NAESP Radio- The National Association of Elementary School Principals

Our guest has done compelling research and writing on the impact of emotionally intelligent leadership. In this segment, we highlight the main ideas every principal needs to know.

Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. As a science journalist Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half, with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries. His most recent book is Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence.

Though these are challenging times to be in education, our guest provides a compelling overview of what great principals are doing to drive student success.

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Pedro Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA. His research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts.  He is a nationally recognized voice on urban school reform and has written 11 books, including, "The Trouble with Black Boys" and "Excellence Through Equity".

Our guest offers an insightful and fresh perspective of the brave new world education leaders face. In this segment he draws stark comparisons between the way teaching and leading has been done and what is truly required in a world of increasing ambiguity, complexity and exciting new possibilities.

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Erik Wahl is an internationally recognized graffiti artist, # 1 best selling author and entrepreneur. Erik’s on-stage painting seamlessly becomes a visual metaphor to the core of his message, encouraging organizations toward profitability through innovations and superior levels of performance. A TED presenter and author, Erik’s bestselling business book UNTHINK was hailed by Forbes Magazine as THE blueprint to actionable creativity and by Fast Company Magazine as Provocative with a Purpose.

Our guest offers new data which powerfully suggests that student voice matters. In this segment we define student voice and discuss how it impacts

academic motivation, absenteeism, disciplinary academic achievement graduation rates. We further explore why teacher, parent and principal voice are also essential.

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Dennis Inhulsen is Patterson Elementary principal in Holly, Michigan and president of the National Art Education Association. Recently, Dennis served as writing chair for the new National Voluntary Visual Arts Standards. Mark White is the elected president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, which represents pre-K-8 educators in the United States, Canada, and overseas.

The new Visual Art Standards have been aligned to the Common Core Standards as well as the aim of ensuring that all kids are college and career ready.

In this segment we summarize what every principal needs to know.

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Dennis Inhulsen is Patterson Elementary principal in Holly, Michigan and president of the National Art Education Association. Recently, Dennis served as writing chair for the new National Voluntary Visual Arts Standards. Mark White is the elected president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, which represents pre-K-8 educators in the United States, Canada, and overseas.

Gail Connelly, executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals sits down with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to get a national perspective and highlights from his recent bus tour.

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Arne Duncan is the United States Secretary of Education. Duncan had previously served as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools.Duncan was appointed U.S. Secretary of Education by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 2009.

Our culture tends to celebrate extroverts while often labeling introverts as shy, insecure or lacking the qualities of a successful student, effective teacher or good leader. Our guest aims to disabuse us of these ideas and offers compelling insights about, being, leading and teaching introverts.

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Susan Cain is the co-founder of Quiet Revolution and the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller QUIET: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which is being translated into over thirty-five languages. Cain’s book was the subject of a TIME Magazine cover story, and her writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal. Her TED talk was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks.

Finding an appropriate and valid way to evaluate principals is a high priority as we seek greater accountability and support for education leaders. To we explore some of the directions in which our community's thinking about principal evaluations is evolving.

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Joseph Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College of Education of Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education.

The population of English language learners is rising dramatically, but our principals and teachers are not adequately prepared to handle the increase. In this segment we discuss strategies for preparing administrators and teachers.

Maureen Keithley joined the WIDA Consortium five years ago from the Kentucky Department of Education where she served as a Title III - LEP/Immigrant Consultant. Her prior experience as a mainstream teacher, ESL teacher, district Title III coordinator and at the state education agency equips Maureen to have a multi-dimensional approach when providing professional development, technical assistance and consulting to WIDA state and territories. She is a National Board Certified Teacher.

New brain research has identified the skills that must be developed at the earliest ages to provide children with a foundation for learning success. In this segment our guest discusses how principals can help teachers develop these skills in their students.

Deborah Leong is the co-developer with Elena Bodrova of the Tools of the Mind PK and K program. She is Professor Emerita of Developmental Psychology at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has written numerous books and articles on the development of make-believe play, play and executive function development, and early childhood assessment.