Using Your Vision To Guide Your Culture With Bryan Brockett Transformative Principal 345

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/bryanbrockett">Dr. Bryan Brockett</a> is a <a href= "https://twitter.com/carlsbadlancers">principal of the Lancers</a> in Carlsbad, CA.</p> <ul> <li>Principal experience in middle and high school.</li> <li>Are high school kids completely indifferent or focused or somewhere in between?</li> <li>You see transformation take place.</li> <li>Expecting conversation</li> <li>The more we treat students like they’re equally human like us, the more they’re going to join us.</li> <li>Campus supervisors really know the kids.</li> <li>A comprehensive high school should feel like an exciting place for learning.</li> <li>Model the approach, be explicit, look for opportunities.</li> <li>Honor the feedback of your students.</li> <li>Instead of a dress code, we established a dress culture.</li> <li>The more we cultivate that environment, the more we share it back with students.</li> <li>Soliciting input from students and teachers.</li> <li>Starting around what your vision is for your school!</li> <li>Some schools were well positioned to do that, others, not so much.</li> <li>Building a positive and supportive environment.</li> <li>Honor the work our teachers do to live out our vision.</li> <li>Instructional rounds formula - never found an effective way to get that process going.</li> <li>District mission, school vision, and culture committee (including students), Profile of a Lancer,</li> <li>Look for evidence of “Profile of a Lancer” in classroom observations.</li> <li>Feedback to teachers is vital.</li> <li><a href="http://georgecouros.ca">George Couros</a> - make the positive so loud you can’t hear the negative.</li> <li>Be explicit about what you’re after, and reinforcing when you see it.</li> <li>So important to have students as part of the conversation.</li> <li>Gaps that students recognized.</li> <li>“I Matter”</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Be present!</li> </ul> <p>Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics