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In this episode, we are continuing our coaching conversations with Eric. Please check in our previous episodes 523 519 514, 510, 506, and 501

We are talking about how we finally met in person! We have known each other for years, but haven't met yet! Here's the outline of the rest of what we talk about: 

• Schoolai.com

• Chapter on hiring from How to be a Transformative Principal

• Recruiting and hiring

• What do we need to do differently to be more flexible

• Knowing how few applicants there are, how can we recruit differently? 

• What is good?

• Easy to fill out applications

• Vacancies open sooner

• Early for traditional 

• What do you not feel good about?

• Don’t know how much difference teacher fairs make or not

• Like having a presence at a job fair. 

• Very few graduates in programs

• Internet has changed the application process

• How much schools social media helps?

• Suggestions for Improving

• Attract people to come to your school.

• Get on the phone and talk to them about what you offer at the school. 

• “We need a body”

• Worried to non-renew a teacher because they’re not going to get any applicants.

• Always be recruiting

• Look for talent everywhere

• Build a pipeline and keep in touch. 

• Letter of intent for returning to their home district and get a bonus. 

• Build a longer district pipeline.

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

• Update from Ghana

- #2023–03–13_1100 Meeting with the Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service
- #2023–03–14_1200 Visit to 5/6 classroom at Primus Hybrid School
- #2023–03–19_1400 Pan-Africa webinar for parents
- How can parents and carers monitor their children’s online activity without infringing on their privacy?
- What are the long-term effects of excessive technology use on children’s mental and physical health?
- How can parents and carers stay informed about new technology trends and potential risks?
- What should parents and carers do if they suspect their child is being cyberbullied or harassed online?
- How can parents and carers effectively communicate with their children about technology use without creating conflict or tension?
- How can parents and carers address their own technology use and set a good example for their children?
- What is the role of peer pressure and social media in shaping children’s online behavior, and how can parents and carers help children navigate these pressures?
- How can technology be used to enhance learning and development for children, and what are some best practices for incorporating technology into education?
- How can parents and carers help children build healthy relationships with their devices and encourage offline activities and hobbies?
- What is the role of technology companies and platforms in promoting safe and responsible technology use, and how can parents and carers hold them accountable?
- The Growing Problem of Deepfakes
- News Item: New York students create a deepfake video of middle school principal saying racist things
“https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/14/racist-deepfakes-carmel-tiktok/”
- Details
- Target of the malicious attack was George Fischer Middle School
- In late January or early February, multiple videos were released on Tiktok, with a male voice laid over videos of Principal John Piscitella
- The voiceovers contained racist statements and threats of violence
- TikTok quickly took the videos down but not before they were seen by multiple students
- Carmel Central School District sent out a letter on February 13, 2023, alerting parents to the videos and saying “that three high-schoolers had “used artificial intelligence to impersonate the staff” and made them appear to make “inappropriate comments” in videos.”
- The school did not describe the videos, nor did it specifically mention the racist comments or threats of violence
- Simultaneous, local police closed their investigation after determining that no crime had been committed
- The District defended its response to angry parents, saying that “they were trying to balance disclosing sensitive information without generating panic”
- But parents accused the District of minimizing the videos
- The videos raise many issues, most controversial:
- Racism
- Student Privacy
- The Use and Abuse of Technology (particularly AI)
- Threats of Gun Violence
- Disciplinary action was taken against three students but District refused to say what action was taken
- Analysis
- Schools need to be more transparent about the nature of incidents like these
- We may need to consider the cost of student privacy
- These were relatively crude deepfake videos; the technology exists now to make much more convincing videos
- Additional Resources
- #2023–03–09 Principal appears to spew racist threats in disturbing video — but it never actually happened
“https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/principal-appears-to-spew-racist-threats-in-disturbing-video-%E2%80%94-but-it-never-actually-happened/ar-AA18qImu”
- #2023–03–08 High Schoolers Made a Racist Deepfake of a Principal Threatening Black Students
“https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxzk9/school-principal-deepfake-racist-video”
- #2023–03–02 TikTok videos threatening Black students have Carmel parents on edge, district promising change
“https://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2023/03/02/racist-tiktok-videos-threaten-black-kids-in-carmel-ny-worry-parents/69941181007/”
- Fred’s presentation at ASTE about Chatbots

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In this episode, we’re bringing you a conversation from The Authority Podcast, part of the Be Podcast Network. 

Today’s guest is international best-selling author and business leader Mark Miller, Vice President of High Performance Leadership for Chick-Fil-A. 

Culture Rules: The Leader's Guide to Creating the Ultimate Competitive Advantage is Mark’s 11th book. He currently has over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages.

