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- The Journey of a First Year PrincipalBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Jason Bodnar is the new principal at Lincoln Middle / High School in Cambridge City, Indiana. This is his 12th year in education. He taught high school science for nine years and was a middle school assistant principal before accepting his new position. Mr. Bodnar loves connecting with other educators, learning, and helping others learn through his podcast which can be found at principallyspeaking.com. He can also be found on Twitter @PrincipalBodnar. In this episode you will learn:
- What can make you look different
- The power of putting yourself "out there"
- The paper resume is dead and what to do about it
- What it’s like to be a 1st year principal
- His New Personalized Learning Academy
- Why we should build classes with glass walls
- How to ignite learning with disengaged schools
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn55 min - The power of a PLN with Dr. Neil GuptaBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Neil Gupta graduated from Miami University and began his teaching career at Ashland High School, Ohio. While teaching math, he obtained a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Ashland University and then pursued a doctoral degree from Ashland University in Educational Leadership. While conducting his doctoral work, he worked as an Assistant Principal at Ashland High School for one year. Afterwards, he served as the Director of Secondary Curriculum for Ashland City Schools while completing his doctoral work. After six years, Dr. Gupta moved to New Albany, Ohio and served as Director of Curriculum of Teaching and Learning for two years at New Albany School District. With his deep level of understanding on how assessments drive instruction, he then became the Director of Assessment and Programming for New Albany Plain Local School District for one year. Beginning, July 1, 2015, Dr. Gupta became the Director of Secondary Education for Worthington City Schools. He is fortunate to serve in a district with a vision and focus to provide opportunities for students in the areas of the arts, STEM, and international perspectives. Dr. Gupta has served on a number of local and state committees, including the Ohio Improvement Process State Committee and Ohio Board of Regents STEM Committee. He currently serve as the President of the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators Association and is a member of the Ohio Educator Leader Cadre. Dr. Gupta is a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and works with Student Achievement Partners. He has presented at many state and national conferences, such as the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators Association, Ohio Leadership Cadre specializing in state assessments, the national PARCC Education Leader Cadre. Dr. Gupta has a passion for Principal leadership and coaching leaders using effective strategies and tools, such as design thinking and organizational management. In this episode you will learn:
- The power of connecting via social media to grow your PLN
- Why waiting is sometimes the best choice
- The importance of adding white space to your calendar
- Why you need accountability
- How to get clear on goals
- The mistake of working outside the community
- Improve parent engagement by going where they are
- The value in honoring everyone in the district
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn55 min - Crush the first 90 days of the principalship with Chad WeidenBetter Leaders Better Schools guest ChadWeiden is a proud graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign with a BA in History and Teaching of Social Studies. He received his Masters in Educational Leadership from National Louis University. Before working with the incredible faculty and students at Edgebrook Elementary, Chad began his career teaching middle school in Georgia at Sweetwater Middle School in Gwinnett County and at Drew Charter School in the East Lake Community outside Atlanta. He moved back to Chicago to become the founding social studies teacher at KIPP Ascend Charter School on Chicago's West Side. And while teaching, Chad served as managing director and co-founder of White Horse Theater Company in Chicago from 2001-2006. In 2004, he was asked to join the staff of Social Justice High School in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, which was born out of a community-based hunger strike in 2001. During his 7 years at Social Justice, Chad served as social studies teacher, assistant principal, and principal and was proud to see 95% of all graduates accepted to college. Missing his elementary school roots, Chad accepted the position of Assistant Principal at Blaine Elementary School in the Lakeview Neighborhood in Chicago. While at Blaine, he worked with an outstanding group of students, parents and teachers to ensure Blaine remained one of the top performing neighborhood school in the city of Chicago. In his free time, Chad is an adjunct faculty member at National Louis University in the Educational Leadership Department. He is an avid runner, triathlete, epic reader and dog lover. But the center of his life is his family and his beautiful son Uriah. He is thrilled to be the principal at Edgebrook Elementary School and serve the extended Edgebrook community. In this episode you will learn:
- The playground environment
- 360 degree process
- Align everything to values
- Consistency is more important than words
- The question to ask, "How are you ... What's going on?" ... And just listen!
- How to enter the building
- Your 1st 90 days
- Your leadership story ... Why teach? ... Why lead?
- You need the school as much as the school needs you
- The leader is a coach
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn53 min - Masterminds with Jethro Jones and Daniel Bauer Better Leaders Bonus Episode
Today I get the mic turned on me!
