As a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and host of the top-rated podcast, The Next 24 Hours, Curtis Zimmerman has impacted over one million people around the globe with his life-changing message. People connect with Curtis through his high energy as he incorporates the skills he gained from over twenty-five years in the entertainment industry as a nationally-recognized mime, juggler, and fire-eater into his powerful programs.
But don’t be fooled by the fun: With the perfect interactive keynote to open or close a conference, Curtis mobilizes audiences to manage rapid change, invigorate their company culture, lead with integrity, and engage customers. Check out his special school assembly program.

• Realsume is much better than a resume.
• Brick and mortar, staff, customer relations.
• The resume is what gets you the job, the realsume is what lets you leave a legacy.
• Remember who your customers are.
• Surprise and delight them!
• What can you do that makes them say, “That’s amazing!”
• What we’re missing is connection!
• Even when we are in the arena, we are still spaced out.
• Life at Performance Level
• How to be a transformative principal? Take off your mask and be as real as possible. What you’re doing matters every day.

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

Show Topics
- Compendium here.
- Feedback & Questions
- So what’s going on
- Activision Reveals Malware Disguised as ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ Cheats
- Just Try Parenting
- Facebook’s plans to create a kid-specific version of Instagram
- The upcoming Supreme Court arguments over whether a cheerleader’s profane rant on Snapchat is entitled to First Amendment protection
- The massive “rape culture” scandal in British private schools
- An award-winning program by California high school students to reduce distracted driving by teens

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

Check out this episode!

Culture of Care with Jose Celis Transformative Principal 407

Jose Celis is a principal in Wayne Township in New Jersey. He believes that schools should promote wholeness, equity, and hope. In various administrative capacities, he has devoted his energies to ensuring students, families, and educators develop strong partnerships, grounded in mutual support and respect. Having served in diverse communities in both New Jersey and Illinois, he has recognized the need to support teachers in areas where they may not have received adequate training. His passion areas include restorative justice for education, culturally responsive teaching, sheltered-instruction, and inclusion for equity

• Remember my goal and vision and reflect all my decisions on that.
• Jose talks about moving from assimilation to becoming a community with diverse individuals.
• Three concentric circles - community -
• Inclusion & Restorative Justice, and why he is in education (his back story)

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

Adam Stone is a skilled business leader with 20+ years’ overseeing the implementation and development of data privacy and security innovations. A business development professional with the spirit of an entrepreneur and the boundless enthusiasm of a Russell terrier.
Vice President Solutions Delivery and Chief Privacy Officer at TrustMAPP
Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies (CCAPS) Health Services Management (HSM) Program
Specialties: Data Privacy and Security Leadership | Business Development and Budget Management | Advocacy and Outreach | Program and Project Management | Civic Leadership | Communications and Marketing | Organizational Strategy | Government Affairs and Compliance | Retained CPO and DPO | GDPR | International, Federal and State Data Protection Law

• Background – TrustMAPP
• Data Privacy Generally – What Is It?
• Globalization of Privacy – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• HIPAA – Help or Hindrance – Pandemic
• Data Breaches – Consumers
• Selective curation of social media.
• Cybersecurity – Leading Issues
• Government oversight vs. security vs. privacy.
• National Security – Solar Winds
• Recommendations for Parents & Kids re data privacy

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

Check out this episode!

PrincipalED with Kate Barker and Kourtney Ferrua Transformative Principal 406

That data represents the faces of the kids that we care about. Via @Kate_s_barker and @kourtneyferrua

The book PrincipalED: Navigating the Leadership Learning Curve by Rachael George, Kate Barker, and Kourtney Ferrua helps principals understand the core concepts to help them lead their schools.

Kate Barker is a principal at Cherry Park Elementary in Portland, Oregon.  This is her 30 year in education and 17th year as a principal.  She works with a very diverse population which includes over 28 different languages in her community.  

Kourtney Ferrua currently serves as the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in the McMinnville School District. Prior to working at the district office, she served as the principal at Wascher Elementary School for six years. In 2019 Kourtney was awarded Oregon Elementary Principal of the Year and as a National Distinguished Principal.

