiles

• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley

• 10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right) by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott

• Let’s Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education by Emma Turner

• A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching by Patrice Bain

John Catt is also proud publisher of the new book from Transformative Principal host Jethro Jones: SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves
Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

General Counsel for State Department of Education

• Authority to prosecute licensed personnel.
• Educational professional has to bring complaints against others.
• Teachers are connecting more and more online.
• Sometimes teachers are just four years older than the students they could be teaching.
• How to help those adults that don’t know what’s going on.
• Why not equip schools with tools to manage what’s happening?
• We’re getting better at investigating and knowing about issues.
• I wish there had been training on this?
• How to reduce harm? Increase training. Licensing requirement to have training. Ethics training, assessment, and continuing education.

Check out this episode!

Show Notes
The power of experience for adults in teaching
- The holidays are rushing towards us
- Welcome to the Debby Downer holiday gift review!
- It may be a challenging shopping season
- Still significant post-pandemic supply chain issues
- What are the hot tech toys for 2021?
- Fire HD 10 Kids Pro tablet
- The latest and greatest kid-centric Amazon Fire gives kids more freedom to explore via a digital store where kids can request apps (pending parental approval). They can also make video and voice calls and play all their favorite age-appropriate games.
- Google Stadia
- Stadia is a blast. Let’s start there. Once you’re set up, having the ability to play anywhere you want, is pretty great. The games are fun, well-rendered, hook you quickly, and we had really good experiences in terms of resolution on our TV and frankly our Chrome browser too. The entire set up for Google Stadia is $99 — and that includes one month free access to games, with pricing $9.99 a month after that. This is a fun option for families (especially parents) particularly as a budget entertainment option at home — and a great treat for the holidays.
- Nintendo Switch
- Nearly every child (and many adults!) have the Nintendo Switch on their holiday list. This on-the-go-slash-household device is great for keeping kids entertained with family-friendly games and also makes for a fun family game night. It’s also one of the tech gifts you’ll want to keep for yourself.
- Osmo Math Wizard & the Magical Workshop
- Osmo Math Wizard & the Magical Workshop makes learning fun and interactive, providing a smart way to use screen time. While Osmo offers a range of programming for all ages, this one in particular caters to those six to eight, teaching addition and subtraction via hands-on play. In order to use it, an Osmo Base for iPad or Fire Tablet and an iPad or Fire Tablet are required.
- Play.date
- Handheld game console with a crank designed by a software company called Panic
- What are factors that parents should consider?
- Should you opt out of the shopping splurge altogether?
- Used or refurbished?
- Experiences instead of things? Family outings or trips?
- Subscription boxes?
- Remarkably few safety guides at this time of year
- Take the time research any toys that you are considering purchasing
- What types of connectivity does the toy have?
- What can your child do online with the toy?
- Who can they communicate with
- What data might be or is collected from your child?
- Check out our earlier podcast, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
“https://www.cybertraps.com/2021/09/21/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-childrens-online-privacy-protection-act-coppa-cybertraps–78/”
- Is your child ready for a more advanced tech toy or gadget?
- Pay attention to age ratings
- Err on the side of waiting
- How much screen time has your child had over the past year+? Is more a good idea?
- Have you discussed rules regarding the use of new toys or gadgets with your spouse? Are you ready to discuss those rules (and enforce) them with your child?
- Consider toys that are interactive, emphasize physical skills, and family interaction
- Tech gifts and gaming devices can certainly be a family activity, if you are actually interacting while you play
- There are no supply chain issues for your time and interaction with your child
- Resources
- #2021–11–07 How to Buy Nothing New This Holiday Gifting Season
“https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/opinion/culture/holiday-gift-shopping-secondhand.html”
- #2021–11–05 59 Best Gifts for Kids 2021
“https://www.rd.com/list/gifts-for-kids/”
- #2021–11–04 Here are the hottest toys of the 2021 holiday season, according to Amazon
“https://www.cbsnews.com/essentials/amazon-hottest-toys-holiday-season–2021/”
- #2021–11–03 PARENTS Names The Best Toys Of 2021
“https://finance.yahoo.com/news/parents-names-best-toys–2021–142600120.html”
- #2021–10–25 The Best Subscription Boxes for Kids
“https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-subscription-boxes-for-kids”
- #2021–10–20 The Ultimate Holiday Tech Gift Guide for Parents 2021
“https://www.gearbrain.com/high-tech-gifts-guide-parents–2493419810.html”
- #2021–10–15 The Hottest Tech Toys for Kids
“https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-hottest-tech-toys-for-kids”
- #2021–09–23 These Are the Hottest Toys for the Holidays, According to The Toy Insider
“https://tinybeans.com/toy-insider-hot-toys/”

Check out this episode!