My buddy Jethro Jones of the Transformative Principal interviews me about why masterminds are a key advantage for school leaders interested in the personal development.
In this episode you will learn exactly what masterminds are, how they work, and why you need to join one today!
Resources:
Mastermind blog post
Blindspot blog post
Schedule a complimentary 30 minute call
I'M ALL IN ... RESERVE MY SPOT TODAY IN A BETTER MASTERMIND!
Fostering Resilient Learners
Living Forward
Daniel's Ideal Week
Reclaiming the Classroom
The Transformative Principal
Jethro on Twitter
Do you need accountability?Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444Daniel wants to work with youand help you accelerateyour leadership developmentand increase your impact.Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn26 min - Get rid of buy-in & replace it with ____ with Ken WilliamsBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Ken Williams has a message of motivation and success for your audience! His inspiring and engaging style will make your entire organization shift into high-gear. Collaboratively, professionally and personally! For nearly two decades, Ken Williams has studied what makes achievers different. He knows what motivates them, what drives them, and what inspires them. Ken brings this critical and practical insight to your organization in a way that is timely, engaging and relevant. As an nationally recognized speaker and trainer in team and individual peak performance strategies, Ken delivers his innovative, engaging and powerful universal breakthrough principles to enthusiastic audiences around throughout the US and Canada. In this episode you will learn:
- What kind of coach are you?
- Importance of core purpose and shared mission
- High ceilings / soft floors philosophy
- The VELVET HAMMER!!!
- Are you clear on why your school exists?
- What do you seek to become as a school?
- Get rid of buy-in and replace it with ____________.
- Why planning time is sacred
- Where to get PLC velcro (hint: it's not at Target!)
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn1 hr 12 min - Standards Based Grading with Ryan BruickBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Ryan Bruick has been teaching for 12 years and instructional coaching for 4. He taught 3 years at Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Chicago's west suburbs where he learned to teach physics using Modeling methods. For the past nine years Ryan has taught at Noblesville High School in a northern suburb of Indianapolis. He currently use Modeling methods to teach three sections of Chemistry I Honors and am an instructional coach when he does not teach. This is his second year practicing standards-based grading with his students, and his first year coaching other teachers in SBG. Ryan coaches distance runners and learners, and for two years each, long/triple jumpers and pole vaulters.
Ryan’s experiences in chemical research and development influence the way he approaches teaching and coaching. His first job out of college was serving at an Outback Steakhouse. His second was a "Flavor Technician" in the Sweets division for an international flavor-engineering company where he worked with Flavorists to develop artificial flavors for companies like Yoplait, Coca-Cola, and Diageo. He left that job for his first teaching job.
Later in his career, he worked as a research assistant to brother in Golden, CO. There he worked largely on developing solutions for companies to turn waste into profit while reducing environmental impact. He got to see and do so much cool stuff in that job, but most importantly his immersion in the industry gave him a better perspective as to what skills his students really need to compete.
Ryan loves teaching, loves coaching, and loves science. In this episode you will learn:- Quit or get better
- How to lead by example
- Humility is key
- It's okay to admit you're not an expert
- The problem of saying yes to everyone
- Over-promise and Under-deliver vs Under-promise and Over-deliver
- The importance of piloting before school wide implementation
- Are you assigning meaningful work?
- The power of getting ready
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn1 hr 14 min - I.G.N.I.T.E. your Shine with LaVonna Roth
Better Leaders Better Schools Guest LaVonna Roth is the founder of Ignite Your S.H.I.N.E.™ a movement to fire up those in your organization, school or district to create a place where we cherish and value… everyone! LaVonna is so pumped (and want you to be, too) about creating environments where every person wants to be actively present, know they are valued, are bursting with confidence (not ego) and ready to illuminate the world with their gifts! This is your time to be a part of something bigger than you. It’s a time where we brighten the world by focusing on the positive attributes, strengths and qualities rather than focusing on the negatives. Let’s find where people’s strengths are, then foster and flourish them in a way that compares to nothing else.
It’s more than just a movement though… it’s about creating a place around you where productivity, engagement and FUN is at its peak. Everyone involved wants to be there and believes in this dynamic model that organizations can embed in their everyday practices and culture. Are you ready for this mind-blowing shift? In this episode you will learn:- how to build confidence in kids and staff
- why it’s important to focus on strengths
- how to ignite your S.H.I.N.E.