• You can have high expectations and infuse them with a vibrant culture.
• Working hard feels great!
• Common belief that everyone should be growing.
• Starting where people are coming in at.
• False dichotomy or pendulum.
• We can do that with deep love.
• That data represents the faces of the kids that we care about.
• Data Team system. CFA’s throughout district.
• Peer observation
• How to have hard conversations? Start with a relationship!
• Part of being a leader is communicating clearly and articulately stating your expectations.
• Inspect what you expect.
• In house professional development.
• Strength-based leadership
• Lesson study made a huge shift in the community - micro-planning as a team.
• Without a clearly articulated why or worthy purpose, any mandate will fail.
• Kourtney: The gift a principal can give themselves this week is to pause and reflect.
• Kate: How can you show that you love your community? Acts of appreciation. It’s time to go home.

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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

Carrie Goldberg is a personal injury lawyer against big tech. Carrie Goldberg, Esq.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-goldberg–04511a6/).

Carrie is the founder of C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, a Brooklyn-based law firm specializing in cases involving “revenge porn” (or “electronic sexual assault”), stalking and harassment, victim’s rights, domestic violence, and a variety of other topics on the cutting edges of law and technology. Carrie has handled a number of high-profile cases, including most recently the efforts of former Rep. Katie Hill to sue the Daily Mail (UK) for publishing photos of her without her consent.

• Anti-Slapp Laws
• Carrie’s Book “Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Harassment Online & Off” (2019)
• Electronic Sexual Assault

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

Check out this episode!

Getting to the Root of the Problem with Sarah Lavezzo Transformative Principal 405

Mastery learning allows them to feel confident with where they are in that moment. Via Sarah Lavezzo

Sarah Lavezzo is the founder and director of Ascend Micro School in Colorado Springs. She is a gifted intervention specialist and has also co-authored several curriculums for the United States Institute of Peace and Heartwork. She is passionate about learner-driven education, global education, and empowering children and young adults. She is the mom of a delightfully unique little girl and loves to build community with other parents and support them in their journeys. She can be reached at sarah@ascendmicroschool.com

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

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

In this episode we talk with Attorney Mark Zaid about whistleblowers, Clinton’s email server, classified information and processes, and much more.

Mark S. Zaid is a Washington, D.C. based attorney who specializes in crisis management and innovatively handling simple and complex administrative and litigation matters relating to national security, international law, foreign sovereign and diplomatic immunity, and the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts.
Through his practice Mr. Zaid often represents former/current federal employees, particularly intelligence and military officers, defense contractors, Whistleblowers and others who have grievances, have been wronged or are being investigated by agencies of the United States Government or foreign governments, as well as members of the media. Mr. Zaid teaches the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education classes on “The Basics of Filing and Litigating Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Requests” (since 2003), “Defending Security Clearances” (since 2006) and “Handling Whistleblower Cases: More Than the Basics” (since 2016).
Since 2009, he has been named a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer every year (including being profiled) and he is repeatedly named a “Best Lawyer” in Washingtonian Magazine’s bi-annual designation for his national security or whistleblower work. The Magazine also named him one of D.C.’s Most Influential People in 2021. In 2020, the Washington Metropolitan Employment Lawyer’s Association named him “Attorney of the Year” for his work on the Intelligence Community Whistleblower’s case. As the National Law Journal once wrote, “if Agent Mulder ever needed a lawyer, Zaid would be his man.”

• Technology has changed what any lawyer does.
• Communication strategies
• Scapegoats
• Dealing with the intelligence community
• Whistleblower Aid
• Freedom of Information Act requests.
• The one thing to stay more secure - stay off of social media and don’t use email.

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

Check out this episode!

Managing your Unmanaged Mind with Julia Barrow Transformative Principal 388

• We have unmanaged minds.
• Students in a positive peer culture would change the way they were thinking.
• You’re coming at them from a label, but coming from specific behaviors will make your conversations more effective.

