November 15, 2015

DOK Instructional Rounds with Doug Timm Transformative Principal 098

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29 minutes

Doug Timm is the principal of Carrie Downie Elementary School

First principalship - innovative technology, focus on standards.

Modern Teacher, Instructional Rounds. Cognitive growth targets (Bloom’s taxonomy)

Think beyond comprehension and recall.

What is the teacher doing and assigning?

6 different centers, but all 6 focused on retrieving and comprehending.

How can we focus on more than the two basic levels?

Charlotte’s Web in the city takes it up a level.

Not all we are looking at, but major focus on tasks.

I need to change what I am asking them to do to get them where I want them to be.

Importance of how kids think. Why we need to make sure our kids are thinking beyond comprehending.

Have to practice those skills.

I don’t make inferences in observations anymore.

Talk to kids during the observation. Sitting at a desk with the kids.

Coaches (2) and Doug are assigned to teachers

Teacher Name, Task, Where it falls in blooms taxonomy.

What can you do to be a transformative principal? Walk around the building and see what focus you want to have: technology, literacy, math, student ownership. What do we have and how do we get to where we want to be? Keep the focus. There’s no end game.

Answer one survey question: What is the most challenging part of your job?

Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.

Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools.

Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.

Buy Communication Cards

Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com

Download Paperless Principal.

Sponsor: Sanebox

Web Site

Transformative Principal on Stitcher

Refer A Principal

Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey

LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.com

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

Simplify and streamline technology
Save teachers’ time
Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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November 15, 2015

DOK Instructional Rounds with Doug Timm Transformative Principal 098

Listen Later

29 minutes

Doug Timm is the principal of Carrie Downie Elementary School

First principalship - innovative technology, focus on standards.

Modern Teacher, Instructional Rounds. Cognitive growth targets (Bloom’s taxonomy)

Think beyond comprehension and recall.

What is the teacher doing and assigning?

6 different centers, but all 6 focused on retrieving and comprehending.

How can we focus on more than the two basic levels?

Charlotte’s Web in the city takes it up a level.

Not all we are looking at, but major focus on tasks.

I need to change what I am asking them to do to get them where I want them to be.

Importance of how kids think. Why we need to make sure our kids are thinking beyond comprehending.

Have to practice those skills.

I don’t make inferences in observations anymore.

Talk to kids during the observation. Sitting at a desk with the kids.

Coaches (2) and Doug are assigned to teachers

Teacher Name, Task, Where it falls in blooms taxonomy.

What can you do to be a transformative principal? Walk around the building and see what focus you want to have: technology, literacy, math, student ownership. What do we have and how do we get to where we want to be? Keep the focus. There’s no end game.

Answer one survey question: What is the most challenging part of your job?

Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.

Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools.

Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.

Buy Communication Cards

Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com

Download Paperless Principal.

Sponsor: Sanebox

Web Site

Transformative Principal on Stitcher

Refer A Principal

Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey

LinkedLeaders: You need support. Get just-in-time mentoring at LinkedLeaders.com

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

Simplify and streamline technology
Save teachers’ time
Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

...more

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