Helping Teachers Grow Intentionally with Dr. TJ Vari and Dr. Joe Jones Transformative Principal 451

<p>Dr. Joseph Jones is the Superintendent in the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District. A passion to provide all students an incredible and valuable learning experience Dr. Jones started teaching World and US History in 1996. A few short years later he found himself within the ranks of school administration hoping to make a difference on a larger scale.</p> <p>Dr. T.J. Vari is the Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools and District Operations in the Appoquinimink School District. Dr. Vari is an experienced school administrator and adjunct faculty with a demonstrated history of working in schools and in higher education. Skilled in K–12 education, online learning, literacy, classroom culture, curriculum & instruction, district operations, human resources, change management, and education reform.</p> <p>Dr. Jones and Dr. Vari, along with Salome Thomas-El are co-authors of the new book: <a href= "https://amzn.to/3nqzked"><em>Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture</em></a></p> <ul> <li>Model for praise: motivate staff</li> <li>Culture is the big thing, use retention for a change</li> <li>Teachers aren’t always leaving the profession</li> <li>Hiring is a year round job.</li> <li>Good principals delegate management</li> <li>Chief learning officer</li> <li>Human resource director</li> <li>What’s best for kids?</li> <li>Do an inventory of how people <em>want</em> to grow</li> <li>Do an inventory on how people <em>need</em> to grow.</li> <li>There are only a couple ways to add distinction to yourself as a teacher.</li> <li>Differentiated PD and differentiated instruction.</li> <li>Proficient with an LMS.</li> <li>Basics for PD and layered ways to develop other skills.</li> <li>Onboarding vs. developing</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? TJ - Gotta get better at praise and lifting the system. Be ok with discomfort. Lift and praise your staff. Learn to be better at celebrating what is working.</li> <li>Joe - Connect with those individuals that connect