Dr. Julia Barrow is a former Teacher, Principal, Executive Principal of 19 schools PK through 12, Vice President of Operations for Alternative Ed Programs and Partnerships with School Districts - over thirty years of experience. Curriculum Writer, Program Developer, Assessment Developer, Trainer, Grant Writer,  all the things.
 Doctorate in Professional Leadership - dissertation study focused on normative culture and positive peer pressure.
 * Before and after - detached
* It all goes down to the culture on your campus.
* Who do you want to be and what you want your students and staff to say about your leadership?
* Students in a positive peer culture would change the way they were thinking.
* Deliberate culture.
* Before they were in a normative culture, they just reacted.
* With a normative culture they had a better way of responding.
* We have unmanaged minds.
* Your unmanaged mind gives you a response to your circumstance.
* You have to think about what people are coming with and what they believe is truth.
* We all want to be accepted.
* If you’re in a negative peer group, you fall into it because you don’t want to stand out.
* Coming from love vs coming from fear.
* All of our emotions are rooted in two primary emotions: love and fear.
* Able to actually move forward when you come from love.
* Challenge to the leader:
* Write down all the negative things you see about each person.
* You’re coming at them from a label, but coming from specific behaviors will make your conversations more effective.
* Unexamined thoughts create emotions that cause them to act in bullying behavior.
* How to be a transformative principal? Spend some time growing you personally. The more you grow the more your teachers grow.

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

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

Cyber Crisis: Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World

Today, we talk with Dr. Eric Cole, former hacker who now runs a security firm. He is the author of Cyber Crisis: Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World. Dr. Cole is the founder of Secure Anchor, a cybersecurity firm that works with companies to make the internet a safer place to do business. has written several books on cybersecurity and he’s frequently called upon as the go-to expert by CNN, Fox, CBS, and NBC. He was one of the authors of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s cybersecurity guide and received a cyber wingman award from the Air Force for building out and developing their entire cybersecurity program.

• Employed as a professional hacker by CIA
• It’s boring is if you always get it in.
• The biggest marketing scam on earth is calling these devices smart!
• No matter what, you are a target!
• With everything being online, there are no secrets.
• [[cybertraps brandon karpf]]
• The biggest demographic that is targeted by cyberattacks is retired folks over 65.
• If you have not talked to them, you are doing a disservice.
• Security may be built in, but it’s not on by default.
• Many-factor authentication & notifications - In your bank, settings, security or advanced, account notification.
• Use different devices for different actions.
• People assume what they’re doing is secure, and that mindset is the worst thing you can do.
• Figure out the superset of tools for teachers, install it, and take away admin rights.
• Application whitelisting.

Thanks to our mission partner:

Buoyancy Digital is proud to be the inaugural Mission Partner for the Cybertraps Podcast series. A digital advertising consultancy with an ethos, Buoyancy was founded by Scott Rabinowitz, who has been in digital media since 1997 and has overseen $300 million in youth safety compliant ad buys across all digital platforms. For IAB, Google and Bing accredited brand and audience safe advertising sales solutions, media buying and organizational training for media publishers, let’s chat.

Check out this episode!

 

Chloe Sutterfield is a student at Virginia Commonwealth University. Chloe is studying to become a journalist and wants to travel the world. She also really loves making music and playing sports. Her favorite type of music is rock’n’roll and pop. Her favorite sport is skiing. Chloe believes that everyone has a purpose in the world and her purpose is to give people a different perspective on life.

This podcast is also available as a video here.

Proving them Wrong with Chloe Sutterfield Transformative Principal 403 from Jethro Jones.

1. What are some of the things that you like doing? 

   1. Sports, music, travel

   2. What got you to where you are? A particular moment? A certain mantra?

   3. Family, especially mom saying if you want to do it, do it, but you’ll have to be the one who does it

2. Please share a story about a principal who made a big difference in your life. 

   1. Sr. year got a new principal who was very involved in what I wanted to do at school. He saw me as a student, not someone with a disability. Mr. Mark ?

   2. Videos for Disability awareness month –>student of the month.

3. Music & Journalism are two forms of communication. I’m interested in hearing more about why you chose these paths and why we don’t see more people with your communication style in these professions?

