Transformative Principal

Matt Shea is the Matt portion of Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney, a podcast about, well, personalized learning. It is one of my favorite new podcasts and you can find it at plearnmc.com or in your favorite podcast player of choice! Matt is a district administrator in Maine Courtney is an instructional coach in Maine Worked in Maine for his whole career 10 schools in five communities Goal: set up same systems in schools - it didn’t work tenets of learning: applied learning How do we design that culture so that there’s a balance between kids taking advantage of their own learning and teachers providing a range of options? What teachers can provide in their place What works for you? District administrator as more of a support role Talk about the tenets a lot. “Cultivating hope in all learners” Culture is a number 1 thing for all of us. Designing a culture that involves the learners in their learning Progression of learning Social grade levels not academic grade levels Place students on an academic