- how to create cultures where people feel cherished and valued
- why it’s necessary to learn how to let go ...
- why leadership isn’t about power
- people want to support you and how to capitalize on that
- how to own who you are
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn50 min - Reclaiming the classroom with Trenton GobleBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Trenton Goble spent a twenty-years career in public schools. He taught several grade levels, served as an assistant principal, and was an elementary school principal for eleven years. As an administrator, he won numerous awards for innovation and educational excellence, including Rookie Principal of the Year and Principal Innovator of the Year.
In 2009 Trenton co-founded MasteryConnect, a mastery learning platform designed to help K-12 educators measure student growth against any set of standards. In 2012 he left his position as a principal to become the MasteryConnect Chief Learning Officer. In this role, he remains a passionate advocate for American educators, traveling the country helping schools and districts implement mastery learning.
Trenton married his high school sweetheart, Amy, who is now a history teacher. They live in Salt Lake City with their two children, Elliott and Maggie. He holds an M.Ed in Instructional Technology from Utah State University. In this episode you will learn:- the evolution of education … maybe for the worse
- why autonomy is so important to success
- the difference between high stakes testing vs common formative assessments
- the BIG 3
- why assessments should be in the hands of teachers
- where do you place your emphasis?
- are you communicating what grades mean to your community?
- be engaged in the school
- go to where the problems are and solve them
- be patient
- why you should replace your staff meeting with 5 minute standing meetings
- want to be a hero at your school? stop wasting teachers’ time!
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn1 hr 2 min - Work hard, have fun, be nice with Jeff ZoulBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Dr. Jeffrey Zoul is a lifelong teacher, learner, and leader, currently serving as Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning with Deerfield Public Schools District 109 in Deerfield, Illinois. Prior to working in this capacity, Jeff served as a district administrator in Rock Island, Illinois, and a school improvement specialist with Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), the nation’s largest and oldest non-profit school improvement network. Jeff also served as a principal with Forsyth County Schools in Cumming, Georgia, and with North Shore School District 112 in Highland Park, Illinois. Zoul has also taught graduate courses at the university level. Before working as an administrator, Jeff taught for 18 years at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and enjoyed coaching a variety of sports. Jeff is the author of several books, including Improving Your School One Week at a Time and co-author of What Connected Educators Do Differently. In addition, Zoul enjoys sharing his thoughts about a wide range of educational topics through his blog, Teach. Learn. Lead. Repeat. In this episode you will learn:
- How disconnection and lack of inspiration motivated Jeff to make an impact
- Why he uses the phrase "Work hard, have fun, be nice"
- What MICE+E stands for
- The power of old fashioned thank you cards
- The problem wiht jumping to conclusions
- The power and pitfalls of listening
- You can't make everyone happy
- The real importance of mission, vision, and values
- The power of hard work
- The one thing he would do if he was a principal now
- Innovation vs Transformation
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Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH55 min - Dig deeper to find the why with Sean ThomBetter Leaders Better Schools guest Sean Thom is currently in his 2ndyear serving as the principal of Brookfield Elementary School In Haddon Heights, NJ. His school is a private, out-of-district placement for students with behavioral and emotional issues. The aim of the school is to provide a rigorous academic and therapeutic education for their students to ensure that they will be equipped with tools to be successful in life. Prior to this, Sean taught middle school science for 6 years throughout New Jersey (in Hoboken, Camden, and Millville).
In addition to being an educator, Sean has also had a patent approved for a student-centered teacher feedback system. This approach takes the focus solely off of student output and examines student input. The process allows students to provide instant feedback on any one of several key aspects of a lesson. He is currently speaking with several companies about partnerships to get this system in the hands of students and educators as soon as possible.
When he is not working on school or business-related tasks, Sean loves to spend time with his wife, their two-year old son, and their two dogs. He enjoys running, mountain biking, training for and running Spartan races, and doing whatever he can to stay active and involved. In this episode you will learn:- How challenges in school helped become a better leader
- How to keep fragile students on track for greatness
- The power of a second chance
- There is a reason story behind every struggle and how to find that story
- How to dig deeper and find the "Why?"
- Stop talking & start listening
- Connecting online to grow leadership development
- Tom's word for 2016: Breathe ... And how he finds space in his day to recalibrate
- Why school leader and students should start meditating
- Sean's patent approved system for soliciting student feedback
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