   1. Music - as a way to get my voice out; a way of expression that allows me to more fully express myself

   2. Journalism - as a way to connect to that love of music and be able to tell the stories of other artists

4. How have you dealt with people who don’t believe that you can do things that you want to? 

   1. Just proves them wrong

   2. People don’t listen, so it’s better just to show them through my actions

5. Growing up with CP presents different challenges than what many of us experience. What do you think school leaders should know when it comes to helping people with disabilities?

   1. Everyone is different, so you can’t treat them like you’ve met them before.

   2. Go in with a completely open mind.

   3. Don’t assume

   4. I’m just like every other student, just a little different. 

6. Why is it important to have more patience and slow down in education? 

   1. How are you going to help someone who’s doing their best and is trying to get an education if you don’t slow down and listen?

7. What is one thing that a principal can do this week to be a transformative principal? 

   1. Have an open mind and then take action

Were you involved in helping to lead your IEP or with creating goals for your IEP?

 

What about barriers? Even if people have good intentions and they don’t start by assuming anything, unforeseen barriers often pop up. How do you handle the barriers that you are faced with?

You have to confront and break down the barriers that exist. 

It doesn’t matter how fast people go, it matters that they get there. 

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

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

• Tom Harrison is a Reader, HEA Principle Fellow and National Teaching Fellow. He is Director of Education at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and Programme Director for the MA in Character Education. Tom is also the books editor for the British Journal of Educational Studies (BJES), Secretary and Trustee for the Society for Educational Studies (SES) and Secretary and Trustee for the Association for Character Education (ACE).
• Tom Harrison’s specialist interests are character, cyber-wisdom and the Internet; character education and virtue ethics; youth social action and citizenship education. Tom researches, publishes and gives presentations in the UK and Internationally in these areas as well as developing resources and training programmes for schools, voluntary sector and other organisations.
• His most recent book is Thrive – how to cultivate character so your children can flourish online published in January 2021.
• Questions / Background Notes

  • Ph.D. on the influence of the Internet on eleven- to fourteen-year-olds

  - #2020–07–22 “Unique ethical challenges for the 21st century: online technology and virtue education”
  - We argue that education directed at the cultivation of cyber-wisdom and other cyber-virtues provides our best chance of creating a moral vocabulary that can guide us towards living well in the 21st century.
  - The aim of this article is to offer the first outline an educational model, founded on neo-Aristotelian theory, that illustrates how these qualities could be cultivated through moral education.
  - #2021–01–14 Thrive: How to Cultivate Character So That Your Child Can Flourish Online
  - Cultivating Cyber-Wisdom through Character Education
  - “Doing the right thing for the right reasons when online”
  - Pedagogical Approaches to Developing Cyber Wisdom
  - Activities to Cultivate Cyber-wisdom
  - #2021–03 “A New Educational Model for Online Flourishing: A Pragmatic Approach to Integrating Moral Theory for Cyber-Flourishing”
  - The model is constructed through a pragmatic approach to moral theory, adopting the central tenets of deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics, and showing how these can be integrated and put to work by teachers to tackle online harms.
  - The model is comprised of three core components, cyber-rules, cyber-wisdom and cyber-flourishing, and each is explained in detail in the article.
  - Cyber-rules must be put in place by schools to provide the foundations for the cultivation of character and cyber-wisdom.
  - Cyber-wisdom is the individual quality of doing the right thing, at the right time, especially when no one is looking.
  - Cyber-flourishing is defined as authentic happiness that comes from living morally in the online world, and is the utility value that we should all strive for.
  - The article concludes by outlining nine educational practices that demonstrate how teachers can adopt and implement the model in their schools. The model is the first attempt in the world to integrate moral theory into an educational model that provides an overarching and whole-school approach to tackling pressing everyday online concerns.
  - Character is experiencing a resurgence – but is it too late?

