Been Virtual for a Decade with Regina Collins Transformative Principal 436

<p>Regina Collins is the Principal of the Global School at the Florida Virtual School.  Florida Virtual School is a national organization serving K - 12 students in online education for over 23 years.  She has 20 years in education and 11 of them in virtual education.  In her role as the Global School Principal, she collaborates with a diverse group of people to work towards the common goal of increasing student achievement and retention in an online setting.  She has a way of encouraging students and staff to remain positive and persevere while adapting to change.  And boy has the last 13 months or so really tested that skill! She believes partnerships with parents and school districts are essential to enriching the experience at FLVS Global School.  Prior to joining FLVS in 2010, she also has experience teaching at the elementary level where she passionately pursued strategies to reach the individual needs of each of her students.</p> <ul> <li>Teaching is an art and science</li> <li>Organization Development Manager</li> <li><a href="https://www.nsqol.org">National Standards for quality online instruction</a></li> <li>Ongoing multi-step process</li> <li>Targeted professional learning sessions</li> <li>Very large school, considered their own district</li> <li>informal and formal observations</li> <li>pre/post observation conferences</li> <li>classroom walkthrough meetings</li> <li>mid-year evaluation</li> <li>EOY Evaluation</li> <li>How do you monitor if someone is working?</li> <li>It doesn’t matter, what matters is that kids are learning.</li> <li>Heat map shows when kids are working.</li> <li>Students need to find the model that works for them.</li> <li>how to be a transformative principal? 1. Think outside the box 2. Collaborate - join <a href= "https://jethrojones.com/mastermind">Jethro’s Mastermind</a><br /> Topics:<br /> Questions from other leaders:</li> <li>How to evaluate when they are remote?</li> <li>How do you make sure a teacher is working contract hours?</li> <li>Collaborative Culture in online env