Mr. Gregory Leavitt is the principal of Draper Park Middle School in Draper, UT. Draper Park has experienced some great success recently as a top-scoring school in the state in Math, ELA, and Science. He was the 2013 Canyons District Administrator of the Year Award Winner.

In this episode we talk about the following:

Cross Curricular Teaming and PLCs.

Subject Area Teaming and PLCs

Standards-Based Grading

How you can be a transformative principal:

Pick one thing that you can sustain for the next 5–7 years and stick with it.

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