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Tom Sherrington (Twitter) is a former principal and teacher and is now a writer and trainer. He is the author of Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli

• Walkthrus professional learning package.
• Visual guide to key instructional practices that most instructors should know about it.
• Each page represents 1 technique in 5 steps.
• ADAPT - Attempt, Develop, Adapt, Practice, Test
• You’ve got to have a go at something to see if you can get some mileage out of it.
• Properly evaluate after trying something out.
• If teachers think you’re telling them what to do, they tend to not do it.
• You’ve got to get that teacher to feel that the thing you’re suggesting is something they can sustain.
• Focus on the learning problems.
• Sometimes teachers are made to think about their performance. It is often not a fair judgment of their performance.
• I’m not here to judge you, but I’m here to help your students learn more.
• The strategies you focus on are the things that will help the teachers be successful.
• If you get along side someone they feel trusted, respected, and understood.
• Principals are under pressure to assure that their schools are doing well.
• This isn’t a soft approach, it’s the only approach.
• If a teacher is really struggling, you really get to the things that are preventing them from being successful.
• The challenge of teachers having good self-awareness.
• You get a little bit of tunnel vision; you don’t always see everything.
• You miss the fact that some kids have no idea what was going on?
• It’s a problem when someone feels judged.
• People fear being observed.
• Learning objectives written on board. Process dominating too much over what evidence-base is.
• Writing down learning objectives isn’t always the best day to make that happen.
• Positive framing - behavior management language.
• Checklisting helps people form shared understanding of terms.
• How to be a transformative principal? Go and make sure you’ve spent as much time as possible to observe your school performing. Don’t judge them, think of it through the lens of how can I help them. Filter out your judgments and tendencies.
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Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

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

In this episode, Jethro and Fred discuss the recently released audio course, "Raising Cybertethical Kids." Use the promo code Cybertraps to save 50%!

Check out this episode!

The Addiction Inoculation with Jessica Lahey Transformative Principal 401

Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. Over twenty years, she’s taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’ The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. Her second book, The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, will be released in April 2021.

• Why did you write this book? 
• amwriting podcast
• The Deepest Well - Nadine Burke-Harris
• Shame - associated with alcoholism.
• Giving up a sense of control
• Personality, Genetics, and more.
• Epigenetics - how our genes are expressed. How our genetics are expressed based on what we have experienced.
• Scales vs. risk factors.  
• How do we raise kids to be healthy? 
• What does work in drug prevention? Spoiler alert - SEL programs
• Inoculation theory - the more a kid feels like they can say no
• Certain things we need to look for:
• Early learning issues
• Early aggression
• Bot Violates Life skills training.
• Gateway drugs and activities
• Kids and drug use is going down. But vaping is not.
• Not all kids are going to go on to be addicts if they use early on.
• The adolescent brain is uniquely vulnerable to substances.
• If we can keep kids away from drugs and alcohol until their early 20s, we can nearly eliminate
• Consistent messaging to kids, “We do not take drugs or alcohol until we are of age.“
• What if we fear we’ve already lost our kids? How do we get them back to square one?
• If you know your kids have abused, what should you do?
• Kids overestimate how much substances mean to other people.
• Boys will raise consumption to meet peer levels.
• Girls will start to socially isolate.
• People avoid creating sober events.
• Sports drive alocohol consumption.
• It’s about prevention, not treatment.
• Recovery doesn’t look the same in teens as it does in adults.
• Medication-based addiction recovery can be helpful.
• Talking with counselor at school.
• Identifying it early.
• Kids use [substances] to cope with whatever they are feeling.
• Community-based support
• Maia Salovitz
• Something’s gotta give
• Joseph Lee MD. Recovering my kid.
• David Scheff and Nick Scheff - High
• Recovery High Schools (one affiliated with University of Texas)
• 16 and in recovery on MTV.
• Start a recovery high school
• Evaluate your substance abuse prevention program. Blueprints substance abuse prevention University of Colorado Boulder. If you’re starting in middle school you’re starting too late.

Sponsors

TeachFX

Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at TeachFX.com

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:

• Michaela: The Power of Culture by Katharine Birbalsingh
• Teaching WalkThrus: Visual Step-by-Step Guides to Essential Teaching Techniques by Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli
• Putting Staff First: A blueprint for revitalising our schools by John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
• The Teaching Delusion: Why Teaching In Our Schools Isn’t Good Enough (And How We Can Make It Better) by Bruce Robertson
• Stop Talking About Wellbeing: A pragmatic approach to teacher workload by Kat Howard

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