Design Your School To Meet Students Needs with Tracey Runeare Transformative Principal 373

<p>Tracey Runeare taught high school social studies for 16 years before becoming a high school assistant principal. She has been the principal of Harbor High School in Santa Cruz, California for 5 years.</p> <ul> <li>Harbor High School - Santa Cruz - Beachside community. Small high school with 1100 students.</li> <li>Role of an admin needs to be shifted. To hear what teachers are struggling with and where they need help.</li> <li>Relationships - getting people to understand the why</li> <li>Still go into classrooms, even when they are virtual.</li> <li>Student X - is the prototypical student. A little bit of every student.</li> <li>How do you design your school to meet their needs?</li> <li>Create the best experience for students, flexible as much as possible.</li> <li>Flexibility takes a lot of work.</li> <li>Every teacher having that flexibility.</li> <li>We try to pay teachers for what they are doing outside of the day.</li> <li>We try to see what we can do to help.</li> <li>We have a system for organized binder and making sure that things are taken care of for them.</li> <li>Consistency is doing what people need.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Ask questions — if you think something is going on, ask some people before you assume there is a need you need to fulfill.</li> <li>Not solving problems empowers everyone in the school.</li> </ul> <h2 id="sponsors">Sponsors</h2> <h3 id="teachfx"><a href= "http://teachfx.com/transformativeprincipal">TeachFX</a></h3> <p>Innovative school leaders across the country have started tracking online student participation using TeachFX because it’s one of the most powerful ways to improve student outcomes during COVID — especially for English Learners and students of color. Learn more about TeachFX and get a special offer at <a href= "http://teachfx.com/transformativeprincipal">TeachFX.com</a></p> <h3 id="johncatt"><a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com">John Catt</a></h3> <p>Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class