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Dr. Henry J. Turner is an award-winning high school principal, author, and nationally renowned speaker.  He is most proud of the collaborative community he works within to empower students to fight hate and bigotry in their school. Pointing to his unwavering commitment to equity and a student-centered culture, Henry was named 2020 K12 Principal of the Year by K–12 Dive.

Henry is the author of the newly released book, Change the Narrative: How to Foster an Antiracist Culture in Your School, published by DBC inc. As a national speaker, he shares his experience as an innovative instructional leader, passionate advocate, and committed antiracist educator with educators and organizational leaders. Henry works with educators, leaders, and communities on how to create a culture that commits to diversity, equity, and inclusion empowers students’ voices and addresses economic and racial disparities.

He has a biweekly newsletter, “Lessons on Social Justice Leadership” that can be found at HenryJTurner.com.

• Race is a social fabric that has been created in our society.

• If we believe in all students succeed, then we need to respond to students’ needs.

• School was founded on separating students and what systems were excluded.

• 25% of students were on IEP, 50% of black students were on IEPs.

• Racism - system of advantage based on race

• Who are we blaming for these disparities? What is wrong with these students vs. what is wrong with these schools?

• 80% of educators want to do racial justice work in their schools.

• Leaders are nervous about diving into this - how

• Teaching students to stand up for someone else.

• Start small

• How do you make sure students are seen?

• How do you pronounce your name?

• Intent is good, impact is bad.

• The way to make students feel included is to empower them.

• How do you get started?

• Creating agreements with students

• Name activity - sharing the history of your name

• This is the way to begin to talk aboutt he work.

• Talking about race really begins with talking about us.

• Focus on relationships.

• Who are we blaming for the problem?

- What did I do over the course of the year to help you feel comfortable sharing that with me?

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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

Dr. Henry J. Turner is an award-winning high school principal, author, and nationally renowned speaker.  He is most proud of the collaborative community he works within to empower students to fight hate and bigotry in their school. Pointing to his unwavering commitment to equity and a student-centered culture, Henry was named 2020 K12 Principal of the Year by K–12 Dive.

Henry is the author of the newly released book, Change the Narrative: How to Foster an Antiracist Culture in Your School, published by DBC inc. As a national speaker, he shares his experience as an innovative instructional leader, passionate advocate, and committed antiracist educator with educators and organizational leaders. Henry works with educators, leaders, and communities on how to create a culture that commits to diversity, equity, and inclusion empowers students’ voices and addresses economic and racial disparities.

He has a biweekly newsletter, “Lessons on Social Justice Leadership” that can be found at HenryJTurner.com.

• Race is a social fabric that has been created in our society.

• If we believe in all students succeed, then we need to respond to students’ needs.

• School was founded on separating students and what systems were excluded.

• 25% of students were on IEP, 50% of black students were on IEPs.

• Racism - system of advantage based on race

• Who are we blaming for these disparities? What is wrong with these students vs. what is wrong with these schools?

• 80% of educators want to do racial justice work in their schools.

• Leaders are nervous about diving into this - how

• Teaching students to stand up for someone else.

• Start small

• How do you make sure students are seen?

• How do you pronounce your name?

• Intent is good, impact is bad.

• The way to make students feel included is to empower them.

• How do you get started?

• Creating agreements with students

• Name activity - sharing the history of your name

• This is the way to begin to talk aboutt he work.

• Talking about race really begins with talking about us.

• Focus on relationships.

• Who are we blaming for the problem?

- What did I do over the course of the year to help you feel comfortable sharing that with me?

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.

Jamie Boyd, Southern Arkansas University
- Online K–6 coursework that leads to licensure targeted at paraprofessionals
- Only university where enrollment has gone up.
- Valued as professionals
- How to solve the problem:
- Pay
- Focus in great teaching and providing autonomy

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This interview is a recap from the 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. In this episode Fred talks with Quinton “Q” Dale fro Massachusetts.

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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.

Arizona School Risk Retention Insurance Trust - You can Never be Safe Enough.
- Rise in the tools, use, manipulation
- Secrecy and ability to keep up.
- Easier to hide it now.
- Handled with deliberate indifference
- Someone could have stepped in.
- Groomers start by grooming the community, then grooming the family, then grooming the individual.

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<p>This interview is from a recent conference that Fred and I attended called <a href="https://www.nasdtec.net/page/MCEE_Doc">Professional Practices Institute</a>. We had the chance to talk with some great people from around the country. I hope you enjoy this episode. </p>

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Al Kingsley has spent the last 30 years in the EdTech space and 20 of those as a school trustee and governor. He is co-chair of Workstream 4 at the Foundation for Educational Development, an organization developing a framework for long-term vision and sustainable planning in England. Al is Group CEO of NetSupport Ltd, an internationally acclaimed EdTech vendor. As a firm supporter of lifelong learning, he is also a regional Apprenticeship Ambassador and Chair of the Employment & Skills board for his region’s combined authority. An active writer about all things EdTech, Al is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and sits on the advisory council for the Foundation for Education Development. He authored a book, My Secret #EdTech Diary, released in July 2021 that is a road map to a new way of thinking about technology in education.

• Many similarities - Local authority schools, state run, and private/independent school.
• Two checkpoints in year 2 and year 6
• Internal (teacher-based) and external assessments (formal assessments marked and moderated externally).
• GCSE - age 16 in a range of subjects.
• Types of assessments
  • Attainment - comparative score
  • Progress - how much they grew.
  • A Levels - final exam before college.
• What is the purpose and the outcome of these measures?
• external serves only 2 measures - certificate of completion or accountability for schools
• Are those results where they are in attainment, or are there other reasons.
• Whether our measure of a successful education is acquisition of knowledge or something more?
• Staff retention
• PISA is suggesting some changes in how to assess students.
• Sugata Mitra ted talk
• NAEP scores for last 15 years - 15–16 jurisdictions in US that were low consistently.
• Educational decisions are made in political cycles.
• We don’t want quick change, we want long term embedded money.
• What are the indicators that might vary the funding for schools?
• Respect and trust our school leaders.
• Who knows our students best? Do we trust those people?
• The skills being acquired in the workplace are actually the things we’re putting more weight on in the world.
• Key skills that could be applied anywhere.
• Education for Human Flourishing
• Aesthetic appreciation -
• How do you measure if people value their learning process at your school?
• Test less and Don’t make the test 100% percent of the assessment.
• Breadth of offerings.

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