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Kevin would bring a deep passion and eagerness to discuss the impact of our latest project, the docuseries "What We Show Them" with the goal to engage your audience in a vital conversation about the future of learning, inspiring positive change in education through the power of media.

• DO I feel safe in this school?
• Sign - All visitors need to report to main office
• Safety is the basic issue of a school.
• Docuseries: What we Show Them
• Second Class Foundation - Improve the stories about education through the use of media.
• Start with the problem
• Good stories - Bring in the community
• Entertainment matters
• Fragmentation of schools is happening at an accelerated rate.
• Social interactions
• How did the vote turn out?

About Kevin Stoller:

The Better Learning Podcast is hosted by Kevin Stoller, CEO of Kay-Twelve and author of Creating Better Learning Environments. The podcast is also associated with other organizations that are focused on improving education including the Education Leaders’ Organization (ELO) and the Second Class Foundation

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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• The Power of ICU - focuses on giving kids what they need when they need it.
• Bringing it all back to Tier 1.
• ICU Menu
• Changing language - how can I help you, what can I do for you?
• Lifeguards - 7 Lifeguards
• ICU time (Advisory/WIN/RTI time)
• 9 departments - every subject is involved and every subject matters.
• 35 minute window - walk around helping students. Love beeps.
• About 75 students per teacher. 10 or so might be heavy hitters
• Teacher designed, for teachers by teachers. ICU Database. Parent communication.
• Healthy grading - learning target that’s easy to identify for everyone involved.
• Tied to a learning standard.
• Humans not heroes.
• This isn’t equitable when some teachers don’t have students.
• Blitzes - getting additional support from the Tier 1 teacher.
• Math access - Partial Teacher 550 hours in the school year.
• Menu of support
• Depth of Knowledge - Maverik Education AI
• Safety is the cost of doing business, not the number 1 priority.
• 100% completion rate of essential assignments.
• Blitz day - 90 minutes for ICU at the end of the day.
• No homework school.
• Key Stats:
• A/B Honor roll fall 2022: 248 students
• Fall 2023: 376
• Spring 2024: 439 kids
• ODRs reduced by 34%
• 70 Fs (75% decrease)
• 99% completion rate.
• How to be a Transformative Principal? Servant Leadership - Serve your people better.

About Garett Cook

Garett Cook has dedicated 15 years of his life to education, with nine of those years as a principal. His journey in education has taken him to various states, including Kansas, Missouri, and Texas, where he has left a lasting impact as an educator. Cook's core value is to be a positive influence on all individuals he interacts with, serving others through his actions. He strives to live out his faith in God through his daily walk, aiming to inspire and uplift those around him. Cook's passion for education and his unwavering commitment to serving others have made him a respected and valued leader in the field. See his previous interview here on Transformative Principal.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.

In this episode of Transformative Principal, host Jethro Jones interviews Erik Francis, an expert in educational leadership and the creator of Maverik Education AI. Francis discusses the role of AI in education, emphasizing the importance of authenticity and critical thinking. Key points include:

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  AI's Limitations: ChatGPT and other AI tools can sometimes produce inaccurate information due to the nature of their sourcing and synthesis processes.
• Depth of Knowledge (DOK): Francis highlights the need for students to deeply understand their learning, moving beyond surface-level comprehension. He outlines how different levels of DOK correspond to various question types (e.g., "whether" questions indicate DOK 1, while "how" questions indicate DOK 2).
• AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement: Francis argues that AI should be used as a stimulus for learning, not a source of definitive answers. It can offer suggestions, but educators and students must ultimately use their own judgment and critical thinking skills.
• The Importance of Authenticity: Francis believes that the future of AI in education lies in authenticity. Educators and students should "be the brain" and use AI as a tool to enhance, rather than replace, their own thinking and decision-making processes.

• Misinterpretation about DOK and
• We don’t know the source that chatGPT Is using.
• OpenAI synthesizing all those hits in Google that gives back information that is not accurate.
• How deeply do students have to comprehend their learning?
• You can’t just rely on a calculator.
• The technology doesn’t make things less complex, it makes it easier to do that work.
• There are people who are going to say, “It’s good enough.”
• Circle the verbs and underline the standards.
• Assessing on skills and stuff (old way) vs context (new way)
• Whether - DOK 1
• How - DOK 2
• Supports - DOK 3
• Two or more - DOK 4
• “Worksheets don’t grow dendrites” - Marcia Tate
• Created this to help teachers expand their instructional talent.
• AI is a stimulus, not a source.
• Suggestions, not decisions.
• Teaching is not just a science, it’s an art.
• Rogers’ diffusion of innovation.
• How do we know that our AI stuff is actually good?
• The Future of AI is authenticity.
• “Be the brain and make the impact.”

About Erik Francis:

Erik Francis specializes in providing guidance, support and training to academic leaders and classroom teachers on how to develop rigorous learning environments and deliver engaging educational experiences that engage and encourage students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their Depth of Knowledge (DOK) through inquiry and by questioning with good questions. He created Maverik Education AI.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.

Dr. David Lipman joins Jethro to talk about critical aspects of health optimization and its impact on our well-being in a modern world filled with physical and environmental stressors. Dr. Lipman discusses how everyday stress activates our fight-or-flight response, depleting energy at a cellular level and affecting our health. He advocates for grounding practices like walking barefoot on natural surfaces, deep breathing techniques like the Wim Hof method, and the importance of proper nutrition.

