I'm Not Doing ANY Observations with Dr. Kulvarn Atwal Transformative Principal 342

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/thinkingschool2">Dr. Kulvarn Atwal</a> has been a head teacher for 8 years, educator for 20. He is the Author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2V6QgaQ">The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community</a></p> <ul> <li>Great variation in teachers who had good attitudes and wanted to improve.</li> <li>Interested in finding out how to help every teacher be excited to learn.</li> <li>Focusing our energies on teacher professional learning.</li> <li>The way you impact learning is by hiring amazing teachers.</li> <li>Implementing dynamic learning communities.</li> <li>Maximizing informal learning.</li> <li>What is informal learning.</li> <li>More learning takes place socially in an institution than formally.</li> <li>Every person is trained as a coach.</li> <li>Average teacher stops improving after their third year of teaching.</li> <li>Communities of Practice</li> <li>Getting better has to be part of the culture of the school.</li> <li>Expansive professional learning</li> <li>I’m not going to participate in any judgment or lesson observations.</li> <li>Engage in collaborative action research projects.</li> <li>Done this in three different schools.</li> <li>If their traditional role was to judge and now they need to coach, it’s very difficult to adjust.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Empowerment of practitioners.</li> </ul> <p>Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, amplifies world-class voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized globally for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms.</p> <p>John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.</p> <p>Learn more about professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are b