Gotta Serve Them One at a Time with Jeff Kubiak Transformative Principal 261

 

Jeff Kubiak is a principal in Davis, California.

• Didn’t really like school growing up.
• Pushed to be an administrator by his now-superintendent.
• One of the most diverse counties in the United States.
• MAP assessment closely related to state test.
• Much more small group instruction and intervention. MAP skills tied in with Khan Academy.
• Reclaiming our child by Brad Gustafson.
• Technology makes it possible
• It might be a little bit loud, but I can still have my kids in the back, and we can be rocking!
• Have a hard time having videos to show my teachers.
• Encourage teachers to go check out other teachers’ classrooms.
• Students set goals with teachers.
• Start with why.
• Then add the what.
• How to help teachers change
• Lots of PD - how to have a MAP goal setting conference with students.
• Approach each teacher with how it will work for them.
• We ask 800 kids to change every day! Why can’t we as adults make one little adjustment?
• We don’t gossip.
• How to be a transformative principal? Get into all the classrooms. Gotta get out of the office!

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