My BAD

I was young, passionate, hard-working, and very good at what I did. I eventually learned the hard way that I couldn't lead change by myself. Follow: @jonHarper70bd @Casas @bamradionetwork Jimmy Casas served twenty-two years as a school leader, including fourteen years as Principal at Bettendorf High School. Under his leadership, Bettendorf was named one of the Best High Schools in the country three times by Newsweek and US News & World Report. He is the author of four books, including the best-selling book Culturize–Every Student. Every Day. Whatever it Takes. Jimmy serves as an adjunct professor for Drake University, teaching courses in educational leadership and is the owner and CEO of J Casas & Associates, an educational leadership company aimed at organizing and providing world class professional learning services for educators across the country.

I learned the hard way that my job extended beyond providing support for students. I eventually realized that I'm part of a team.

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Hans Appel has worked as a counselor in the Richland School District for the past 18 years and at Enterprise Middle School since it opened. In 2018, EMS was awarded the ASCD Whole Child Award for the State of Washington and the Global “Class Act Award” for creating a culture of excellence through kindness, service, and empathy. Recently, Hans launched his own blog about School Culture and this fall rolled out a student-led leadership podcast called Award Winning Culture: Hosted by Wildcat Nation.

When a new student changed the social dynamic in my class, took the easy way out.

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Mandy Froehlich is the Director of Innovation and Technology in Ripon, WI. She also consults, presents and keynotes nationally on teacher engagement, edtech, leadership, and climate & culture. She is the author of The Fire Within and Divergent EDU, a national speaker, co-host of Teachers' Aid.

I thought I was ready for my first presentation. I expected to do well, but I didn't.

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Tara Martin is an enthusiastic educator, speaker, and author of Be REAL: Educate From the Heart.

Her ambition is to lead a culture of innovative change and to motivate others to become the best they can be, all while staying REAL--Relatable Exposing Vulnerability

Always Approachable, and Learning Through Life.

I was so excited about what I had just learned and couldn't wait to share the ideas with my peers and staff. However, I discovered that there is a right way to do it and a wrong way.

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Jennifer Hogan has been a high school teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal, and not always in that order. She is currently an assistant principal at Hoover High School, the largest, most diverse high school in Alabama. Jennifer relentlessly advocates for students, believes that we all have to fail our way to success, and knows that every child needs at least one adult that he or she can depend on.

I wanted to be helpful to teachers, but because of my assumptions, I was doing much but accomplishing little.

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Dr. Katie Martin is the VP or Partnerships at AltSchool and author of Learner-Centered Innovation: Spark Curiosity, Ignite Passion, and Unleash Genius. Through her writing, speaking, and partnerships with educators, she works to create schools the empower all children to reach their full potential.

I was inflexible, detached, and demanded compliance from my students until crushed a student's vision for her future.

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Barbara Bray is a Creative Learning Strategist at Rethinking Learning and is founder/owner of My eCoach that are both divisions of her company, Computer Strategies, LLC. Barbara is a writer, coach, change agent, risk-taker, instructional designer, connector, and believer in magical things happening in learning. She is past co-founder of Personalize Learning, LLC and is the co-author of both books, Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning.

I was feeling deep dissonance, but I wasn't acknowledging that I needed to make a change. I eventually hit a tipping point.

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Sarah Johnson is passionate about leadership and helping educators thrive in their work. She has been an English teacher, building principal, and author. Due to a recent calling to pursue spreading her message to masses, Sarah has taken a leap into becoming an educational consultant in the areas of balance, resilience, and faithful leadership.

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I was trying to do the right thing, but in the process, I mishandled a parent

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Nathaniel Provencio is the principal of Minnieville Elementary in Prince William County, VA. He is the 2017 Washington Post Principal of the Year and a featured writer and presenter on family engagement.

Instead of confronting the conflict with my colleague, I essentially withdrew my support and stopped collaborating.

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Dennis Griffin serves as the principal of Prairie Elementary School and is pursuing his doctoral studies in Educational Leadership at Cardinal Stritch University. Dennis is a servant leader that seeks to build collaborative cultures that enhance the future for ALL students, educators, and communities at large.