Mafost Mashup

Here's part 2 of the interview with one of Houston's foremost instructional coaches and curriculum directors on the topic of instructional coaching. Highlights include:

- Coldplay's "Fix You"

- Research on the lack of research

- Multifinality as a guiding principle

- Difficulty of being an instructional coach

- Coaching conversation tips

- Simple coaching prep

- What really matters

You can get episode notes, resources, and research at https://mafost.com/mashup

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Season 2 Episode 6: Assessment Data. With guest audio from Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, this episode of the Mafost Mashup is a heart throbbing take on 3 ideas to make assessment and data a driving force for impact on learning!

Topics include:

- Moneyball: Managing with Bad Data

- Data Dashboards

- Sensitive Data

- Unidimensional Assessments

- Top Gun: Top-Down Errors

- Reliability for the Practitioner

- Problems with Big Tests

- The Solution

Get the details and how-to at https://mafost.com/mashup

Audio clips from Fandango's Movieclips YouTube channel. Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/user/movieclips/featured

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are more than mere lesson planning or book studies...they are a basic human need. In this episode, we sit with Dr. Coryn Prince school administrator and educational leader, whose recent doctoral research focused on features of successful PLCs.

Topics include:

- PLCs as a basic human need

- Naturally-formed PLCs

- The focus of effective PLCs

- The role of a shared purpose

- Trust and Safety

- How to Build Trust

- PLC as Family

Get show notes and additional resources at https://mafost.com/mashup

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In Episode 4 of Season 2, we challenge the RTI concept of fidelity. Should it be in your intervention systems? Has it failed? What is the evidence? Topics include:

- What is Fidelity in Instruction?

- Where did fidelity come from?

- Why has it failed?

- Why should it be embraced?

- Research on the failure of micromanagement

- Why reading gaps occur

- Data on illiteracy

- Multi-layered Intervention for Reading

Get more details, research, and show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup

Which of these has the biggest impact on learning? Whole Language, Student Control Over Learning, RTI, or Teacher Knowledge. This episode starts with John Hattie's updated research and then delves into why systems-thinking wins over instructional strategies, especially for reading instruction.

Topics Include:

- Changes in Reading Technology

- The disappearance of Learning Disabilities

- The Documentation Problem

- Why RTI (Response to Intervention) Fails

- Multi-Gate Screener Systems

- A/B Testing as a System for Improvement

- The Coming Change in Reading Skills

- Why Systems Win

You can get the Mafost Mashup show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup

And subscribe to the blog at https://mafost.com

This episode of the Mafost Mashup, the premiere principal podcast, is about instruction coaching, and we have guest Kerry Flanagan sharing insights about successful instructional coaching.

Topics include:

-Dopamine

-Lottery Tickets

-Serotonin

-Relationships & Trust

-Successful Conversations

-Challenging Coaching Conversations

Instructional coaching is a tool that, over time, builds trust and acceptance. It builds serotonin and oxytocin, the key ingredients needed to remove the veil of emotions that cover the brains rational center, so strategic steps toward improvement can be made!

Impacting Community, Mafost Mashup Season 2 Episode 1.

In this episode, Matt sits down with the innovative and insightful principal Matt Arend to discuss the impact he's had on the community at Sigler Nation (Sigler Elementary in Texas). Get the show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup.

Connect with Matt Arend at:

Website: http://matthewarend.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthew_arend

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Topics include:

- Making the Climb

- Support (Danny Steele Quote)

- Building a Culture of Family

- Social/Emotional Needs of Students, Staff, and Families

- Simple Ways to Make a Daily Impact

- Balancing the tasks of the Principalship

- Lessons Learned for New or Aspiring School Leaders

* This episode includes a live interview from Orlando, FL in a less than optimum acoustic setting.

I'm kicking off season 2 of the Mafost Mashup with a prelude - for principals and school leaders who appreciate insanely innovative ideas to lead learning and improve schools.

You can subscribe here to get all episodes and you can read the show notes at https://mafost.com/mashup.

In this prelude, you will find:

> Peek into the Season 2 Interviews

> John Hattie's Worst Factors on Learning

> Bad Data is Worse than No Data

The 321 Strategy takes complicated school improvement plans and strips them down to a focused and actionable set of components directly connected to professional learning and student results.

Learn more about the 3-2-1 strategy at https://mafost.com/321-strategy/

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