Transformative Principal

  Rachael and John George Both principals in Oregon share their experiences of turning around schools. The Three Amigos Sandy Green Elementary School - lowest 10% of the schools. Working with a well-known publisher on reading and writing, and it wasn’t going as well as they thought! Year 1 from 10%ile to 50%ile. Year 4 82%ile. With highest Free and Reduced lunch rate in the district. Honed in on systems and structures Full staff turnover in those four years. 3-4 year plan First thing you need to do is establish relationships. You’ve got to be the examiner of systems and structures. Identify holes in intervention and enrichment. Each building has its own issues. Three changes in the first year: 1. Slow 2. Integrated with content, but lost on the students 3. No engagement Students were passively sitting there, while the teacher was doing all the heavy lifting. Level of community involvement. Need to do different because we are teaching different students. How do we do different different? It’s supposed to