What Do We Want Our Kids to Be with Ira Socol Transformative Principal 397

<p> </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/irasocol">Ira Socol</a> is a former Technology Director and special education teacher. He is also He is the author of Timeless Learning and The Drool Room.</p> <ul> <li>The driver of change is where we want our kids to get to vs. where they currently end up.</li> <li>We’re not accomplishing 99% of what we want our kids to accomplish.</li> <li>We need to judge our work by how many choices kids have when they are 30.</li> <li>We focus on all the wrong things. We focus on content acquisition, when that has always been secondary.</li> <li>We’re not teaching the wonder of intrinsic motivation.</li> <li>I watch kids learn all sorts of things not in school.</li> <li>School without walls.</li> <li>Judo principle of education - use what the student is passionate about to everyone’s advantage.</li> <li>There are different choices we can make.</li> <li>What should we be focusing on measuring?</li> <li>50% of kids who go to college don’t go back for the second year.</li> <li>They can’t assess anything without a standardized assessment.</li> <li>We need to look for very specific evidence.</li> <li>Step 1: Are you understanding what our responsibilities are in school/culture/society?</li> <li>See kids having a maximum level of freedom?</li> <li>If kids are in the halls, it means adults trust the kids.</li> <li>I’ve never seen learning happen where kids didn’t trust adults, and kids never trust adults that don’t trust them.</li> <li>You kids better get to work! Said one student to another.</li> <li>This is a win that will pay dividends forever.</li> <li>Changed summer school into maker camps.</li> <li>Teacher: “Tell me, is there a problem you have in baseball you would like to solve?”</li> <li>He can’t sit in a classroom. That’s our problem, not his problem.</li> <li>Music construction studios</li> <li>We didn’t define kids by any deficit.</li> <li>Talent development - Gifted and Special education working together.</li> <li>We found ways to make our kids succeed based on what mattered to