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Mark Wilson’s New Principal Academy begins it’s ninth year.  Our summer series to get off to a good start is LIVE each Tuesday in July at 10:00 AM.  Here’s the link to get register.

https://tinyurl.com/NewPrincipalAcademy

(Register once, you’re registered for the series.

The PPT slides from session one can be found here:  https://tinyurl.com/NewPrincipalOne

Each session we tackle five essential questions for the new principal.  In session one, we examined these:

•  Who are you?
• What is your job?
• How do you get permission to do your job?
• Do you understand WHY you can’t make change too quickly?
• How do you “make it” as a principal?

mark.wilson.ga@gmail.com

principal-matters.com 

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Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson are the hosts and producers of Social Justice Education and The School Leader, a six-session series to support principals, assistant principals, and others as they prepare for the upcoming year. 

They are both lifelong educators, nationally recognized for their work as school leaders, and committed to supporting Georgia’s school leaders together. They have been friends and colleagues for over two decades and have joined together now to help leaders build schools where equity, justice, and opportunity define the climate and culture.

In this episode, they are joined by special guests Dr. Sherida Habersham and Cicely Lewis.   Dr. Habersham is “The Evangelist for Computer Science” and Cicely is the founder of the “Read Woke”movement, and the 2020 National School Librarian of the Year.  You can find more about them here: 

Dr. Habersham:   https://www.weimpacteducation.net/  

Cicely Lewis:  https://cicelythegreat.wordpress.com/author/mhsponyexpress/

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Our guests for episode two of SJE and the School Leader were Jimmy Casas and Baruti Kafele.     https://www.jimmycasas.com/      https://principalkafele.com/

Dr. Stephen Peters and I hosted the session, which you can hear in its entirety here!  

https://thepetersgroup.global/

Join our community of learners and learning at:  https://principal-matters.com/

Here are the three questions that served as a guide for our session.  Thanks for listening! 

Question One: 

In terms of Social Justice Education, how will your school be different because you lead it?

Question Two: 

As a school leader, how will you develop organizational structures that align with and support the new realities that our teachers, students, parents and communities face?

Question Three: 

How do you develop a culture of equity, justice, and anti-racism at your school?

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Social Justice Education and The School Leader   is a multi-tiered effort to support school leaders in their work to lead school cultures of justice, equity and anti-racism.  

This effort includes a six-part series of web meetings between June 23 and July 28, 2020.  The series is produced and hosted by Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson.

This episode is FOUR of FOUR from a recording of the June 23 meeting, and answers the question, ”  What might I do to be a champion for equity and social justice?”

Guests from this meeting, and in this recording include:  Dr. Robbie Hooker, Dr. Linda Lumpkin, Liz Raeburn, and Amy Thornton. 

Stephen and Mark are the hosts and producers of these sessions. They are both lifelong educators, nationally recognized for their work as school leaders, and committed to supporting Georgia’s school leaders together. They have been friends and colleagues for over two decades and have joined together now to help leaders build schools where equity, justice, and opportunity define the climate and culture.

In partnership with these education organizations: Chattahoochee-Flint RESA, Coastal Plains RESA, CSRA RESA, First District RESA, Griffin RESA, Heart of GA RESA, Metro RESA, Middle GA RESA, North GA RESA, Northeast GA RESA, Northwest GA RESA, Oconee RESA, Okefenokee RESA, Pioneer RESA, Southwest GA RESA, West GA RESA.

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Social Justice Education and The School Leader   is a multi-tiered effort to support school leaders in their work to lead school cultures of justice, equity and anti-racism.  

This effort includes a six-part series of web meetings between June 23 and July 28, 2020.  The series is produced and hosted by Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson.

This episode is THREE of FOUR from a recording of the June 23 meeting, and answers the question, ”  How might I prepare my teachers to effectively discuss social justice and anti-racism with our students?”

Guests from this meeting, and in this recording include:  Dr. Robbie Hooker, Dr. Linda Lumpkin, Liz Raeburn, and Amy Thornton. 

Stephen and Mark are the hosts and producers of these sessions. They are both lifelong educators, nationally recognized for their work as school leaders, and committed to supporting Georgia’s school leaders together. They have been friends and colleagues for over two decades and have joined together now to help leaders build schools where equity, justice, and opportunity define the climate and culture.

