{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Assistant Principal Podcast","title":"Ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the pain?)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1573,"description":"Ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the pain?) Show Description:Last week you listened to Chad Dumas and I discuss PLCs. When we began talking, I had in my head the idea of a PLC being a discrete thing – group of teachers collaborating around honing their teaching skills. I suspect that most of you listening also had similar ideas – that PLCs were things we could drop into schools and have teachers “do.” However, as the conversation unfolded, Chad reminded me of some things I had forgotten, foremost of which is that PLCs are a culture, not a practice. In today’s episode, I’m going to briefly recap a couple of the main points from last week and then do a deep dive on how to implement a change in your school. I will use PLCs as an example, but the process will apply to any change you want to support.  Celebrations:Watching seeds that have been planted bear fruit:·      Garden – peas, greens, strawberries·      Relationships – most of the people you hear on this show become friends. The show isn’t an end, it is a beginning for those relationships, but also, I hope, for your own practice·      Growing my speaking, slowly over timePatience brings piece, helps me stay focused on process, not product The Big IdeaRecap from last week:1.     PLC is an ethos, the school is the community part of PLC, the team is just one feature.2.     Within a PLC school, teachers use multiple forms of evidence to hone their craft.3.     The first two critical questions that teachers ask are:a.     What do I want students to be able to do?b.     How will I know if they can do it?4.     To change beliefs, we need to change behaviors5.     “It starts with us! We can’t lead a change until we look in the mirror.”6.     Three years to implementation7.     Begin by asking reflective questions What does a three-year implementation look like?·      Train analogy:o   The engine plants the seedso   The cars provide the momentum·      Must be driven from the people who will be implementing the change...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R9NMe_5dyHuYObgJIvbL7uDONkSHVV41r7Q-QyBj5Y8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MDYzLzE2MzEx/ODcxMjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}