Confronting with Kindness with Rachel Brown Transformative Principal 310

Rachel Brown is a Curriculum, Instruction, & Professional Growth Strategist for Douglas County School District. Power in the missed opportunities You have the power of leading culture in your building. Even the opportunity of saying hello to a kid is really powerful. Each teacher had to own making a positive interaction with each child. When things were going unsaid, they festered Confronting with Kindness the things you don’t say could have a big impact on the climate and culture. Emotional intelligence - Elena Aguilar work on the art of coaching teams. Have to get rid of your ego, go in in a way that you open yourself up like a book. Buy the Communication Cards We didn’t do our best work. Kids couldn’t tell who was the principal New principal was very communicative and it changed the culture. How to be a transformative principal? This is a rough time for some kids and you can take the time to be an impactful person and not miss the opportunity to make a little adjustment to make your school feel like the safest home for those kids. Turmoil with change in leadership because of lack of communication and emotional intelligence. * Talking with team about how to make things better. * People coming to say Lost sight of standards - using the standards as our base. student centered coaching - to try to come http://calendly.com/jethro-jones/transformative-principal-interview https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best http://www.jethrojones.com/presentations