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Brad Gregorich is a proud alum of Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT.  He earned both his undergraduate and master’s degree in educational leadership as a Battlin’ Bear.  He has been a classroom teacher, junior high assistant principal, and elementary principal.  Brad is currently the principal of Hillcrest Elementary School in Gillette, WY.  On today’s episode Brad discusses how he prioritizes culture over strategy as a building principal.  He has focused on the culture their school is working toward through communication and staff leadership.  We also discuss some of his advice to building principals when trying to maintain a healthy balance between school and family time.  The best way for listener’s to get in touch with Brad is through his school email: bgregorich@ccsd.k12.wy.us

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Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Eric Bransteter is a former 5th grade teacher, media specialist, and building-level administrator. Eric has always had a passion for technology integration in the classroom, which led to him co-founding the EdTech company iAspire. Eric now hosts The Employee Experience in Education podcast where he speaks with educational leaders, former educators, and industry experts to better understand the employee experience in education. Eric’s goal is to equip school leaders with realistic and actionable strategies to keep more teachers in the classroom.

Eric discusses how schools can improve teacher retention by focusing on the employee experience.  By aligning the employer’s expectations, needs, and wants with those of the employee, schools can prevent turnover and retention in the classroom.  The four principles of the employee experience are connection with themselves, connection with others, connection with their role, and connection with the organization.  Happy teachers don’t quit!

Best way for listeners to reach out to Eric Bransteter: 

1. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbransteter/

Sponsors

Pikmykid

Improve your school dismissal and safety response with Pikmykid, the Schools Safety and Dismissal Platform. Help move your dismissal from chaos to calm, get kids to their families faster and safer.  Visit pikmykid.com/be to learn more

Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

This interview is from a recent conference that Fred and I attended called Professional Practices Institute. We had the chance to talk with some great people from around the country. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Terri Miller: President of SESAME
- Dirty Secrets Pittsburg Post Gazette
- NV criminalizing sexual acts with students over the age of consent
- SESAME Act designed to prevent passing the trash
- Dr. Billie-Jo Grant - board member at SESAME
- ESSA bill prohibits separation agreements and confidentiality

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This interview is from a recent conference that Fred and I attended called Professional Practices Institute. We had the chance to talk with some great people from around the country. I hope you enjoy this episode.

• Investigative Reporter for Business Insider - Twitter
• Investigating grooming of high school students by teachers
• Grooming the community, then grooming the family, then grooming the victim.

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In this episode, we are continuing our coaching conversations with Eric. Please check in our previous episodes 506 and 501

This week we check in on what Eric has going on, and talk about how to be a people leader instead of an instructional leader.

Checking back in on Eric:
- Canned responses going so well, I’ve shared it with teachers
- Email war: the war that you’ll never win!
- Didn’t talk with superintendent about exiting
- Staff moving past something

Being the Instructional Leader
- Are you an instructional leader or a people leader?

How to be a people leader?
- Focus on the individual.
- Check up on people informally.
- Morning lap
- Being visible to being impactful
- “I didn’t talk to them all week.”
- Feelings of guilt

Where can teachers learn to be better teachers?
- Colleagues
- Themselves
- Principal
- Technology
- Conferences

Teachers don’t really don’t need us to tell them how they can be better!

How does your day change as a people leader?
- Laps during prep
- Finding those who cruise under the radar
- What is a need that is unknown?
- Materials and resources for new teachers
- Find a way to buy the support they need.

How do you find out if they need something?
- Ask, What do you need?
- What else?
- What is your specific challenge?
- How can I help?
- What was most valuable today?

Focus on the individual, not the data.

Sponsors

Pikmykid

Improve your school dismissal and safety response with Pikmykid, the Schools Safety and Dismissal Platform. Help move your dismissal from chaos to calm, get kids to their families faster and safer.  Visit pikmykid.com/be to learn more

Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

Dr. Erika Garcia-Niles is a principal in MIssouri.

• Erika Garcia on Twitter
   we don't remember our impact but they sure do.
• behind the scenes at new district
• better than I could have imagined.
• Focus on people - It's all about the people.
• People by day, paperwork by night.
• It's about surrounding yourself with the right people.
• Leave before you're ready.
• Don't find the next thing, find the right thing.
• Use coaching to help someone reflect on themselves.
• Ask questions of them to get them to reflect
• We can get hung up on the things we don't believe, rather than what we do believe.
• Every single child should have a person.
• I feel like school was made for me!
• Eric Makelky
• Special Education
• What teachers need from principals right now?
• How to be a transformative principal? Check in with your teachers!

 

Sponsors

Pikmykid

Improve your school dismissal and safety response with Pikmykid, the Schools Safety and Dismissal Platform. Help move your dismissal from chaos to calm, get kids to their families faster and safer.  Visit pikmykid.com/be to learn more

Transformative Principal Mastermind

Lead a school everyone can be proud of.

Being a principal is tough work. You’re pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do.

I help you stop putting out fires and start leading.

Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal