What are Students Saying About Your School with JC Pohl Transformative Principal 332

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jc_pohl">JC Pohl</a> is the co-founder and CEO of TeenTruth.net/schoolculture</p> <ul> <li>Young filmmakers looked at coverage of Columbine, and we always saw adults telling the story of what happened.</li> <li>Look into teenage life.</li> <li>Giving students a voice.</li> <li>How to give kids voice?</li> <li>Control - told what to do, what classes to take, and everything else in between.</li> <li>Lack of control really causes a lot of stress in students.</li> <li>Are we doing a disservice to kids by not giving them control?</li> <li>Three major buckets (school assemblies, )</li> <li>These kids made a movie, what are you going to do?</li> <li>Students can take ownership by getting involved.</li> <li>How do you want to solve it?</li> <li>It’s about creating culture of agency and ownership for kids.</li> <li>There are so many kids on our campuses that it’s easy to get lost.</li> <li>Kids desperately want to be there.</li> <li>It’s up to us to create an environment that makes them want to be included.</li> <li>Finding their thing.</li> <li>Open up as many opportunities as we can for kids to get involved.</li> <li>What were some of the data points that came out.</li> <li>Principals get caught up in the data.</li> <li>One goal: work for Disney!</li> <li>If you have a school motto on your campus and you don’t hear your kids say it, it’s not working!</li> <li>If you don’t have a tight brand, your school culture is not as strong as it could be.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qIF3PL7lQ">Don’t mess with Texas.</a></li> <li>“We &gt; I”</li> <li>We form an emotional connection with some brands.</li> <li>Got to involve students in the process.</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Your job is so important. Every principal needs to go all in, even with a slogan. Every student and every staff member is doing their best.</li> </ul> <p class="">Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, <a href="https://us.johncattbookshop.com/">John Catt Educational</a>, has b