For Kids, Family, Community, Today and the Future with Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet Transformative Principal 336

<p>Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet are the co founders <a href="https://www.einsteinacademyco.org/">Einstein Academy in Colorado</a>.</p> <ul> <li>K–5 and building out to 8th grade</li> <li>Four components of the school: for kids, family, community, today and the future.</li> <li>I got sick of hearing people say, “It’s school, kids shouldn’t have fun.”</li> <li>Setting an environment where kids can be the best they can.</li> <li>While working on things they’re good at, we can also work on things they struggle with.</li> <li>What do you love? What do you enjoy? What gets you excited?</li> <li>Until we’re feeling good, we’re not going to push ourselves.</li> <li>You gotta get to know your kids and their families!</li> <li>Parents have fears also.</li> <li>As educators, we’re the deciders.</li> <li>We tell kids what is important to learn.</li> <li>Teaching students and not teaching curriculum.</li> <li>How can we integrate hockey into the curriculum?</li> <li>Packaged curriculum.</li> <li>We’re really trying to build a program around our students.</li> <li>Curriculum adheres to Colorado state standards so it does provide some framework.</li> <li>Personalized learning profile.</li> <li>Private school instead of charter school.</li> <li>Only about 160 students in K–8</li> <li>The way we get to the content.</li> <li>Can’t lose sight of teachers.</li> <li>How do we get the best out of the teachers without overwhelming them?</li> <li>Teaching the student means you’re also taking the social emotional growth of the student into consideration.</li> <li>Hiring school teachers and not classroom teachers.</li> <li>All teachers will have a role and responsibility to the whole school, and not just their classroom.</li> <li>Teachers all need something different.</li> <li>What teachers want is to feel heard, cared for, and supported.</li> <li>Planning every morning to talk with teachers and talking with teachers every day after school.</li> <li>I wanted to know that my administrators had open lines of communication.</li> <li>C