Becoming a Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones

The Employee Experience in Education Podcast

“I think the teacher shortage is a symptom of a bigger issue...”

As a top education podcast host and coach, Jethro Jones knows firsthand how difficult it is to be a school leader and a teacher.

In this episode, Jethro shares practical advice to improve the employee experience in education, including the first step you need to take to improve your school culture and how to make teacher evaluations more than just a hoop to jump through.

Jethro also shares:

• Onboarding tips to help you keep your new hires
• The two questions you need to stop asking your teachers (and the questions you should ask instead)
• Why aligning your teacher observations to your vision transforms the entire teacher evaluation process.

Jethro Jones is a former nationally-recognized principal and host of several podcasts around education: Transformative Principal, Cybertraps, and My Bonus Money. He is also the author of the books How to be a Transformative Principal and SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves! Jethro currently consults schools and districts on redesign efforts that don\'t seem like another program. Jethro has worked as a principal at all K-12 levels, including a prison school, a district coach, distance learning team lead, and English teacher, and currently works as a Partner at Education Elements, a premier consulting company.

Links to additional resources

• @jethrojones everywhere on social media
• Jethrojones.com