School Success Podcast

#223, Craig Randall on Building School Culture Through Trust

School Success Podcast

Show Notes

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’•-๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐‘ถ๐’ƒ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’๐’ƒ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž, ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’“๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’†๐’˜, ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’˜๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’Œ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’๐’Œ๐’‚๐’š.โ€ - ๐ถ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™, ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ & ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก-๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ 

Craig joins us to discuss moving away from deficit-based evaluations. Learn how to foster genuine growth and psychological safety in your school. Watch the full episode today! ๐ŸŽง --

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Highlights of the Episode: [05:32] Seattle Recommendations and Personal Background [10:46] Challenges and Evolution of Teacher Observations [16:15] Impact of Traditional Observation Models [21:20] Implementation and Benefits of Trust-Based Observations [26:41] Challenges and Solutions for Smaller Schools [31:44] Final Thoughts and Contact Information

YouTube Video Podcast Link: https://youtu.be/uU4TCtnGVsQ

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