Transformative Principal

  Joe Erpelding, principal of Design39Campus: Promotion Designer class - students are creating promotion experience 2 promoting classes in last two years the trouble with leadership in traditional models. Anyone who is interested in leadership gets to be part of Lead39. Students create leadership Experienceships energize Life-ready How do we cram it all in? Covering the content vs experiencing the content. Enduring Learning through creativity, knowledge, identity. Design thinking process is an extension of the scientific method. Empathy. Was the learning really “felt”? What does great teaching look like? What does great learning look like? MOUs to reshape the strict rules and regulations. Extensive Hiring Process: disorienting for anyone coming here. 4 step process - 1. e-tell 2. Design challenge with student 3. Typical interview 4. Performance task Onboarding process - historical documents of where we hoped to be. Balance between quicksand and concrete - how do you balance this? Steve Farver: Radical LEAP Competency-based learning - TK-8 - what is critical? Critical components that need to be covered before kids are ready for the next step. 1st graders collaborating Sense of self leads you to be able to communicate effectively. Learner centered lab school - can’t disconnect parents from the learning community. FutureNOW conference - parents are invited to be learners. How many tours are we giving to our current parents? TK-8 Experience Pain points - 100 kids leave Problem with us - communication around what a student is learning. What are we going to assess? Send home a progress report twice yearly. altschool learning platform. Seesaw students can showcase their progress against competencies. What’s next instead of I’m done. allowing students to have variety in how they communicate what they learn. Giving kids access. Personal connection to mathematics can take a deep dive into mathematics. Daily morning collaboration 7:45-8:45 Gift that we’ve given is time. We overstructure things. Still have the same time as their peers at other schools How to be a transformative principal? 10% - what am I willing to stretch myself to do tomorrow? What do I want to see this time next year? Schedule a call with Jethro Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Take Control of your email Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey