Bilingual is Best with Joel Lavin Transformative Principal 258

  Joel Lavin is the principal of River Road / El Camino Del Rio Dual Language is much different. Studied science and Spanish in college. We as a nation are just starting to realize how important it is to speak another language. Broca’s area Families wanted to have their own language spoken in the school. Family resource center 2009 started as a dual language program There were reluctant dual language program. Change is hard. Some staff members left. Teachers are a major factor in school culture. Talking and being out in the community is really important to help with a big cultural change. Funds of knowledge community. Parents’ values reflect what they want their kids to learn.

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Jethro Jones interviews instructional leaders from around the nation to learn and teach what it takes to become a transformative principal. Episodes address topics like Response to Intervention (RTI), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), the latest advances in educational research, standards-based grading, and interviews with industry leaders like Bill Daggett, Rick Wormeli, Todd Whitaker and even people outside the education like Seth Godin, JeVon McCormick, Liz Wiseman, and more.