In partnership with these education organizations: Chattahoochee-Flint RESA, Coastal Plains RESA, CSRA RESA, First District RESA, Griffin RESA, Heart of GA RESA, Metro RESA, Middle GA RESA, North GA RESA, Northeast GA RESA, Northwest GA RESA, Oconee RESA, Okefenokee RESA, Pioneer RESA, Southwest GA RESA, West GA RESA.

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Social Justice Education and The School Leader   is a multi-tiered effort to support school leaders in their work to lead school cultures of justice, equity and anti-racism.  

This effort includes a six-part series of web meetings between June 23 and July 28, 2020.  The series is produced and hosted by Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson.

This episode is one of four from a recording of the June 23 meeting, and is an introduction to the work of Social Justice Education and School Leaders. 

Stephen and Mark are the hosts and producers of these sessions. They are both lifelong educators, nationally recognized for their work as school leaders, and committed to supporting Georgia’s school leaders together. They have been friends and colleagues for over two decades and have joined together now to help leaders build schools where equity, justice, and opportunity define the climate and culture.

In partnership with these education organizations: Chattahoochee-Flint RESA, Coastal Plains RESA, CSRA RESA, First District RESA, Griffin RESA, Heart of GA RESA, Metro RESA, Middle GA RESA, North GA RESA, Northeast GA RESA, Northwest GA RESA, Oconee RESA, Okefenokee RESA, Pioneer RESA, Southwest GA RESA, West GA RESA.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jpwfw-e108b0

Social Justice Education and The School Leader   is a multi-tiered effort to support school leaders in their work to lead school cultures of justice, equity and anti-racism.  

This effort includes a six-part series of web meetings between June 23 and July 28, 2020.  The series is produced and hosted by Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson.

This episode is TWO of FOUR from a recording of the June 23 meeting, and answers the question, ”  As a school leader, what is my role in promoting social justice at my school?”

Guests from this meeting, and in this recording include:  Dr. Robbie Hooker, Dr. Linda Lumpkin, Liz Raeburn, and Amy Thornton. 

Stephen and Mark are the hosts and producers of these sessions. They are both lifelong educators, nationally recognized for their work as school leaders, and committed to supporting Georgia’s school leaders together. They have been friends and colleagues for over two decades and have joined together now to help leaders build schools where equity, justice, and opportunity define the climate and culture.

In partnership with these education organizations: Chattahoochee-Flint RESA, Coastal Plains RESA, CSRA RESA, First District RESA, Griffin RESA, Heart of GA RESA, Metro RESA, Middle GA RESA, North GA RESA, Northeast GA RESA, Northwest GA RESA, Oconee RESA, Okefenokee RESA, Pioneer RESA, Southwest GA RESA, West GA RESA.

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We had a virtual meeting to discuss what everyone is doing in light of COVID-19 in regards to graduation, prom, grades, etc…   People from all across Georgia came.  This is the recording of our conversation.

Guest Moderators:  Dr. Jim Finch, Principal, Mary Persons HS and President of GASSP

                   Dr. Alan Long, Principal, Jefferson County HS and Incoming Executive Director                                                         of GASSP

                   Dr. Mark Wilson, Principal-Matters

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Support Your New Teachers

As we begin the new school year, one of the most important priorities for us as Ps and APs should be the successful introduction of new Ts to our building and especially new teachers to the profession.

You know the data points… that within five years, half of new teachers have left the profession.  You also know we are hiring from a deficit rather than from a surplus.  Once it was true that effective hiring was one of if not the most important actions a P could take.

NOW, you would do well to consider developing and retaining your Ts as a priority.  We can’t continue to work with new Ts as we did in the past.  We need a fresh new approach to support, nurture, and encourage our new Ts.

Let’s take a look at several scenarios for you as a P in regard to your new teachers and consider which of those set your Ts up for success and which of them set them up to have a more difficult year. 

In this episode, we look at ten different decisions that you as a P make regarding new teachers, and consider what those decisions do to encourage or discourage Ts as they begin their career.

Here we go!

1.  Assignment of Classes/Courses:
2.  Mentor Assignment
3. Working with Colleagues
4. Working with Parents
5. Opportunity to Vent
6. Feedback for Improvement
7. Encouragement
8. Duty Assignments
9. First-Year Support? 
10. Appropriate Onboard and Orientation

Thanks for listening!  

More resources for you!

• principal-matters.com   (website)
• thenewprincipalshow.podbean.com   (Podcast)
• Get the Principal-Matters Newsletter Weekly-Register here:   tinyurl.com/Get-PrinMat
• @MarkWilsonGA  (Twitter)

Announcer for the New Principal Show!: Alex Johnson 

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