Transformative Principal
Jethro Jones interviews instructional leaders from around the nation to learn and teach what it takes to become a transformative principal. Episodes address topics like Response to Intervention (RTI), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), the latest advances in educational research, standards-based grading, and interviews with industry leaders like Bill Daggett, Rick Wormeli, Todd Whitaker and even people outside the education like Seth Godin, JeVon McCormick, Liz Wiseman, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 814
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Encourage Focus with Derek Sivers Transformative Principal 347
Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur who founded CDBaby, and is now writing and doing cool things in New Zealand. Check out his Now page for more information. This episode is about the importance of focus…
Strategies to deal with the Coronavirus Trauma with Karen Gross Transformative Principal 346
Karen Gross is an author and educator, as well as an advisor and consultant to nonprofit schools, organizations, and governments; instructor of continuing education at Rutgers Graduate School of Soci…
Using Your Vision To Guide Your Culture With Bryan Brockett Transformative Principal 345
Dr. Bryan Brockett is a principal of the Lancers in Carlsbad, CA.
- Principal experience in middle and high school.
- Are high school kids completely indifferent or focused or somewhere in between?
- You …
How to combine SEL and Virtual learning with Tamara Fyke Transformative Principal 344
Tamara Fyke is the founder of Love in a Big World, which provides SEL support for families all over the world.
- SEL is related to their emotional, mental, and physical health.
- Kids may have experienc…
Starting Two Businesses to Fund School with Miguel Gonzalez Brian Sense and Samara Transformative Principal 343
Miguel Gonzalez is the founder of Embark education, a micro school embedded in two small businesses (pinwheel coffee and framework cycles)
Brian Sense is the Executive Director Great Work, Inc
Samara…
Mastermind Case Study: Lyn Marsilio
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I'm Not Doing ANY Observations with Dr. Kulvarn Atwal Transformative Principal 342
Dr. Kulvarn Atwal has been a head teacher for 8 years, educator for 20. He is the Author of The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community
- Great variation in teachers who had good atti…
Alabama’s First Charter School is a Day and Evening School with Dr. Jeremiah Newell Transformative Principal 341
Jeremiah Newell founded Alabama’s first charter school, Accel Day and Evening Academy is Alabama’s first charter school. It serves grades 9–12 and specializes in supporting youth who are disengaged i…
Be More Toddler with Emma Turner Transformative Principal 340
Emma Turner is the author of a new book called “Be More Toddler”
- Co head teacher in 2009.
- 5 babies in 5 years, multiple maternity leaves.
- Flip leadership and think about it differently.
- Chocolate b…
Innovative Therapies for Students with Autism using Virtual Reality with Vijay Ravindran Transformative Principal 339
Vijay Ravindran is the creator of Floreo, an app to help kids with Autism understand social interactions.
- Vijay’s son inspired the app.
- Combines iPhone with VR headset
- VR therapy.
- help in 2 ways. 1.…
4 Common Mistakes Instructional Leaders Make with Amber Dembowski Transformative Principal 337
Amber Dembowski (Twitter) is a principal of two elementary buildings and founder of emBOSSed Leadership.
Mindful leadership embedded within instructional leadership.
- Worked in many d…
Bringing Humanity Back to Educational Leadership with Amber Dembowski Transformative Principal 338
Amber Dembowski (Twitter) is a principal of two elementary buildings and founder of emBOSSed Leadership.
Mindful leadership embedded within instructional leadership.
- Worked in many d…
For Kids, Family, Community, Today and the Future with Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet Transformative Principal 336
Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet are the co founders Einstein Academy in Colorado.
- K–5 and building out to 8th grade
- Four components of the school: for kids, family, community, today and the future.
- I got…
You May Think Vocabulary is Boring but its Not with Literacy Nerds Beth Lawrence and Deena Seifert Transformative Principal 335
Literacy nerds Beth Lawrence and Deena Seifert cofounders of infercabulary.com
- Infercabulary is a web-based k–12 interactive tool for helping kids improve vocabulary and skills.
- speed up learning by…
Evidence-informed for Real Learning with Eric Kalenze Transformative Principal 334
Evidence-informed for Real Learning with Eric Kalenze Transformative Principal 334
Social Media: Evidence-informed means looking at what has worked.
Eric Kalenze is the author of “What The Academy Ta…
How We Nearly Doubled Math Scores with Kevin Finnegan Transformative Principal 333
How We Nearly Doubled Math Scores with Kevin Finnegan Transformative Principal 333
Social Media: When we saw Math could be a discussion, it totally changed everything.
Kevin Finnegan is the principal…
Learning How to Learn with Jaime Casap Transformative Principal 1063
Jaime Casap is the Education Evangelist at Google. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of technology and the web as enabling and supporting tools in pursuit of promoting inquiry-driven learning…
What are Students Saying About Your School with JC Pohl Transformative Principal 332
JC Pohl is the co-founder and CEO of TeenTruth.net/schoolculture
- Young filmmakers looked at coverage of Columbine, and we always saw adults telling the story of what happened.
- Look into teenage life…