Ross and Mark discuss:

• 71% of U.S. leaders believe culture is their #1 most powerful tool to drive performance, but enhancing culture ranks low on their priority list — why the gap?
• First move: decide and declare what you're trying to create. Culture needs to be explicit. 
• The 3 Culture Rules: Aspire, Amplify, Adapt
• What does culture mean to your customers?
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wanted to shift the company from being “know-it-alls” to “learn-it-alls” — what did Mark learn while working on the book?
• The “magic circle” of game design and how it explains culture. 
• What Mark learned about innovation and purpose. 
• Measuring culture

Culture Rules is now available for purchase, with a number of bonuses available for individual and bulk orders. Learn about them here: https://www.leadeveryday.com 

The Authority is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with leading authors from the education world and beyond. Host Ross Romano, a leadership coach, storytelling strategist and edtech advisor, draws out their invaluable insights on leadership, culture-building, transformation, and student & educator success.

Subscribe to The Authority:

• Apple: https://apple.co/3ePnTea 
• Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3JxkyeX 
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Connect on social media:

Mark Miller is a business leader, best-selling author, and communicator. He began writing almost twenty years ago, and with over one million books in print in more than twenty-five languages, Mark’s global impact continues to grow. Connect with him:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/highperformanceleaders/ 
• https://twitter.com/MarkMillerLeads 

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education

New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

This week on Transformative Principal, Jethro Jones shares a special episode where he was on a panel to discuss the current teacher shortage and what can be done. This was recorded for the Better Learning Podcast

In this podcast, we discussed the following:
- teachers that are leaving or doing really well.
- How education has been a pink collar job and the impact that has on our day today
- Empowering individuals
- Addressing mentorship
- Policy change vs. leadership decisions
- Public Impact in North Carolina
- Teacher Buy-in
- Teachers want to connect
- Playing with Teaching
- Motivation
- Leadership & culture
- A discussion of money

About the Panel:ists
Michael Horn is the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute and author of Blended and Disrupting Class, and the new book coming out this week called “Choosing College!”, which is the book we are talking about today!

Charles Fournier is a High school English teacher and freelance podcaster at Wyoming Public Radio. Worked as an associate producer on the award-winning podcast HumaNature. Currently working as a sound designer on award-winning podcast, The Modern West, and host The Mountain Time Podcast Hour on WPR. Recently, have been producing the narrative podcast Those Who Can’t Teach

Jethro Jones, 2017 Digital Principal of the Year, is a former principal and founder of the BE Podcast Network. He is also the author of the books How to be a Transformative Principal and SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves! Jethro currently consults schools and districts on redesign efforts that don’t seem like another program. Jethro has worked as a principal at all K–12 levels, including a prison school, a district coach, distance learning team lead, and English teacher.

The Better Learning Podcast is hosted by Kevin Stoller, CEO of Kay-Twelve and author of Creating Better Learning Environments. The podcast is also associated with other organizations that are focused on improving education including the Education Leaders’ Organization (ELO) and the Second Class Foundation

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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.

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New Episode of @TrnFrmPrincipal

• Fred is in Africa until April 1.
• Sign up for updates from Fred
• Interview with Awo.
• US State Department sponsored trip through Fullbright Specialist Program
• SchoolAI
• Fred’s Presentation about ChatGPT at ASTE.
• Jethro’s chat with Damon Hargraves RE: ChatGPT on Transformative Principal
• Rise of low level betting in rural areas.
• Ho, Ghana - Tech forum and fair for women.
• Statistic - In Africa, adoption of Smartphones is about 30% in high school and 10% in middle school.

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Dr. Karen Dudek Brannan: A little bit about myself: I spent 14 years as a school SLP while I was working on my doctorate in special education and Director of Special Education credential. In 2015, I launched my business focused on helping IEP teams design services that support language, literacy, and executive functioning; as well as helping all team members be better leaders. As a person who has been on both the service-provider and leadership end in special education, I think I’d be able to offer a unique perspective to your listeners.

Summary for show notes:

In today’s episode we dive into the world of executive functioning.  Dr. Dudek Brannan explains what effective work should look like beyond the traditional model of students working on skill deficiencies in isolation with a counselor or therapist.  She describes how a team can focus on building these skills in students and what practice in the classroom includes.

Best way for listeners to reach out to Karen:

1. https://drkarendudekbrannan.com/

Sponsors

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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

• How Eric Taught a student to write a better email.
• Write better emails
• How to prioritize problems.
• Keeping a focus
• What’s keeping you from focusing on your 1 thing in your school?
• 1 thing: getting into classrooms.
• Master schedule -
• Is this even in the top ten list?
• Got into his 1 thing within a month every year.
• Priorities - getting prepared for state testing, getting prepared for next year’s scheduling, graduation, staffing for next year.
• Are your priorities your todo list?
• Big idea behind state testing
  • reflect the efforts of our kids
• What makes or breaks a great school.
• Why isn’t your past experiences translating to the current situation.
• Graduation rate was 85%, wasn’t meeting our goals.
• Goal of learning 1 thing each day.
• I’ve learned something new every day.
• What is the 1 thing that if you
• What was most valuable? Reframing how I prioritize

Sponsors

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