Dr. Lipman also emphasizes removing obstacles at the spinal level to improve nervous system function, a topic aligned with his expertise as a chiropractic physician. Listeners will gain insights on how simple changes, such as hydration with salt, can initiate transformative health improvements. Through his conversation, Dr. Lipman challenges common misconceptions about work-life balance and stresses the importance of making proactive health investments to thrive in both personal and professional life.

Learn how to optimize your health and make small, impactful changes, and discover how Dr. Lipman's bio-optimization methods can help you lead a healthier, more balanced life.

• Stress is activating our sympathetic nervous system, fight or flight.
• Losing energy at the cell level -
• Modern world that we live in has many attacks against us.
• All that the modern world is hurting us with.
• Shoes and socks off, bare feet on the grass and dirt.
• Getting enough oxygen
• Wymhoff deep breathing.
• Bio-optimization center
• Removing obstacles at the spinal level in how our nervous system is treating our whole system
• Nutrition is important as well.
• Gym class vs. teaching kids to play sports
• President’s council on physical fitness
• Remediation before basic training
• Does everyone need to take the same
• Invest in the incline of our health
• The more we strive for the easy life…
• Growth requires stress and challenge
• We’re either growing or we are degenerating
• How to be a transformative principal? Choose the one thing to do to to make things better, maybe drinking water with a little salt.
• Connect with David Lipman

About Dr. David Lipman

Dr. David Lipman owns Physical Evidence Chiropractic and is a seasoned chiropractic physician who has successfully treated thousands of patients. With a deep personal commitment to bio-optimization, Dr. Lipman has achieved extraordinary levels of strength, endurance, and overall health well into his 60s. His mission is to share the knowledge and processes that have profoundly benefited his own life, helping others to achieve optimal health and wellness.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.

In this episode, Mike Duncan, president and CEO of Battelle for Kids, explores the concept of a portrait of a graduate and its importance in shaping education. He discusses the need to include all voices in creating a portrait that reflects the competencies most important to students' success.

Duncan emphasizes the value of inquiry-based learning, self-direction, and creating products that have an impact beyond the classroom. He also highlights the importance of leveraging the talent within schools to build capacity and co-create the design process.

The episode also touches on the importance of psychological safety in creating an environment where students and educators feel comfortable taking risks and failing. Duncan shares his insights on how to be a transformative principal and the resources available to support principals in their leadership journey, such as the EdLeader21 network and the Future Cast report.

This episode provides valuable insights into the role of a portrait of a graduate in shaping education and the essential qualities of transformative principals.

• Locally developed, globally positioned
• Including all voices in creating a portrait of a graduate
• What competencies are most important in a portrait of a graduate?
• Being good people and a good citizen.
• Put their perspectives on the table, and let people do their
• 5-7 most powerful.
• Portrait is the very beginning of that journey.
• Inquiry based learning, self-direction, products that have impact beyond the classroom
• Portrait of a graduate as a catalyst.
• Knowing vs. doing curriculum
• Learning expo -
• Leveraging the talent in our schools already to build capacity on
• Cocreating the process of designing
• It’s about time, you need coaching, support, and help in doing it efficiently
• How to be a transformative principal? Create Psychological safety to create and fail.
• Bill Daggett Episode
• EdLeader
• Future Cast

About Mike Duncan

Mike Duncan is the president and CEO of the national nonprofit Battelle for Kids. Prior to his role, he was one of the longest-serving superintendents in the state of Georgia, having been the superintendent at Pike County Schools since 2005. Before arriving in Pike, he was a high school principal, high school and middle school assistant principal, and a middle school teacher. Mike earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Georgia in 2004. He has been a member of EdLeader21, the national network of Battelle for Kids, for over a decade and previously served as the network’s advisory vice chair.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

I'm excited to announce my Book Study. Get more info and join me here.

In this episode, David Schipper, director of the Strategic Learning Clinic, discusses the challenges that students face in reaching their full potential. He highlights the prevalence of SAD (Stubborn Adult Disorder) as a major obstacle and emphasizes the need to address the soft bigotry of low expectations. Schipper argues that learning to read is the number one civil rights issue of our time and stresses the importance of testing all children by age 1 to identify those who may need additional support. He recommends high-impact tutoring and emphasizes the need to put the right emphasis on the right syllable when teaching reading. Schipper also discusses the role of transformative principals in identifying students who are struggling and provides practical tips for educators.

• The #1 obstacle to helping students become the best they can be - SAD
• Huge resistance to many ideas.
• Sold a story that if students would just memorize all the words.
• Soft bigotry of low expectations
• Test all kids by age 1.
• It’s a total mystery why students struggle.
• High-Impact Tutoring
• Put the right emphasis on the right syllable.
• Learning to read is the number 1 civil rights issue of our time.
• If teachers are taught how to teach, they’ll be more effective.
• How to be a transformative principal? Test the phonological processing skills of students. Note who is struggling.

About David Schipper

David Schipper is the director of Strategic Learning Clinic, a position he has held since 2013. David obtained a B.A. in English Literature from Concordia University in 1998 as well as a B.Ed. in Secondary Education (English and History) from McGill University in 2002. After some work as a local teacher in Montreal, David founded 2Torial Educational Centre in 2007. Aside from his ability to put both parents and students at ease, David uses his clinic's fairly unique approach to help get to the root of students' learning challenges and propose the most suitable remediation to resolve these weaknesses. As a father of two children, David knows how to relate to the concerns of parents and as an experienced educator, thoroughly understands the struggles of students. His passion and dedication to teaching and learning is second to none.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.