Transformative Principal

  Alysson Keelen is the Principal of Memorial Elementary School in New Jersey. How to have an inclusive schools. Taught in general education classes. Innovations In Special Education award winners Taking a team approach to designing a stem lab that is accessible, based on universal design. I didn’t pick them team! Skye’s one of the most interesting people you’ll ever talk to. Empowering others is what makes magic happen in your school! If you want to control it, you’ll get a great program, but if you want it to exceed your wildest expectations, give others leadership opportunities. Make decisions in the best interest of students. When I was teaching, we would change things up to meet the needs of our students. In my mind, I can justify why. Outside garden that is being transferred into an outside classroom. ScIP Team meeting once a month. Plan once a month for professional development. Inservice day. 2 escape rooms. How to be a transformative principal? Listen to your teachers. What would you want your instr

  Karl Rectanus is an educator, entrepreneur and adviser. As cofounder and CEO of Lea(R)n, an education innovation Benefit Corporation that empowers educators and their institutions to organize, streamline and analyze education technology through its research-backed LearnPlatform, Karl leads schools and districts, states and networks, and colleges and universities in their efforts to simplify edtech selection, procurement, implementation and measurement. Karl works with learning organizations and networks across the country to establish and elevate standards of practice that drive personalized learning at scale, student achievement and equity in access. Originally an educator and administrator in the US and abroad, Karl has started and led multiple education innovation organizations, and currently advises districts, states and foundations. Karl has lived, worked and studied in over 12 countries, and was an NC Teaching Fellow and James M Johnston Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, and graduate courses at UCLA’s Ander

  Matt Renwick is an 18-year public educator who began as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in Rudolph, WI. He now serves as an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District . Matt also teaches online graduate courses in curriculum design and instructional leadership for the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He tweets @ReadByExample and writes for ASCD and Lead Literacy. Digital portfolios - started in 2012 with tiger woods golf, email and watching videos. Need to be strategic about what we are doing with the technology. How do we evaluate the digital portfolio options? You really need to look at your own school’s needs. Kidblog, freshgrade, google sites 6 C’s of digital portfolios. Collect and curate Create and Collaborate Communicate and Celebrate - gotta put something out there that is yours. Age of the student matters when it comes to type of portfolio. Elementary - Freshgrade Middle - Google Site High School - start moving to their own platform. Every on the same tool, using it the